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marie — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:58:01 +0000

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Stop! Don’t eat that arm!

marie — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 04:38:30 +0000

I am a bona fide fact fiend. It doesn’t really matter what the fact is about, what category it falls in, the more trivial it is the more I love it. I can’t remember people’s names, I have no recall regarding the Pythagorean Theorem (or anything else vaguely useful), but tell me a bizarre fact [...]

Crisis Mode Doesn’t Help Anyone

marie — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 04:59:56 +0000

Many of you are facing crisis right now; health problems, relationship dissolutions, or more commonly, financial crisis. Unfortunately, I have been thinking about crisis management a lot lately. I’ve had a six month hiatus from blogging due to my own crisis-o-rama… my mother, in her seventies, started having health issues for the first time in [...]

Coming out of the chronic illness closet

marie — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:27:34 +0000

Are you still in the closet about your illness? Do you go to great lengths to hide your illness from family and friends, coworkers, random people on the street? How does it feel to hide an immutable part of you? Most of us with chronic illness have debated and/or practiced the “don’t ask don’t tell” [...]

Too old—BS!

marie — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:19:19 +0000

One of the most compelling stories to come out of the 2008 Beijing Olympics was that of swimmer Dara Torres. 41-year-old Torres won two silver medals in swimming, beating out women half her age. Her resilience and persistence are remarkable given that she gave birth only two years prior to the Games. Her experience in [...]

This is a piece of cake

marie — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:16:44 +0000

I just got off of the treadmill and I was clock-watching like it was my life’s calling. I didn’t want to be there. Perhaps I should be on a beach somewhere, lounging or debating which Ben & Jerry’s to tackle next. I struggle with the same issue you do: how to get myself to do [...]

The dangers of meal multi-tasking

marie — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:35:03 +0000

This morning I woke up woefully late. In an attempt to save time I began wolfing down oatmeal while simultaneously trying to dry my hair. This resulted in me choking on my oatmeal. Not only highly unpleasant, but since I was alone in my hotel room when I began choking my immediate thought was, “Oh [...]

Action creates energy

marie — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:11:30 +0000

When is the perfect time to make a good decision? After the mail is opened, bills paid, inbox empty, dishes washed, toenails painted? After Brad Pitt knocks on my door to let me know what Angelina is tiresome with her “Let’s save the world” chatter and that he’s always liked short girls? Nope. It is [...]

Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire: What health lies are you telling yourself?

marie — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:29:33 +0000

For years I obsessively purchased outdoor gear and fitness equipment. Camping accessories, snowboards (yes, plural), bicycles, rollerblades and don’t get me started on workout wear accoutrements. I knew my obsession was reaching the breaking point when I contemplated bringing home a compound bow. I don’t even know what a compound bow does. Did I need [...]

Let’s begin at the end

marie — Sat, 31 May 2008 05:08:16 +0000

Let’s begin at the end, your end to be exact. At the risk of being morbid, you are going to die (oh, the horror!). Guess what, lovelies, we all are. This is probably not something that you want to think about and certainly not something you want to embrace, but thinking about this may help [...]