My girlfriend of forty + years of friendship has run into a bumpy spot in the financial road. Her once well-off husband is now in the nursing home. She made some admittedly awful financial decisions and lost their home to foreclosure. When I was out of work and broke and she was doing well, she had loaned me a couple…

He is saying that "we" enable obesity by giving such people clothes that are attractive and flattering. Monocolor muu-muus and style-less sacks are all right with him to hide nakedness, but making overweight people feel flattered and comfortable in their clothing will, he fears, prevent them from conforming to his own…

You're so right. I guess living only for what we look like to other people is warped itself. I never was very self-actualizing, but it sounds like you have that gift. Thank you for sharing your wisdom. I wish you good health and all it brings, and the pleasures in life, including muffins. (Ten pounds up is doing great…

That reminds me of how obsessed I had been as a young mother (my daughter is 34 years old now!) I had her by natural childbirth, a relatively easy labor and delivery —- and while they were cleaning her up, I actually got out of bed and went to the nurses station to weigh myself. I had lost exactly 12 pounds of the 22…

Spread the celery with those little 35-calorie Laughing Cow cheese triangles (pyramids?) All different flavors and almost no calories. Great for munching late at night and not damaging the waistline. "Bumps on a log" are celery with peanut butter within and raisins atop. If you want to shave down the calories a…

My two cents here: First of all, no matter how much you love your job, your resume should always be up-to-date and ready to roll. It's easier to keep your resume polished than to let it sit and grow mold until there's an emergency. Then, when you least want to, you have to start going back over years of projects,…