Big love

The other day, while enjoying my lunch, I stumbled across this. It made me smile. It made me feel good. It made me want to do a run and jump hi-five to the girl who wrote it. Finally a positive article about weight that doesn’t skinny person bash – just says ‘I’m big and I . . . → Read More: Big love

MMM – In times of stress, wear headphones.

A blonde wearing headphones walks into a hair salon to get her hair cut. The stylist asks her to take off her headphones but the blonde refuses. So the stylist takes them off and the blonde collapses to the ground and dies. The stylist picks up the headphones and hears, “Breathe in, breathe out. Breathe . . . → Read More: MMM – In times of stress, wear headphones.

Personal training or personalized torture?

Last night, Al and I went off to our group training session, run by my personal trainer cousin. Hopefully, in a productive effort to shift a few kilos of chocolate, pudding and good eating from our rumps.

The trouble is, she knows our (muscular) weaknesses. And exploits them. All with a smile, the evil . . . → Read More: Personal training or personalized torture?

MM(WTF)M – Marvellous Measels (WTF?!?!) on Monday

Caution: Rant…

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Selective Reduction

The boy and I were watching 60 minutes on the 20th of March– one of the stories focused on selective reduction (SR) and 3 womens’ experiences with this issue.  For those not familiar with the subject matter selective reduction is where one or more foetuses is aborted during a multiple pregnancy.  The foetuses are usually . . . → Read More: Selective Reduction

FooFoF – Freaking out over Facebook on Friday

Ahh, Facebook. What are they up to now?

They already know who you are. They have your messages. They know who your friends are. They know who your family are. They know where your check-in locations are. They know what you “like”.

And now they want to know if you’re an organ donor.

And they… . . . → Read More: FooFoF – Freaking out over Facebook on Friday

Monday Mental Musings

Last year was a rough one for my family. My brother was in town for work last week and we had dinner and a good, long talk about what we all went through. He had a particularly rough time of it and ended up going to a counsellor and having a couple of months off work. . . . → Read More: Monday Mental Musings

Appreciating the unwell

Everyone knows what it’s like to be sick. Whether you’ve had a bad flu, a tummy bug or anything on-going, you can appreciate it’s the last place you’d rather be.

Lying in bed and feeling miserable and lonely a while back, I began to think about people who are chronically ill. Say parents or grandparents . . . → Read More: Appreciating the unwell

If symptoms persist . . . .

. . . . look elsewhere.

Australia’s therapeutics watchdog is considering requiring alternative medicines to contain an ”untested” disclaimer on their labels. . . . Many people are thought to believe that as the remedies are registered by the administration, they have been officially tested. That is true of only a small number of the . . . → Read More: If symptoms persist . . . .

Pass that dutch

Mary Jane. Bammy. Chillums. Funk. Ganja. Giggle Weed. Moocah. Snop. Wacky Terbacky. Bud. Green Goddess. Griff. Hooch. Macon. Pretendo.

They are just a selection of the slang terms used to describe marijuana. A substance that often has calls to be legalised, which are promptly ignored.

But are there positives? Yes, it is a drug . . . → Read More: Pass that dutch