Was doing so well with eating healthy foods and exercising last week. Then had a cheeseburger on Sat and pancakes on Sunday. What I normally would do, but now those are splurges I can ill afford ( Read more... )

I'm 'fitten' to be ready to think about contemplating the possibility of losing weight.
Now if that's not commitment, I don't know what is! Very impressive, quarterfury.

Actually heard on the radio: in an advertisement for a new medication for women who need a boost in sexual arousal - "...for women who are in a happy, monogamous relationship ( Read more... )

So why do we care about the break-up of Brad and Jennifer? It's not like they are our friends or neighbors. Of course we feel we "know" them. Jennifer = Rachel and Brad is just like our good ole guy cousin from Oklahoma. We feel genuinely sad and disappointed about this split and it is a curious thing ( Read more... )

A "letter to the editor" from a concerned sane person indicated that the inauguration of our prezidint will have the hefty price tag of $40 million. Yes, I said million. For a freakin processional & party ( Read more... )

Cydney taught me a verse to Shoop and now I am being driven mad by it. It is constantly on my mind and I wake up in the middle of the night with the words rolling through my head...(The extent of my suggestibility or whatever this phenomenon is frankly scares me ( Read more... )

No real wisdom or revelations to impart. I just felt I should do an update, as bland as it is ( Read more... )

"Alan Wolfe is a professor of political science and director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life at Boston College. His most recent books include "The Transformation of American Religion: How We Actually Practice Our Faith" and "An Intellectual in Public ( Read more... )

Wonderful article in today's Dallas Morning News, analyzes Kerry and Bush trying to "out-macho" each other. "The source of all this manly-man posturing is a condition..(called) 'anxious masculinity', a fearful conclusion about what makes a man a real man and a leader a powerful leader" says Stephen Ducat, author of The Wimp Factor ( Read more... )

Have you seen Monster? A brutal film, raw and real. Charlize Theron just zoomed up to become one of the best actresses around, in my book. Her portrayal of the doomed but hopeful prostitute was such a risky role (unglamorous doesn't begin to describe the departure from her other films) but one that screams "TALENT"! She and Halle Berry (Monster's ( Read more... )