I guess if I was being tied up and forced to listen to a "New Country" radio station I'd rather hear her than most of the formulaic, faux-nostalgic good ole boy crap out there, but otherwise, why bother? I miss the Dixie Chicks.

I think the problem in doing studies is that for most people, wheat tends to go along with sugar and processed foods. In Wheat Belly, all his examples were of people who ate "bagels, muffins, pizza" etc. So of course cutting out wheat meant that they basically had to cut out junk food and snacking, and the extra sugar…

I have yet to hear a really convincing argument about how these foods cause inflammation, or even what inflammation in this case consists of. Yes I know, small intestine, mucous, molecule absorption, leaky gut, etc but I just don't buy it. The arguments in the end all boil down to these naturopathic tropes that have…

But if you slept less and didn't eat more to compensate, you would lose weight? That's what I'm getting from this study.

I met a new employer once and he turned out to be 6 foot 6 and generally huge. I shook his hand, looked up at him and said, before I could stop myself, "Wow." He said "What?" I said: "I like your tie."

I think many people assume that losing weight is difficult, intentional, and takes a lot of work, so they figure the person has accomplished something and would like to be complimented on it. And if you know the person well enough to know that they do feel it's an accomplishment, then praise away. But if you have no…

Does taking insulin cause weight gain? Or are the eating disorders unconnected, but people find not taking it causes weight loss?

We have neighbors who "save" the spot in front of their house by putting out traffic cones, their trash cans, sometimes even chairs. And not just occasionally, say when they need to move a heavy object, but every day. Needless to say, "obstructing the roadway" is against the law. They also leave notes on people's cars…

Well, there is Joy Division. Very intentional, but obviously aware of it.

I think I'm with David Sedaris on this one: "...the rest of us would wither and die shortly after we ran out of shampoo."

"I live back in the woods you see / my woman and the kids and the dogs and me / I've got a shotgun a rifle and a four wheel drive /

Thanks for the info!

Who gets the money? Do you give the app your credit card and they deduct it? Great moneymaker for them!

Vice means nothing anymore, it's so annoying. I recently saw some dopey red-carpet interview where actresses were asked what their vices were. One said "chocolate." One said "I used to smoke." I USED to smoke. That's her vice. I mean, I'm sure many of them have real vices that they keep carefully hidden, but just shut…

"... the tone and bearing of his penis". How wonderfully regal. I love it.

I seem to remember a time you could get permanent black eyeliner tattooed on. late 80s, 90s? Even at the time I realized styles would change, but I also know how consuming in the moment they can seem, especially if you are young and haven't witnessed many fashion cycles. You really can't imagine a time in the future…

Michelle Obama's clothes are very boring, it's true, though I wouldn't call them dreadful. Upscale. tasteful, and yes, conservative mall clothes. I thought that was the entire point. Relatable, modestly priced, preppyish, young American designers when possible, a little high-low mixing it up, and nothing anyone can…

The "stars dressing their age" story makes it clear how out-of-touch In Touch style writers — or, more likely, the audience they're writing for — is with actual trends. Like Mad Men, just for starters. Kind of funny. I imagine all these In Touch readers marvelling at why a young woman would be wearing something from…

I think a FUPA is a GUNT, no?

What exactly does doing "poor people stuff" entail? Do you mean that having a beer in a cheap bar is being ungrateful to your parents? And that it necessarily means you're "pretending to be poor?" What does that mean? I can go to Paris without pretending to be French, or have a drink at the Legion without pretending…