OK, we are grilling the pork loin tonight, not tomorrow because I am having short term memory issues (I could bore you with a story about my glasses that I thought were lost, but I’ll refrain) and because I clearly didn’t recall details about tomorrow’s agreed upon menu. No matter. Pork tonight will be tasty [...]
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Rub that meat
August 21st, 2010
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Since June we have hosted a “True Blood Sunday” dinner at our house, where fans of the HBO series can gather, eat, talk and then watch the weekly episode. Tomorrow’s dinner will include a charcoal-grilled pork loin, fresh made boule, grilled asparagus and potatoes, and a seven-layer cookie and dark chocolate cupcakes with vanilla bean [...]
Must reads
August 6th, 2010
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If you’ve been struggling with weight your entire life like I have, then there are a few books I can recommend that can help get perspective on that lifetime struggle, ways to deal with it and ways to make peace with it. First, two memoirs by women with interesting perspectives on weight loss that are [...]
Behold the Turtle Burger
July 29th, 2010
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I got this photo and text in an e-mail today and my life? It will never be the same. I am both horrified and fascinated. This is the sort of kick-ass fucking awesomeness that makes the terrorists hate us. Here’s the text of the e-mail: I have no idea where the name comes from. Supposedly, [...]
Pantry purge fail
July 29th, 2010
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Last weekend, I decided to clean out my pantry for two reasons. First, I wanted to actually be able to find things. It’s a small closet with four shelves and a floor where we have a rolling cart with two drawers, so there’s not a lot of space. It was an chaotic mess in there, [...]
Salad days
July 7th, 2010
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We went out to a great little bar between the two lakes here and I was really going to be good and order a salad. Except I didn’t get a “good” salad. I got a GREAT salad! And it probably had a 1,000 calories. Strips of flank steak marinaded in bourbon, grilled and sliced and [...]
Shopping blind
April 17th, 2010
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I can’t read shit without my glasses. What really sucks is that I need bifocals. I can see perfectly at a distance and do not need glasses to drive, but I cannot read anything or get anything into focus up close. But I am still in my mid-somethings and I refuse to get granny glasses [...]
Of hoops and wings
March 18th, 2010
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I admit it. I failed in my attempts to lose weight last week. I was on vacation, and while I ate a bazillion calories, walked a million miles and didn’t GAIN weight, I also did not lose an ounce. Not one single ounce. See, it’s not really my fault. I have an excuse for this. [...]
It’s a new day
March 11th, 2010
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I just went to the free hotel breakfast that usually means a pig-out on bland waffles, oily sausage and whatever muffin-bricks the hotel staff has found in the freezer. And even though I am usually very pleased with my fat, full tummy after such an indulgence, I usually want to go back to the hotel [...]
My bitch du jour
March 3rd, 2010
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You know what honks me off? Nutrition information labels. Not all of them, mostly the ones that are on snack foods. The ones that hope you don’t notice that they are playing you for a dumb ass. I have the kind of job where there are days that I have at least one hour for [...]
