As soon as Dick Cheney’s heart transplant was announced, the predictable unfunny jokes began to proliferate: Have they put Bush on the brain transplant list? Don’t they mean an implant, since he didn’t have a heart to begin with? Too … Continue reading →
You will not believe this. I’m not even sure whether I believe it. It all began innocently enough. I was visiting my son, who had a space problem in the main living area of his apartment—not enough room for a … Continue reading →
It’s a real lawsuit, not a fake one, and hearings begin in Los Angeles today. Sugar is suing high-fructose corn syrup for falsely claiming an equivalence to the time-honored sweetener that we all know and love: In a lawsuit that … Continue reading →
It’s not the place that would come to mind first. Or even second or third.
Continue reading →In yesterday’s thread about eating beef, commenter “SteveH” asks: Where does this obsession with quanity of life come from? I could understand it if we lost years on the average lifespan over the past 100 years. But we’ve gained tremendously. … Continue reading →
One by one they’re trying to take away our gustatory pleasures. Salt. Sugar. Fat. Red meat—not just a lot of red meat, but any amount of red meat. According to this Harvard study, any red meat at all increases the … Continue reading →
Do I have your attention? Good. Most people have a squeaky-clean idea of yoga, but apparently it has more risque origins: The wholesome image of yoga took a hit in the past few weeks as a rising star of the … Continue reading →
Sharon Simmons is a 55-year old grandmother. And she’s going to try out for the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders. Madness, you say? Well, maybe not: It’s pretty amazing what a combination of genes and work can do.
Continue reading →I wasn’t able to embed this video on my blog, but perhaps it’s just as well, because some of the footage is rather disturbing, especially if you’re a mite squeamish, like me. It shows the lengths (literally) to which some … Continue reading →
Commenter “uncleFred” writes about addiction: “There for the grace of God”¦” Not so much. Drug abuse is not like getting hit by a meteor, or struck by lightening, it is a choice. Go to an AA meeting. Sit for a … Continue reading →
It shouldn’t really come as a surprise that President Obama has decided to extend the exemption for abortion coverage of employees to not just the Catholic Church, but church-affiliated companies. He probably didn’t expect the extent of the protest, and … Continue reading →
Very sad about Rick Santorum’s daughter. Both he and Palin not only have talked the pro-life talk but walked the walk. And it’s no walk in the park, that’s for sure.
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