Just a quick note for those of you that are interested. My blog on the Huffington Post “An Open Letter to Rihanna: What it’s like taking your boyfriend to court” is generating a lot of good discussion (intermixed between a handful of asinine and jerky comments). Late yesterday, Jezebel picked it up and the wonderful …
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Yeah, I look all innocent here, punching BOB. It is an oft-repeated axiom that opposites attract. This is not true. At least not when it comes to people. Rather, as any social psychologist will tell you, like attracts like. I know that many people will protest “but my significant other is my exact opposite!” This …
The caption reads: “‘Better not take that fudge sundae,’ this customer muses when she sees the reading on the dial set in the counter.” My favorite part though is the look on the soda jerk’s face. Talk about public shaming. So you’ve finally dropped all the weight you wanted to. You hit your goal weight, …
My locker room drama started and ended with the showers. Sixth grade P.E. (“Phy Ed” if you’re from Minnesota) found me at the end of a long line of body-conscious girls wrapped in thin towels, each awaiting her turn to wash off the sweat from dodgeball. Despite the fact that huddling against a wall staring …
Sometimes you know you shouldn’t do something… but you do anyways. Life is like that. Shocking exactly nobody – at least nobody who reads this blog anyhow – I ‘fessed up a few months ago to being an exercise addict. Since then I continue to get at least one e-mail a week about this issue. …
Karate surprised me. As you may recall, I informed Sensei Don at the beginning of the Experiment that I was less interested in the mental aspects of Karate and more interested in the killing people. He was kind enough to tell me some things about the more lethal aspects but also gently guided me back …
Sensei Don said something very interesting to me. It was in response to a question I asked if one could train instinct or if he (and karate philosophy) believe it is inborn. He replied, “About 98% of people are sheep. You put them in a situation where it’s life or death, such as the random …
This post was done as a joint endeavor with the inimitable and beloved MizFit as our tribute to gratitude. It seems like sometimes we fit bloggers get a bit obsessive about our bodies. (That would be the understatement of the year except that “Michael Jackson is a bit off” wins every time.) We tweak what …
Holiday gift anxiety- it’s one of those things about being a grown-up that nobody ever tells you. When I was a child I had two main worries come Christmastime. One was making sure everyone knew I wanted that special mermaid doll that both sings and swims in the bathtub (that I never got) and the …
Yep, that’s a person in there. During all my years of teaching, I’ve seen a lot. In a single quarter I had a student vomit, another have a stroke, and a third show up for the final with no teeth claiming police brutality. I was teaching as the Twin Towers fell and watched the chaos …
