The caption says “Not good enough for Beijing.” Well there go my dreams of ever being a champion head lifter. I’m nervous. Not nervous in a betrayed-by-my-bowels kind of way. Yet. (Which speaking of being betrayed by one’s nethers, ESPN had the most fascinating article on explosive pooping while racing. Seriously, you must read it. …
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Diana Vishneva, ballerina Plank. Push-ups. Wall sits. This week, one of the trainers at my Y has been doing fitness challenges every day. It’s nothing more sophisticated than a marker board, an “official” timer and a mat on the floor down by the front doors. Winners get no finisher’s medal, no t-shirt, not even an …
Girl Disappearing by Curly Tops Perfectly round. A circular platform encircled by a raised bar. Like a stage! The kind that lights up underneath and lifts the performer above the crowd as mist billows beneath! And indeed I am being watched. But there is no applause and I am given no chance for a monologue. …
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A mother’s love – they say that nothing is more powerful. (At least if you believe Harry Potter, which of course I do. I’m a sucker for green eyes.) So if this is true then I know the second most powerful force on the planet: A mother’s guilt. Whether they hand it to you as …
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“No.” Jelly Bean, 9 months old, said her very first word a few days ago! It was very clear (and very much a product of having three older brothers who like to scream that word incessantly) – said in the context of me taking away the graham cracker she was powdering the floor with. You …
Okay, so there’s one thing I wouldn’t eat. Any food that requires a c-section to eat is off my list. Dining with me is an experience. And often it’s not one conducive to gastronomic pleasure. I’ve admitted in the past to a multitude of eating sins including, but not limited to, looking up calorie counts …
Photo Credit Our society is warped. Twisted. A veritable fun-house of fat and thin mirrors when it comes to body image. One on hand we have Kim Kardashian, queen of curves, compelled to exclaim in an interview, “I look a lot bigger on TV. When I meet people, the first thing they say is, ‘Wow, …
I don’t know what is more disturbing – that Satan is on this woman’s “to do” list or that the company advises you to mix deviled ham with peanut butter. Eat when you’re hungry. Stop when you’re satiated. It sounds so simple. So why can’t I do it?!? Then again Lindsay Lohan can’t stay away …
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Mostly I exercise so I can make faces like this. Gets me my own treadmill any time of day. Librarians love me. Having cultivated a lifelong belief that everyone knows how to run my life better than I do, one of my favorite activities is begging people more knowledgeable than I am to tell me …
Suicide is in the air. Kazakh model Ruslana Korshunova dove to her death from her New York balcony. Canadian model Hayley Kohle leapt to a similar fate from a balcony in Milan. On the same day as Kohle, model Randy Johnston died of a drug overdose. Columbian model Lina Marulinda also chose a free fall …
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