Brace Yourselves Ladies: The Girdle is Making a Comeback… Is this a good thing or a bad thing?

Eating, sitting and pooping are generally considered life skills and yet I spent a portion of today – Easter Sunday, one of the High Food Holidays, no less – unable to do any of the above. The problem started, as it often does with me, with a mystery package dropped on my doorstep by the …

The 20 Best (Worst) Vintage Diet Ads [Part 2 – Because I just love these things SO much]

  GROSS. So many questions: Why is this pig so happy to be slicing and dicing himself? Why is he made of sausage? How can he hold a knife with no opposable thumbs? And WHAT are the purple bits?! I’m so disturbed. My hobbies: Fitness, baking failures and flushing toilets (at least you’d assume so …

“Safety Tips for Ladies”: What Works, What You Think Works But Doesn’t and What’s Just Hilarious

#safetytipsforladies: just dora the explorer your attacker. “rapist! no raping!” works every time. — Lucille Baller (@davalyns) March 27, 2013 This is even funnier if you have seen Dora the Explorer (Exploradora!) like I have. Every day. For a year. Send this to every girl you want to stay alive. The letter’s wording was ominous and …

Back to the Arms That Held Me [The Power of Keeping a Journal]

This is my Grandpa. He died when I was 8 after a protracted battle with multiple myeloma. He used to give us horsey rides, even when the cancer had eroded all the padding between his vertebrae. I don’t think even now I can fully comprehend the magnitude of his sacrifice. And he never stopped smiling. …

Would You Wear a Race Shirt For a Race You Didn’t Run? [Am I a Fraud or Just Frugal?]

  From DonkeyTs.com Sitting at the gym, minding everybody’s business but my own, I got into a conversation about a recent road race. I didn’t run it but several of the Gym Buddies did and as everyone knows, one of the best parts of running a race is getting to swagger around in your race …

When Science Goes “Oops!”: 3 Healthy “Just Kidding Y’all”s That Will Delight You [Pants, Parenting and Steak]

Science is known for contradicting itself but this week has been a banner week for the mea culpas from the smarter set.* J/k is totally the newest element on the periodic table. And it’s only Wednesday! Maybe it’s evidence of my low sense of humor. Or maybe I just like watching previously adamant people eat …

How Do You Recover From a Cake Binge? [Team Pie vs Team Cake vs Team Charlotte]

  “Next day he found me in a pinafore with my cherry pies cooking in the window. One taste of my pie — WELL — !!! So in the kitchen in broad daylight — I said, “Yes!” See how powerful pie is? When’s the last time you saw anyone become a war bride because of …

The Great Drug Dilemma: Is it time to stop taking my anti-depressant meds? [FDA recalls fake meds after telling depressed patients it is all in our heads for five years]

This weekend was surprisingly calm considering it’s my annual ride on the Cray-Cray Carousel, i.e. the time of year when all my prescription medications need renewal and so I go round and round with the powers that be who like to make this process as painful, expensive and drawn out as possible in order to …