When ‘all-you-can-eat’ means ‘all-I-say-you-can-eat’
01/09/08 - If you follow the news, you know that obesity and its attendant maladies are at near epidemic levels in this country. We eat the wrong stuff, we eat way too much of it, and the only exercise a lot of us get is when we waddle to the kitchen for another snack.
The French they are
a curious race; learning manners is no disgrace
01/19/07 -
Acccording to an article I read the other day, chic French diners eat
asparagus with their fingers and sorbet with their forks. This reminds
me of a bit of doggerel about the French, in which they are said to”
fight with their feet,” among other endearing habits. But I digress.
Vampire
politico has a lot at stake
01/27/06 -
When it comes to politicians it seems like all you hear about is
corruption, deception, and sleaze – and that’s the good news.
Procedure
is nature's way of saying,
'Dude, you're old'
08/05/05 -
There are lots of signs that tell you you’re getting older. Gray hair
is one of them; mailings from the AARP are another. But nothing says
"Dude, you're old" like your first colonoscopy.
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Another
bird-brained idea from Oklahoma
02/04/05 - In
Texas, we like to brag that "we're like a whole other country." Our neighbor to the north has gone a step
further – it's like a whole 'nother planet. A planet with too little
oxygen in its atmosphere.
Al Qaeda
chooses Zarqawi successor; Abu
Hamza al-Muhajir draws short straw, demands recount
06/13/06 -
Al Qaeda has named Sheikh Abu Hamza al-Muhajir as successor to Abu
Musab al-Zarqawi, said a statement posted on MyJihad.com.
Forget chestnuts roasting on an open
fire;
pass me the Chex mix
02/04/05 - If
you’ve ever seen me in a t-shirt, it will come to no surprise to you to
learn that I spend 11 months of the year working out – and by “working
out,” I mean sitting on the sofa slamming chocolate chip cookies and
washing them down with Gatorade.
Good
news for old, fat mice
11/03/06 -
Medical researchers have very good news for you – if you long to be a
fat, old mouse.
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