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Women Who Hate Compliments
Written by Rivka
Yesterday, a man said to me: "Sorry I said anything. I know women hate compliments about the way they look." In general, he isn't wrong, but why is that?Chronogram Magazine Reviews Two Weeks Under
Written by Chronogram Magazine
A Review of Two Weeks Under and Feed Me - by Anne Pyburn, in the April issue of Chronogram Magazine.
As the Dow Plunges, Comfort Foodies Corner the (Grocery) Market
Written by Rivka
Analyzing car manufacturers who can't run their companies may be the barometer du jour of how much your bank account will continue to shrink. But if you want to know how bad it really is, look at what we're eating and what's in store for our waistlines. Let's put it this way: Something is definitely expanding.
As we head into the holiday season, there are economic indications that we need more New Year's resolutions for change than just swearing in Barack Obama.
Here's a quick snapshot: Kraft Foods has been summoned to the Dow altar to replace the banished AIG, Campbell Soup is at a 52-week high, food stores are easily meeting profit expectations, and luxury chocolate sales soared 20% in October, all set to finish out the year stronger.
We have officially entered another era where the Comfort Foodie rules, and there are consequences-pounds and pounds of consequences.
Read more: As the Dow Plunges, Comfort Foodies Corner the (Grocery) Market
He’s Got Youth-in-a-Bottle and Doesn’t Even Care About the Grandkids
Written by Rivka
I actually had better things to do this morning than get all irritated by another article with the sentiment of being youth obsessed and why it's okay. Today's little gem, on Earthlink, is called "Youthfulness an American Obsession-at what cost?"
http://enews.earthlink.net/article/top?guid=20081207/493b5850_3ca6_15526200812071859415137
It doesn't go near talking about at what cost. It only cares about whether injecting yourself with some sort of hormone is really bad for you or not. That is not a cost. I'm so annoyed that I will not stop myself from being catty and mentioning that the headline, with no punctuation or verb, gives you an indication of the caliber of what's to come.
This article passes for what's now considered a balanced news feature: It leads off with a guy who is 69 years old with the muscle-bound body of a 30 year old. He injects himself daily with growth hormones and talks about feeling energized and not at all wanting to look young, but to live longer and healthier. Yeah, right.
Then the article segues into 20 year olds talking about how they too will need plastic surgery, how you need to look young in the work place. It goes on and on. And of course there are medical experts citing various dangers.
You know what's never mentioned? That the people who go to extremes to look young don't care about anything at all but themselves. Nothing. They don't want to live long to contribute to society, to do anything for mankind, no one even mentions wanting to be alive to watch grandchildren grow. They want to travel and feel confident and blah blah blah.
Every quote reads like: "Enough about me, let's talk about ME."
It might seem weird to mention Kentucky Fried Chicken yet again, but bear with me. This article reminds me of why we need more Colonel Sanders'. He spent an entire career in the military, and only when he retired did he start Kentucky Fried Chicken. And what did he do with the profits? Gave it to charity.
By the way, he lived a good long time, all without injections or needing to look like he was 20. And he didn't seem to lack confidence because he had a belly.
Maybe if you lack confidence because of a little belly roll, you should stop naval gazing.
Whatever happened to the term "everything in moderation"?
Hey, everyone wants to live longer, be healthier. But if it's all we think about we're going to create a society of Paris Hiltons instead of Colonel Sanders. We'll have a booming customized medicine industry and lots of pretty people walking around talking about how confident they are. No wonder we'll all have to move to China to get jobs. Or never mind that, we'll just be the United States of China.
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