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Read more: Allergist update
Allergist update
Had a follow-up appointment with the allergist last week. It was nice to confirm that the new meds and cleaning regimen not only feels good for me, I did better on the lung capacity test this time than on my first visit. It was nice to confirm that needing to use albuterol prior to aerobic exercise is expected (exercise is an asthma trigger, especially if combined with cold…
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Read more: Music Monday
Music Monday
I first heard this song back in, well, probably 1998 or 1999. To me it’s about learning to live with compromise and setbacks — and broken promises, yes, even the ones you had made to yourself. Lyrics are below the cut.
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Read more: Who Cares What Ina Garten Weighs?
Who Cares What Ina Garten Weighs?
According to my blog stats, a lot of people get to this site by searching about what Ina Garten (aka The Barefoot Contessa) weighs. Specifically. how much does barefoot contessa weigh how much does ina garten weigh ina garten weight problem ina garten weight So, to those who are curious, I say this: I don’t know what she weighs. I don’t care what she weighs. It’s her…
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Read more: Music Monday: Haunting
Music Monday: Haunting
As Heather Dale states the video intro, this song is about Joan of Arc, “who is a creature of darkness or light, depending on which side you saw her from.” Heather writes on her website that “I had been trying to use her as a metaphor for independence, but [songwriting partner] Ben rightly pointed out that she could also be viewed as a violent zealot who blithely…
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Read more: Does It Matter?
Does It Matter?
Tonight I overheard some thin 20somethings discussing fat people as a group (nothing said about the 40ish couple at a nearby table). The terms and statements made were rather derogatory. There was laughter. Then their discussion moved to other topics. This wasn’t pleasant. I tweeted about it. I then focused on dinner with the man of the house. Why? In the microcosm of this hour and this…
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Read more: Quotes: Love
Quotes: Love
“Love is kind” — 1st Corinthians 13 “Love is an emotion of a strong affection and personal attachment. […] “Love” may refer specifically to the passionate desire and intimacy of romantic love, to the sexual love of eros, to the emotional closeness of familial love, to the platonic love that defines friendship, or to the profound oneness or devotion of religious love, or to a concept of…
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Read more: Exercise Takes Time? Really?
Exercise Takes Time? Really?
Reading yet another piece on an exercise study, this one with older (60-74 years) sedentary women, I giggled at this observation: “They complained to us that working out six times a week took too much time,” Dr. Hunter says. They did not report feeling fatigued or physically droopy. Their bodies were not producing excessive levels of cytokines, sending invisible messages to the body to slow down. Rather,…
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Read more: Five Things Make A Post
Five Things Make A Post
1) I am sooo looking forward to tomorrow morning, when Mark Reads will post the second-to-last chapter of Deadline. Mark Reads reviews books a chapter at a time, progressing through books every other weekday, and it’s been building to this OMG HUGE second-to-last chapter for weeks. (Need I say “spoilers”?) Some of the books he’s done this with in the past are the Harry Potter books, The…
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