I was eight or so the first time I realized Coca-Cola had changed their formula on me. I was hurt. Betrayed. I thirsted for Coke-as-I-knew-it ( Read more... )

Brian and I started the National Hamburger Festival in Akron this year with a visit to the National Toy Marble Museum - a small, free museum largely detailing the work of the American Toy manufacturing company that produced the first mass-produced toy marbles in the country. There was a case filled with the clay balls, mostly glazed an uneven ( Read more... )

So, a friend posted a link to an article about a man going on a variety of different 'diets' despite being thin. He's a competitive cyclist and tired of the idea that people who exercise a lot can "eat anything" because they'll burn off the calories. He posits, correctly, that diet isn't simply a means to thinness, and being thin doesn't exclude ( Read more... )

I never thought I'd be the sort of girl to have a 'beauty treatment' ritual, and yet, I do ( Read more... )

So, football practices have started up again. This time we are at Soza Fitness and Wellness three days a week for our cardio and core training before we go on to the real work in February ( Read more... )

This PVP had me LOL'ing ( Read more... )

Today I had the most awesomest best lunch evah.

Steamed white rice with Maggi Seasoning soy sauce ( Read more... )

I was more wiped after the event on Saturday than I think I ever have been. I barely convinced myself to take a shower before falling into bed at the late hour of 7pm ( Read more... )

Geoff Landis is well-known for his science fiction, a multiple Hugo winner for his short stories.

Fewer people know his poetry, which is exceptional. He writes in a variety of forms on a variety of subjects and I'm proud as can be that he has at long last a published collection of his poetry,

Iron AngelsA perfect gift for the poetry-lover in ( Read more... )

This weekend Brian and I went garage-sale hopping and had some genuine "Finds" including THE perfect towel rack for our kitchen. (Hello iron scroll design!) and a "Video Rack" that made a perfect paperback shelf for the living room ( Read more... )