Category: fluff
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Food and oxygen create fiery energy…
I don’t believe in horoscopes, but I find FreeWill Astrology often gives me food for thought. This week’s Taurus horoscope is: Have you ever mused on the fact that your body is actually a kind of furnace? And that your whole life depends upon it? Food and oxygen are constantly combusting inside you, generating fiery energy that fuels your every movement, thought, and feeling. This awareness of…
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Repost: Wellness Prescription
A repost from January, inspired by Fillyjonk’s post quoting Three Men in a Boat. I got Connie Willis’ comedic time-travel novel To Say Nothing of the Dog from the library (and liked it enough to buy it). It starts off a little confusing but is pretty funny, and full of golden age mystery fiction references. It also contains several homages to the 1889 book Three Men in a Boat (To…
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Things That Make Me Go “Hm”
With the fall TV season starting, it might be good to think about which TV shows you actually want to watch. Kate and Marianne point out in Lessons from the Fat-o-Sphere that watching TV encourages you to compare your body to the people on TV – who with very few exceptions are underweight and fat-shaming, or fat-shaming commercials. I’m not saying you should give up something…
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Friday Fun – Talk Like A Pirate Day ;)
Tomorrow is Talk Like a Pirate Day — “That time in September when sea dogs remember / That grown-ups still know how ta play!” :) This video has the one and only Tom Smith singing his song Talk Like A Pirate Day (lyrics) with John “Ol’ Chumbucket” Baur and Mark “Cap’n Slappy” Summers, the creators of Talk Like A Pirate Day. Recorded in In February 2008 when John “Ol’…
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On Being A Geek
I did not go to PAX. I mostly play Tropico and Puzzle Pirates, not Halo and Rock Band. I have never owned a game console. But I am geeky enough that this makes me smile. Jonathan Coulton, Paul and Storm, and Molly Lewis serenading Wil Wheaton:
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Today is the last day…
…the last day of the first year of this blog. Part of me is surprised that I’m still blogging with no end in sight. Part of me is surprised that so many of you are reading and commenting. As a grin, here’s some of the more interesting search terms I’ve seen recently: soda obesity — I didn’t know soda could be obese… why is the biggest loser so…
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Friday Fun: Callan’s Song
This video is of SJ Tucker, singing Betsy Tinney’s “Callan’s Song”, aka The Ballad of the Boy Cat. (Does cat sex require a “PG-13” rating or only “PG”?) This song has also been recorded by SJ & Betsy’s band Tricky Pixie. The lyrics, album information, streaming audio, downloads, ordering info, etc are on their site.
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I just want you to have hope!
Losing weight is possible! Sure, it doesn’t work for most people, but it did for me! You need to think positive! Keep trying! Some of us can lose weight permanently! Yes, and some people do win the lottery. Doesn’t mean I’m cashing out my 401(k) to buy lotto tickets.
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Enjoy Your Weekend
After the record-setting heat of the last few days I’m looking forward to relaxing this weekend. Keep clam!
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Science Reporting vs Reality
It’s not uncommon to see health stories that turn out not to be valid. Sometimes one study is later contradicted by others, which is a lot of what science is about. Sometimes the science news cycle / game of telephone adds confusion. Sometimes a computer model invents something wonky, but with an appealing hook. And then there’s things like Ars Technica noted today: Reports appeared in The…
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Food Hype
With all the hype about “superfoods” and how they can make you thin or prevent cancer, it’s a wonder that Starbucks doesn’t build an advertising campaign around things like: Moderate coffee drinkers are at decreased risk of Type 2 diabetes, gallstones and colon cancer. They also show improved cognitive function and develop fewer cases of Parkinson’s disease. — Psychology Today I think the reason they don’t is…
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Thankful Thursday…
…just under the wire :) Today I’m thankful for: My Making It Big order (BOGO, on clearance) arriving and all four items fit. I’m taking a long weekend just because I feel like it ;) Being able to lift some boxes today a lot easier than a few months ago. Going out to the French place for a Bastille Day special on Tuesday. New bras that fit.…
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A Question for the Ages
An obese child 6 to 9 had a 37 percent chance of being an obese adult if neither parent was obese. But if at least one parent was fat, the child’s change of growing up to be fat nearly doubled, to 71 percent. The work fits well with current thinking about adult obesity, medical experts say. The condition appears to have a strong genetic component — most…
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Things to Read
I liked this article on solitude vs loneliness. I lived alone, or with a cat, for most of 9 years. I learned a lot about self-reliance during that time, and also about how often the difference between solitude and loneliness is attitude. I worked on alleviating loneliness with friends, my cat, and activities — and enjoyed the solitude. Now I don’t live alone. Avoiding loneliness…
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Friday Fluff: Dream PE
The Onion had a story about the majority of Americans forgetting their physical education skills. Naturally, being The Onion, there’s a fair amount of ridiculousness: Many Americans claimed that once they finished high school, skills such as increasing joint mobility and building muscle strength were no longer necessary. “If something needs to get from one place to another, I can just use my cell phone, or hop…
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Fluff: The Onion on Family Visits
Nothing about weight per se, but my, how many times have you had this experience? KALAMAZOO, MI–A full 95 percent of the opinions held by Justin Wilmot, 26, were kept to himself Sunday during a Father’s Day visit with his family. “No one in my family really gets my worldview, so I find it easier just to smile and nod and agree with everything,” Wilmot said Monday. “When…
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