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Exercise - Who Needs It? Not Barbie...
on Nov 4, 2009Every once in a while, scientific research comes along which reaffirms my faith in the ultimate justice of our universe.  This article, for instance, talks about a study which found that exercise does not help people lose weight.  Take that...



Prose And Poetry - A Twofer!
on Nov 3, 2009Larry took my giganto bag of candy away today, forcing me to break into my secret stash. Be prepared is my motto; he's done this to me before.This year I tried to be one of those people who save the pumpkin scoopings and pick out all the seeds and ro...



Sexy Prairie Women Love Reese's
on Nov 1, 2009For the second year in a row, we saw a slide in our trick-or-treaters index - a mere 18 cute costumed children showed up at our door last night. That's down from the more than 70 we had come by 2 years ago. It's even less than last year's all time...



Neither Rain Nor Snow Nor Dark Of Night...
on Oct 31, 2009Halloween on Saturday should be easy. You have all day to get ready, right? So why did Larry and I find ourselves with 4 yet-to-be-carved pumpkins at 2:30 this afternoon? And why was I visiting the grocery store at 3:00 on a Saturday to buy a new...



7 Quick Takes: Night Of The Snack-Size Twizzlers
on Oct 30, 2009I had a post ready which lamented the condition of my overstuffed mess of a refrigerator; but then I read this article in The New Yorker this morning about North Koreans and how their lack of food caused them to eat corn husks, tree bark, and other d...



Name This Post (Cause I Can't)
on Oct 28, 2009Apparently, the H1N1 pandemic is providing fertile ground for conspiracy theorists. I watched a YouTube video (why? I don't know) in which a woman propounds her theory that the (secretly deadly) swine flu vaccinations are part of a sinister gov't po...