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I’m sure it seemed like a good idea at the time
USA Today tells us that thanks to patient surveys, hospitals are kissing our butts: Special air-blowing vests keep patients warm pre-surgery. Private rooms are the norm. Staffers regularly check in with patients to anticipate their toilet and showering needs to cut down on call-light usage. Patients are given clear discharge instructions. Cleaning is no longer [...]
Music Monday: Inspiration, Part 1
When I was first losing weight and trying to get fit, there were two music videos that I found inspiring. This is the positive one: Madonna was 40 years old when this was shot, and a new mom. Ok, I couldn’t afford personal trainers and dietitians, but I could watch what I ate and work [...]
I guess with a zillion products, some are bound to be amusing
Has anybody else done Hip Hop Abs? There’s a great moment where they start playing Don’t Cha and big ol’ Shaun T. exclaims “That’s my soooong!” (alas, just before this clip starts). Well, at Walmart you’ll find that the Pussycat Dolls have their own workout DVD: Right. You’re totally gonna look like working out just [...]
So, which one is it?
Was Mitt Romney lying to the SEC about leaving Bain Capital in 1999? Because that would be a felony. Or was he lying under oath in 2002 about being there? Because that’s perjury. Sorry, this is kind of important. But hey, I guess Wall Street types think you have to break a few laws. In [...]
Unemployment and Underemployment Mythbusting
According to the current conservative narrative, the unemployed and underemployed are what they are because they are lazy. They’re not doing what it takes to get a job. They’re not willing to get educated for the so-called Jobs Of Tomorrow. They’re not willing to step down to take a job that doesn’t pay enough to [...]
The iPhone
So here’s my iPhone. It’s ok. It’s way too easy to take a screenshot, unless of course you want to take one. As you can see, just by looking at the main screen, I can tell what time it is, how much signal I’ve got, battery life, unread emails, even how many items are on my [...]
Hope?
It’s June, and I’m already really tired of the 2012 election season: delegate shenanigans; voter suppression (oh the irony of toting out the GOP’s token black man for this!); shoddy fact-checking; shoddy spell checking; fear mongering; birtherism; austerity. Blah! Some people are asking — and reasonably so — whether it’s even possible to have a constructive campaign [...]
Just What We Don’t Need
Back in February, I said this: Recently, people have been having a lot of success losing weight on a gluten free diet. It worked because people on these diets knew they couldn’t eat cookies, candies and cakes. They know that they have to look carefully in ingredient lists for things that might contain gluten, and for [...]
R.I.P. MCA
Today we have the sad news that Beastie Boys member Adam Yauch — also known as MCA* — has passed away. Although it is widely known that he was battling cancer, there is no word yet on whether he in fact died of cancer. Since he was a Buddhist, it is perhaps more appropriate to [...]
The Cabin in the Shorties
Gee, no kidding: When young people pay all their money on student loans, they don’t have money to take out mortgages. Separate but Equal?: On women’s workouts. I hate agreeing with Kip: I’ve said a lot of things about former TSA director Kip Hawley over the years, but the Kipster is making sense these days. [...]
