Put my corpse in a heart shaped box

“I’m dead.”
That’s what we who are prone to exaggerate say when we’re really tired.
That’s what we who ignored our fairy-godmother’s warnings about dancing after midnight, not once, but twice on a weekend, say on Sundays.
I’m dead.
Something that I’ve always found to be a little ironic about yoga is that one of the best ways to [...]

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BMWs are good for your health and the environment

With four kids, I’ve spent (and continue to spend) a fair amount of time over the last twenty years schlepping kids around DC and to near and not-so-near suburbs. Today was no exception with a theatre play practice and a birthday party starting at the same time.
Despite a fairly large sample to judge by – [...]

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Almost eleven foods that I AM eating

One of the top viewed stories of 2009 from the NYT was this post. Apparently it took most folks 6-18 months to figure out what’s good for them since it was originally posted in June of 2008, but I’m proud to say I’ve been partaking of 9 of the 11 for many years.
So, there. Tara [...]

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It never rains, but it pours

Planned posting postponed.
Despite disappointment, alliteration animates.
My little drama-queen in residence sprayed herself in the eye with Listerine breath-spray.
Perhaps understandable for a 10 year old.
I wonder how one explains the other  31,299.

And yes, it’s funny because, once again, all’s well that ends well.
Don’t tell her I said that.

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The names have been changed to protect the innocent

I didn’t have to work on Monday because of the MLK holiday, or for any other reason at the moment.
So while dancing into the wee hours of my funemployed Monday morning, I may have encouraged one or more friends to consider “slick-leave” in lieu of work. To the detriment of Greater Washington’s January productivity numbers, [...]

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Three things wrong with Michael Pollan’s Defense of Food

Three year’s ago, I read this fantastic article by NYT’s Michael Pollan, in which he summed up his findings to lengthy research about what and how we should eat. Here’s what he said:
Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.
There are three things wrong with this approach:

I’m fairly certain I must have a genetic deficiency of [...]

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It’s 2 am, do you know where your mother is?

Maybe she’s dancing her ass off at Jimmy Valentine’s Lonely Hearts Club.
“Spinning” class takes on a whole new meaning with Stranger than Paradise. It was a pleasure to watch this duo interact on the decks.
I’m not a big fan of myspace sites. They’re so ugly and badly designed, but DJs seem to like them.
DJs Navbox and Rosario [...]

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It’s like methadone

It’s 11:42. I haven’t posted today. I’m out dancing with friends, so I have to come up with an idea and write about it, using only the tools at hand in under 16 minutes.
Hmmmm…
My oldest and unhealthiest habit is a pseudo additction to Coke…-a-cola
I don’t drink it every day, but there are [...]

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wHOOP, there it is!

My new fabulously, viciously delicious O-range sparkle spinnner.
As we say in my family – it makes me happy.

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Want to burn more calories? Be silly. Seriously.

“Last year the government spent less on the Ministry of Silly Walks than it did on national defense.”
Typically, I don’t believe my posts will be of a political nature, but this one’s been on my mind for a while. For me, one of the most discouraging and disappointing aspects of the current debate on healthcare [...]

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