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Read more: Things I Would Like To Not Care About
Things I Would Like To Not Care About
27 comments on Things I Would Like To Not Care AboutI would like to not worry about: Whether a medical professional will consider my symptoms before making a diagnosis. Whether a job interviewer will not hire me because I’m fat. Whether the friend talking about her diet is doing so as a way of passive-aggressively commenting on my body size, eating habits, or perceived dieting status. Whether I will be seen as an equal partner in my…
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Read more: Partridges and A Pear Tree
Partridges and A Pear Tree
You may have to be a certain era (The Partridge Family) to get this, but from the computer of Alison Bechdel comes this little video.
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Read more: I seem to have a theme this week…
I seem to have a theme this week…
From the Vancouver BC Aquarium comes this video.
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Read more: Thoughts on the solstice
Thoughts on the solstice
North star guide my love to me Through times spent in good company Smouldering eyes around the fire With stories tall and spirits higher … Stoke the fire up bright and strong Verse to verse and song to song The day grows shorter by the hour Close the circle Feel the power Winter solstice tends to touch me stronger than summer. I’m grateful to both, since…
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Read more: Tweet Tweet Tweet
Tweet Tweet Tweet
Yes, I’m now on Twitter. I’m tweeting about fat stuff and with fat people. I’m also currently participating in #MooreAndMe, though hopefully that will end soon. Also thanks to Twitter I discovered Sweet Machine has a blog. And a “Get Out Of Diet Free” card. …and yes, “tweet tweet tweet” started an earworm in my head. So here it is.
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Read more: Music Monday: Merry Christmas from Chiron Beta Prime
Music Monday: Merry Christmas from Chiron Beta Prime
Chiron Beta Prime was commissioned for a corporate Christmas card with a “futuristic theme”. Lyrics and a free MP3 are available. Here Jonathon Coulton performs the song live with help from Paul and Storm and a guest from the audience. (During concerts, victims volunteers from the audience come up to do one particular line – in this case, the lady in green.)
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Read more: Thankful Thursday
Thankful Thursday
I think it’s time to do this again. See, my job was eliminated. Not fun, but I’m at the stage now where I’m thankful it happened, because: 1) Much less stress. The old job was changing and had become a bad fit, and now it’s OVER. 2) I qualify for unemployment. 3) …also, we have money saved. I’m touching wood as I type this, but we’re okay…
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Read more: Quote of the Day: Healthcare Providers and Expectations
Quote of the Day: Healthcare Providers and Expectations
From an article on healthcare providers stigmatizing fat patients: Healthcare providers also need to readjust their expectations. Getting individuals who are obese down to a normal weight isn’t realistic: Research shows that most people can’t expect to lose more than 10% of their body weight and, more important, to maintain the weight loss over time. Instead of viewing that as a treatment failure and growing discouraged with…
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Read more: “In My Day…”
“In My Day…”
Today’s Pickles is, of course, meant to be funny. But for me it dredges up memories of my mother’s anger whenever I didn’t “appreciate” anything to her satisfaction, from getting to go to school to having my own room* to crying because of an earache despite having actual medication for it. And my guilt over having things my mother didn’t. Looking back, I wonder if she intended…
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Read more: Dancin’
Dancin’
In a recent Fatcast, Lesley mentioned visualizing the hippos and elephants dancing in Fantasia when she’s stressed. Which got it in my head. So now I’m sharing the visual with you. ;)
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