I know I’ve been out of the loop for a while…

A friend today told me about an article on Yahoo.com.  It’s a regular blog done by a person calling herself “Hungry Girl”.  Today’s installment was about how caloric certain fast food restaurants food really are, and why one should resist eating those things.
She reviews hamburgers and says things like:
You may as well have an actual [...]

Busy week is not good for posting

It’s the week in between two trips, and it’s busy.  Last week was a nice hotel weekend, which only meant I had to get packed and out of the house.   This coming weekend is an SCA event, which means a LOT more planning and preparation.  I have to buy food so we can cook a [...]

Leaving on a Jet Plane

Okay, not on a jet plane, but Conall and I will be gone for a few days this weekend and next.
It’s been a while since we’ve been able to take time for ourselves, and there’s been a lot of drama around here lately.  So these two mini-vacations are definitely needed and welcomed.
I might post tomorrow’s [...]

Tai Chi, Day Three

I’ve started taking a Tai Chi class, offered at a local Karate Dojo in town.  This Dojo offers two group classes and one individual class per week as part of it’s package.
I wasn’t so sure I was going to like it, when my friend (who’s going for the Kenpo lessons) invited me to go.  I’ve [...]

“I Envy You”

Thursday night is fighter practice and social night for my local SCA group.  I don’t fight, but I do socialize while Conall practices his fencing.  When we are at our winter site (indoors) I bring my lace or jewelry making supplies and do that.  When we are at our summer site (outdoors) I bring the [...]

I Love My Doctor

Yesterday, I had to go to visit my doctor, and while the reason wasn’t a good reason, and the outcome is not as positive as I could wish, I have to say the experience was very good.
I’ve written in the past about my problems with doctors, how they look at me and attribute everything that [...]

Two unrelated things today

First off, fat acceptance is getting into my dreams, and so are the statistics that I read on the web.
Last night I had a strange dream where I was at a combination Society for Creative Anachronism event and SciFi Convention (really, not a far stretch as a lot of SCAdians are Fen, and vice versa).  [...]

US Independence Day

Many people are going to kick back, maybe have a party or do something on the grill, and watch fireworks. 
Unfortunately for me, my holiday is going to be a bunch busier than that.  There will be the grilling, but that comes after tackling the shower with Barkeepers Friend (TM).  See, we have three people using [...]

The more I read, the more I realize

Okay, I should know this, right?  But every so often it hits me again.
The “obesity epidemic” is not, and never has been, about health.  It is, and has always been, about a lot of other things (social standing, appearance, bodies being/not being public property, the diet industry), but it has never been about health.
If it [...]