Month: September 2009

“Happy, Healthy, and Heavy.” It’s a Newsweek photo slideshow of overweight people being healthy and athletic and doing sporty things. LOVE IT. No, you don’t have to be skinny to run a marathon or ride a horse or attend a yoga class.

Is the uber-trendy cupcake industry bubble about to burst? (Hey Sis, pretty much required reading for you!)

I am 100% behind the Rescue Marriage initiative to pass the “2010 California Marriage Protection Act.” It’s a motion to ban divorce. After all, if preventing gays from marrying is essential to protecting traditional marriage, so is banning divorce. (It’s actually way more important, since Jesus himself made it clear that divorce is a sin yet was curiously silent on the topic of the gays.) Here’s a great interview with the author of the bill, who plans to set up tables outside Wal-Mart to get signatures from all those Prop 8 supporters. HA! Let’s see if they like it when it’s their own rights being curtailed.

Over on MetaFilter they’re discussing Amish romance novels. No, really. The comments that most amused me were from people who’d eaten in “Amish” restaurants and who expressed surprise at the “Amish” girls wearing bonnets, dresses, and incongruous New Balance sneakers. I had to break it to them that they’re probably not Amish.

I just telephoned the offices of Congressman Donnelly and Congressman Souder to urge them to support President Obama’s health care reform bill. I told them that I’m a proud Hoosier but – having lived in countries where the government provides health care for all – I couldn’t imagine moving back to a place where my family’s survival and financial solvency are dependent on whether or not we get sick.

Whoa, very cool! Brigita is quoted in the New York Times blog! It’s an interesting little discussion, too.

Bacon Cake. No, it isn’t a cake flavoured with bacon. It’s a cake that LOOKS LIKE bacon, and the whole thing is edible including the cutting board. (I still think our meat cake would’ve been tastier.)

WOW. Must get over to Buppa’s Bakehouse in Newtown. “American-style” baked goods including real boiled bagels, oatmeal sandwiches, and even the uber-trendy cake balls. (Man, what’s with Newtown getting all these great new bakeries? I also spotted Polka Dot Cookies and Cakes recently down the far end of King Street.)

Three words: Twilight Corn Maze. Yes, really.

Frank Herbert’s Dune… in Lego. Aren’t the eyes of the minifigs supposed to be all creepy blue?