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Read more: Quotes: Pretty
Quotes: Pretty
3 comments on Quotes: Pretty“You have such a pretty face. You should lose weight.” — Relatives “A pretty face and fine clothes do not make character” — Anon “Who cares about pretty? I’m going for noticeable.” — Veronica Roth “It has been said that a pretty face is a passport. But it’s not, it’s a visa, and it runs out fast.”” — Julie Burchill “After all those years as a woman hearing ‘not…
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Read more: Music Monday
Music Monday
Lyrics are here; to quote the author, this is “[t]old from the point of view of a project manager at a certain little company in San Rafael, CA, sometime in the mid-1990’s…”
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Read more: Series of quotes: Poor
Series of quotes: Poor
“Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed.” – Herman Melville “The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.” – Anatole France “When the rich wage war it’s…
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Read more: QotD: Inauguration
QotD: Inauguration
“It is now our generation’s task to carry on what those pioneers began. For our journey is not complete until our wives, our mothers and daughters can earn a living equal to their efforts. Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to…
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Read more: QotD: Fat & Exercising
QotD: Fat & Exercising
I think a lot of people look to exercise to help them lose weight, and when they don’t lose weight immediately with exercise, they quit. They return to the couch, and they basically never move again. What is lost in that is that fitness is almost certainly more important than fatness. […] If someone starts an exercise program and improves his fitness, even if he doesn’t lose an…
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Read more: What I do with asthma
What I do with asthma
Advair inhaler, twice daily. Spirivia inhaler, once daily. Flonase nose spray, once daily. Singulair & antihistamine, once daily. Rescue inhaler, 2 puffs before exercise or as needed. Vacuum several times a week. Weekly wipe down surfaces in bedroom. Weekly wash sheets, comforter cover and pillowcases in hot water to kill dust mites. (Dust mites is a major allergy for me – bigger reaction on a scratch test…
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Read more: Things To Read
Things To Read
From Dani Kelley’s “The body I have”: I stopped eating in the eighth grade. People complimented me on how much weight I was losing, how much prettier I looked, how much better I was. They didn’t know something was wrong until I started passing out. And when my eating disorder finally came to light, it was largely seen as me going through a phase to be popular…
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Read more: Being An Adult
Being An Adult
My favorite thing about being an adult — about having a nice home to live in and an amazing-and-wonderful-and-often-super-difficult job and a loving/working marriage and debt that I pay on time — is that I get to self-determine what my grown-up life looks like. Being able to choose to do (and yes, even to buy) silly shit without remorse or self-recrimination is my greatest reward for being…
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