Monthly Archives: April, 2011

The San Francisco Treat

I want to live a remarkable life.~Me I’m in San Francisco for an aging conference and it’s been a fascinating, educational and emotional week. My presentation went amazingly well and I’ve been spending time attending sessions on topics that I don’ t necessarily want to think about, but important to know about:  end of life …

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Leavin’ My Boy Lasagna

Every mountain has its faces that’d make you want to stop, On this so never-ending journey from the bottom to the top. ~Something Beautiful by Great Big Sea Happy Easter weekend everyone! I should be in Pittsburgh right now with Chris dyeing eggs, celebrating Easter and singing Happy Birthday to some family members, but I’m …

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Spring Cleaning

Don’t cook. Don’t clean. No man will ever make love to a woman because she waxed the linoleum – “My God, the floor’s immaculate. Lie down, you hot bitch.” ~Joan Rivers I’m a clean freak, but I hate to clean. I like for things to be organized, but feel like I spend most of my …

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Look Ma! No Cavities!

Let the rain kiss you.  Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops.  Let the rain sing you a lullaby.  ~Langston Hughes I woke up early this morning with my alarm clock beeping and the rain pounding against the window. Not my ideal way to start a Saturday morning, but we had …

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Peep Show

Enjoy yourself. These are the good ol’ days you’re going to miss in the years ahead.~Anonymous Since I grew up in Bethlehem (no, not the one Jesus was from), I have a special place in my heart for the sugar-coated marshmallow creatures we all know and love as Peeps. Just Born Candy company is there …

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Rooftop Zumba

Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. ~Howard Thurman If you’ve been reading my blog for awhile now you’ve probably picked up on the fact that I’m a little obsessed with Zumba. I do it …

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WTF Friday

The function of the imagination is not to make strange things settled, so much as to make settled things strange. ~G.K. Chesterton I’m glad this week is over. It wasn’t necessarily a bad week, just a strange one. Meeting the Surgeon General was definitely the highlight, but it was also full of WTF moments. I’m …

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Surgeon General Says…

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.~Lao Tzu I’m in super public health educator mode today. Don’t worry, I won’t write like an academic or bore you with lots of statistics or anecdotes, but I will say one thing–the diabetes epidemic in …

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Fat Asian Food-Baby

Rejoice with your family in the beautiful land of life!~Albert Einstein I love chubby babies, especially fat Asian babies. I don’t know what it is about them, but I think they are so cute. (source) What I don’t like, however, is feeling like I’m having a fat Asian food baby. This past weekend I had …

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