Bornfamous

So I finally took the dreaded Walk that my nutritionist and all of my friends have been nagging me to take. I am so. out. of. shape. Oy, it was embarrassing–the huffing and puffing, the sweating, the red face. By the time I got home, you would have thought I’d just run a marathon. How [...]

Day Five
At least half of the battle, when you stop stuffing your face with carbs, sugar–and in my case, gluten–is figuring out what to do with all the time that suddenly looms before you. People who don’t have this problem will not understand, but it feels like waking up from a lovely dream to realize [...]

[WARNING: BORING MEDICAL DETAILS AHEAD]
I finally called the doctor and made an appointment a couple of weeks ago, after scaring myself at the post office. Nothing big, I just had a sudden, raging thirst and absolutely KNEW that I had to get home for a drink of water IMMEDIATELY.
I suppose I could have stopped [...]

Shelley Winters is dead. You probably remember her as the biker granny on TV’s Roseanne, but my memories go fondly back to her many guest shots on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. She was loud, opinionated and one of a kind. I will never forget Winters’ honesty, her humor, or her voice. Winters was [...]

Just adding my huzzahs to Jon’s eloquent defense of gay rights:
By God, they deserve to be equal citizens. If you are among those who think that homosexuality is somehow morally wrong, you might want to look a little closer at your community. They don’t want to convert you. They just want the same joy you [...]

Most management techniques are ways of controlling people so they feel good about being controlled. –Peter Block [thanks to Dave Pollard]

Dr. Lawrence Reed, a New York City-based plastic surgeon, said the child’s good genes will in all likelihood make his services unnecessary.
“You have a very beautiful mother with great bone structure,” said Reed. “You have a very handsome father with excellent bone structure and facial features. The genetic prediction would make this child have a [...]

“A dead end street is a good place to turn around.”
–country singer Naomi Judd, born on Jan. 11, 1946. Mother of Wynonna and Ashley Judd.

Born on Jan. 8, 1935: Elvis Presley

Born on Jan. 7, 1912: Cartoonist Charles Addams
In 1937, Addams began using a couple of regular characters — a deathly-pale woman dressed all in black, and her misshapen butler, who looked like he’d been assembled from odd-size parts. Later on, the woman’s deranged husband and their two horrible children began appearing with her, as well [...]

Born on Jan. 2, 1968: Cuba Gooding, Jr.
“Show me the money!”

Born on Jan. 1, 1919: J. D. Salinger
“It’s funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they’ll do practically anything you want them to.”