Let Me Ash You Somethin’

Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. I'm giving up bread for the next 40 days. If I do that successfully, it will be the second time in a row and in my whole life that I have stuck to my Lenten guns. Last year was Diet Coke. I was thinking about giving up …

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This is NOT a Post About the Hunger Games

Nor is this a dieting post about the Hunger Games like you're dieting so you're really hungry. I haven't seen the Hunger Games.  Annie saw the movie on opening night with a bunch of her friends. The movie started at midnight, they had already purchased the tickets, yet she sat in a theater seat for …

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Of Sensory Movements and Superheroes

I’m turning into a 47-year-old on Sunday.  I gained a half pound this week, which should not be surprising since I had this for dinner during Whidbey Weekend: That’s right, that is a 32-ounce bone-in ribeye steak, barely cooked, seared so it was crusted on the outside and bloody red rare on the inside! I …

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