(funny pic found here) Want to lose 5 pounds in a week?  Here’s what you do.  First, catch a stupid cold.  Your nose stuffs up, your throat is raw, and you feel like crap.   Because you’re sick, you give up your evening wine habit.  This is probably the biggest factor in the weight loss. Drink a lot of water, a lot of tea, and then more water, trying to flush the yuckies out.   Enjoy that false full feeling, even though your tummy might actually be kinda empty. Lastly, when your cold progresses to the ‘coughing up a lung’ stage, think of the ab work you’re getting!  It’s better than crunches! …

I saw these two pictures that reminded me of each other.   So let’s pretend…what if these long lost, recently found coins from the first century BC: upon closer inspection, turned out to be nanobama: Wouldn’t that be weird?  And yes, the coins were found in Holland.   (silly Austin Powers joke there…sorry) ~DoSoEvAyMo Sorry, not much DoSo around here planned.  I’m determined not to let this cold get me down too much, so I’m taking it very easy and letting my body fight the good fight.   Reading, relaxing, perhaps some TV, that’s the plan, Stan.

Walk through this place as a visitor. Respect all things you come upon and you will be respected. Respect all people you come upon and you will be honored. Pray to all the gods you come upon and you will be accepted. He who honors the traditions of all ancient people and all contemporary people has no enemy. You are the caretakers of realization.Realization by any name is the awareness that you or God. The feeling of great understanding is Love.The man or woman who attains God is the man or woman who walks each day as though he or she is on vacation from heaven, the vacation on Planet…

I’ve been debating this whole NaBloPoMo thing.  I’ve participated for the last couple of years, and it’s fun.  You meet a whole new community, assuming you put the effort into that.  At the very least, you write every dang day, which is a good exercise.  Of course, this isn’t such a problem for me, as I write almost every day already.  But I’ve been backing off from that a bit in this last year, thinking I might like to not feel that obligation, to only write when I am moved to…but now I’m thinking, yes, I’ll go for it.  I don’t know why, just that I feel like it.  Or…

Ted got this picture emailed to him the other day, and we’ve all been cracking up over it.  Just in case you haven’t seen it yet, have a chuckle. Regarding Palin’s clothes, no, the GOP shouldn’t have bought them.  She and her husband make enough money, she could have bought them herself.   Not to slam Alaska, though, there really aren’t that many places to buy the kind of things you would need on the campaign trail.  Not defending her, as I said, she should have bought them with her own money.  Just an observation about shopping options in Alaska. (Actually, there’s a Nordstrom in Anchorage, so she should have…

Picture and text totally cribbed (though shortened a bit) from Hungry Girl Fiber One Original Bran Cereal vs. All-Bran Original Natural Wheat Bran High Fiber Cereal Nutrition: A half-cup serving of Fiber One has 60 calories, 1g fat, 105mg sodium, 25g carbs, 14g fiber, 0g sugars, and 2g protein. Half a cup of All-Bran has 80 calories, 1g fat, 80mg sodium, 23g carbs, 10g fiber, 6g sugars, and 4g protein. Calorie and sugar counters will appreciate Fiber One’s numbers — plus, F1 has 4 extra grams of fiber. Protein seekers and those totally opposed to artificial sweeteners (Fiber One is lightly sweetened with aspartame) may prefer All-Bran’s stats. Taste: All-Bran…