How interesting! A clever choice. It made me go back to my notes on the Saddleback Forum , the hour-long interviews that Obama and McCain gave to Rick Warren back in August. I liked Warren's style and thought Obama had a goo…
Jimmy Carl Black, RIP . ADDED: The album cover above is "We're Only in It for the Money," one of my favorite records, which is full of great songs including one that I think is just as appropriate for election eve …
Why not? Do you want a treadmill in front of your desk at work? I mean, as long as it's optional! I keep 5-pound weights on my desk and use them when I'm reading the computer screen and don't need my hands on the key…
You'll want 2 things: 1. MET-Rx chocolate roasted-peanut protein bars. (Get some here . Hmmm: "This product contains sugar alcohols, which may cause gastrointestinal discomfort. Excessive consumption may have a laxative …
(Via Andrew Sullivan .) ADDED: I don't remember seeing that ad, which seems to be from the early 70s period when I didn't have a TV — and when things like that would have driven me to ranting about "Stepford Wives&qu…
The NYT asks. “I haven’t died yet,” said Michael Arrington, the founder and co-editor of TechCrunch.... Mr. Arrington says he has gained 30 pounds in the last three years, developed a severe sleeping disorder and turned his home …
This is like the perennial question whether a plus-size can ever win "America's Next Top Model." Anyway, Chloe Marshall is a big topic of conversation because she's either helping young females with their self…
Dr. Helen got sick of carrying a purse , but finds it hard to edit down to just a wallet. She asks for advice. I was a staunch purse-avoider for many years. I was over 40 before I started carrying a purse and even then, I did it …
So the Denver Public School District gave kids health reports to take home, and one child discovered that her weight put her in the "overweight" category: "The part that upset her the most as she started reading i…
"I think maybe George Clooney is going to come down those stairs soon, because his double just came out. That's his double over there." "Yeah, I thought it looked like George Clooney, but couldn't be George…
TRex cannot stay out of the vortex ... especially when it's baited with food. And apparently, I give him "all-over creepy shivers, like someone just dumped a bag of live spiders over my naked thighs." I'm pictur…
To attract men -- it's all about attracting men! -- women now eat -- look out, it's a NYT Style piece! -- steak! Ms. Wilkie was a vegetarian in her teens, and even wore a “Meat Is Murder” T-shirt. But by her 30s, she had…
If only there were a magic cookie that would cause you to put on fat only in the breasts. But what's weirder, that or the way we are love fat only when it's there ?
The website. Hey, I didn't go looking for it. I read about it in the NYT -- in an article about how common it is these days for males to get breast reduction surgery for gynecomastia: In 2006, according to the group, nearly…
But linking to the whole segment means his supporters will get immersed in our idiosyncratic free-flowing discussion that includes the gelatinous blob diet pill, pro-anorexia websites, the creative ways kids find to get high, a…
Lunch plans, diet tips. I'm heading out to lunch. People are saying it's getting a bit springlike, so I think I'll walk up State Street. I want to test out my new camera and have some Madison images for the blog. I…