A Brief Glossary of Lies Women Tell Themselves When They Join a Gym
The lie: What they’re really thinking: I’d love to go to the gym with you.>>> I’d rather have a root canal. I’m doing this to feel better, not to lose weight.>>> I just...
View ArticleDistressed Relief – Eighteen Ways to Manage Extreme Tension and Latent...
Don’t pay for therapy. Stress management that costs that much and doesn’t involve a beach house and a hot tub is counterproductive. Do exercise. Vigorously. Every day. Then you’ll be too tired to...
View Article46 and Fogged
via Zazzle.com Lately I’ve been losing my mind. It’s been a gradual process, but one I can’t deny anymore. Take yesterday. I was in the middle of a full-blown house-cleaning frenzy when I glanced at...
View ArticleAging Still Sucks
Disclaimer: Reading this essay may cause mild to severe panic in individuals approaching middle age. Maybe it started when your arms got shorter. Suddenly they weren’t long enough to read the small...
View ArticleAn Apple a Day: Why Medical Care in the U.S. Sucks
via zazzle.com My doctor thinks I’m an idiot. I guess that’s only fair, because I think the same thing about her. I don’t think she’s really stupid as much as she’s arrogant and brusque. And that kind...
View Article7 Ways You Might Get Health Care: a Guide for the Un- and Under-Insured
The other day I wrote a rant about the trials of navigating (and surviving) a health care system that is not friendly to the un- or under-insured. While it was liberating to vent about it, I’m still in...
View ArticleThe Hesitant Herbivore
via National Geographic I am a creature of habit, entrenched in my routines, glacially slow to alter my course. I cling to the familiar with the powerful grip of a 3 toed sloth and move toward any new...
View ArticleThe Hesitant Herbivore, Part 2
Yup. Hate it all. I hate fruit. I hate oranges because they’re pulpy, bananas because they’re mushy, and grapes because they pop like eyeballs might when you squeeze them between your teeth. I hate...
View ArticleThe Hesitant Herbivore, Part 3
In which I examine the pros and cons of cutting almost everything I like to eat out of my diet. When we left off, I was on the precipice of making the decision that might fundamentally change my life:...
View ArticleFIME has Spawned: Introducing Evolution of X
After just a year of blogging, I’ve finally decided on a theme! In the beginning, I had some vague notion of writing through my frustrations and trying to find the humor in my life. And it’s been fun....
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