Archive for February, 2008

Recipe Time: Tomato Tortellini Soup

WG asked for budget-friendly, healthy recipes and it just so happens I’ve got a file box full of them! This time of year, my family eats a lot of soup, and not simply because of the weather. We eat soup because it’s also one of the most economical meals to make and, in these weeks [...]

Jack Nicholson Is An Ass

I’ve never understood how a woman could find anything remotely attractive about Jack Nicholson, an actor known in part for the number of women he’s bedded over the years. (Now that the man has no functioning saliva glands, I’m betting there are quite a few more women disenchanted with him, too.)
That said, I can guarantee [...]

Hop Over to iHop

Did you know it’s National Pancake Day? Me, either. Not even when I was making pancakes for the Big-Eyed Boy’s breakfast this morning. (This might be a good argument for why I need a performance management system.)
Had I known (as you do now), I’ve have simply hopped into the car — with him, of course [...]

Drink Green Tea And Drink To Your Health

I’m a huge fan of just about every flavor and form of tea you can imagine: black, white or green; bagged or loose; hot or iced. I’ve long considered tea to be the second-most perfect beverage (martinis being the first), even before scientists and magazines began touting its health benefits.
As to those benefits, well, there’s [...]

Is Your Diet Coke Making You Fat?

Interesting news today for those who believe switching to diet soda is a way to cut calories: you may actually be increasing your chances for “metabolic syndrome”.
Researchers tracked 9,500 men and women for a period of nine years and found that the risk of developing Syndrome X — as metabolic syndrome is sometimes called — [...]

Would You Rather Be Rich or Thin?

Back in the 80s, when women actually believed we could have it all and anorexia was something only fading singers and women on SNL endured, there was a saying that “You can never be too rich or too thin”. Naturally, we’ve all since learned otherwise. Which is not to say that most of us wouldn’t [...]

Six Pounds The Hard Way

I’ve lost six pounds in the last week. That’s usually a good thing, isn’t it?
Considering that I also had pneumonia and a fever hovering in the low 100s for six days straight, it’s really not so good. As nice as it was to get out of bed this morning for the first time in nearly [...]