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LJ pals
I tried and tried to put an LJ-cut into today's somewhat lengthy post, but it just kept screwing up. Hopelessly. So finally I just gave up. Sorry if I've made your friends page unwieldy. If you have any suggestions about how to work better with the LJ-cut thingy, by all means let me know. Thanks! -
The P Word
I had dinner with purplefrog26 last night (mmmm... sushi!). We talked for hours. It was lovely. After dinner, we went to Starbucks. There I was, all nice and relaxed in my cushy Starbucks chair, when she just up and names the 800-pound gorilla (so of course I had to name him too-I named him Frank).
I have to admit that it was, well, pretty obvious, as 800- ( Read more... ) -
I Can Do This
The second of my three goal words for 2009: self-trust. This one is very tricky to get right. Go overboard on self-trust and you're cocky (ugh!). Too little and you never get anywhere. Just the right amount, and you have can-do-ology and destuckification galore. (Oooh, galore">galore--there's a yummy word for you!)
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Collaborate!
Chris Brogan recently wrote about setting three words as goals for 2009. Good idea, Chris! I like words. They work for me. So let's go. I'm going to post each one separately so we can take our time mulling over them.
The first of my three goal words is collaborate. As I commented in Daily Struggles yesterday, I have pictured a huge billboard, with ( Read more... ) -
Words and Memes
My friend Marissa has a wonderful blog, Daily Struggles with Inanimate Objects, wherein her latest entry announces her theme words for 2009: abundance + heart.
I love the idea of having theme words. Actually, I just love words. Think for a minute how delicious they are. I love to roll them around in my mouth and chew on them and relish them and pay ( Read more... ) -
The Fat Ask and the Big Ask
I've been playing with Twitter in the last couple of days (fun!), and a couple of friends have pointed me (more than once, I think) toward Havi Brooks (and her most excellent and highly esteemed duck, Selma) at the Fluent Self. She has one post in particular, Learning the Art of the Ask, that I've been chewing on all day.
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HWN's 20th Annual Slim Chance Awards
Here's an abbreviated version of the Healthy Weight Network's 20th Annual Slim Chance Awards, which expose fraud and quackery in the weight loss industry and aim to help you move on from chronic dieting to improving your life in more positive and lasting ways. The contestants are nominated by health professionals and consumers all over the world.
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Cheers!
I am resolutely opposed to resolutions. They seem pregnant with disappointment. And none of the looking back that happens this time of year produces much in the way of new revelations or insights. But I do feel absurdly optimistic about the coming year, so I am prepared to make a few predictions, some personal, some political.- We're going to have ( Read more... )
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"Friend of Flab"
File this under barf-o-rama. The Orange County Register reports that a new Facebook application has appeared, just in time for the holidays, of course, whose purpose is to help users lose weight. Does the fact that the idea alone makes me want to puke count?
"Our new Facebook application 'Battle of the Bulge' is intended to educate users about ( Read more... )
