I like big BUNDTS and I cannot lie You other bakers can’t deny When a girl walks in with that cake-like thang and puts the round thing in your face you say YUM! Wanna pull up a trough Cuz you know you’re about to get STUFFED Sugar-filled glaze it’s wearing You’re hooked and you can’t…
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NPR is doing a series on obesity in America
You can visit the main page for the series, but I am particularly interested in this page of facts. It estimates, among other things, that if current trends continue, 50% of Americans will be obese (not just “overweight”) by the year 2030. It also says we eat more chicken and less eggs and far more…
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark
Denmark has become the first country to have a nationwide fat tax. They aren’t taxing fat people (or corgis – my dog Oliver would like to register his considerable relief), they’re taxing fat food, imposing the tax on anything high in saturated fat (over 2.3%). Apparently there has been quite the run on butter, red…
Autumn in my teacup
Such a lovely Sunday in Seattle! This is a photo I took with my iPhone, of my spearmint and lemongrass tea (Adagio!) reflecting our sumac tree. Jason and I did our weekly pilgrimage to the Ballard Farmer’s Market, this time bringing my corgi, Oliver, who has apparently decided he likes other humans but other…
Text messages from Disney
Greg and the kids are in Disney World this week with his parents, and I’ve missed them soooo much. However, the great news about the modern age is that we have the technology to keep in touch all day, practically hour to hour. I get texts and photos so frequently that it feels like I’m…
Why Steve Jobs mattered to me
Steve Jobs died yesterday. Like many people, when I got the news, I was sitting in my “iOffice” – at my iMac, in the middle of synching my iPad, next to Greg’s Mac and Jason’s Mac and my kids’ Mac. I kept pulling out Kleenex after Kleenex, asking myself what was wrong with me, what’s…
Hot guys make you want to touch yourself
Or so they hope. This is a hilarious ad put out by an organization called Rethink Breast Cancer, encouraging women to keep up with their breast exams at home by downloading their Your Man Reminder App (for iPhones and Android phones). It’s beautiful. I’ll just tell you right now. It’s funny, it gets the point across,…
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