If you participated in or attended today’s Boston Marathon and saw anything that may be helpful to the police, please call:
1-800-494-TIPS
They are particularly looking for video of the explosion.
If you’d like to donate blood, please contact the Boston Blood Donation Center at (800) 733-2767. And if you live in the Boston area, police recommend that you return to your homes.
Our thoughts are with you.
Posted in History, Holiday, Life, News, Politics, Sports
Tagged blood, Boston Blood Donation Center, Boston Marathon, Boston Police, donate blood, explosion, explosion video, Health, history, Holiday, life, news, police, running
Seems like we spend a lot of time these days debating what’s in the food we eat….and depending on the day, landing on different sides.
It almost kills the taste.
Photographer Caren Alpert takes a different — or should I say much closer – view. She uses an electron microscope to look at the foods we eat to reveal different landscapes, textures and patterns.
Cake Sprinkles
Table Salt
Celery Leaf
She makes the ordinary exotic. And maybe it’s just lunchtime…
But she’s making me hungry.
Posted in Art, Commentary, Design, Foods, Health, Life, Photography
Tagged art, cake sprinkles, Caren Alpert, celery leaf, come closer, commentary, design, electron microscope, Health, hungry, life, patterns, photography, table salt, taste, texture
I spent my Saturday morning in the dentist chair.
I lost a filling. My dentist had a replacement.
This is notable only because my dog Rory is scheduled for dental surgery on Friday. He has an abscess, and has been dealing with it for a few weeks because the doggy dental surgeon was booked.
I felt bad for him before, and after having a sore, sensitive mouth for only three days, now I feel worse.
My dog is a much better person than I am. This isn’t the first time I have been painfully aware of the fact.
We’ll make it all better soon, bubba.
If a recipe or menu says ‘banana,’ I’m there. But the banana peel?
I’ve always treated like compost.
Well, it turns out the peel contains more potassium and soluble fiber than the fruit. Plus, it can put you in a better mood because it reacts with the serotonin in your brain.
But if you just can’t get past the flavor of the peel, rub it on your skin. The peel is a near-miracle drug; it can reduce skin inflammation, stop itching, remove warts, smooth out wrinkles, and even get rid of acne!
Who’s the monkey now? Me for not knowing this years ago!
Reason #2,643,188 to love Ty Burrell:
More reasons are sure to follow.
Posted in Advertising, Celebrities, Entertainment, Health, Humor, Television
Tagged advertising, advertsing campaign, celebrities, entertainment, Health, Humor, Mastercard, Stand Up to Cancer, Television, Ty Burrell
Denzel Washington’s new movie Flight is about a plane crash. It is shot in brutal detail, and for this frequent flyer, difficult to watch.
But the pilot’s personal crash is even more gut wrenching.
Washington’s character is an alcoholic and a coke addict. And ultimately, that’s what the movie is really about. The plane crash is just a frame for this crystal clear picture of addiction.
I think it’s important for moviegoers to know this. How many times have I gone to a movie that marketed itself as a lighthearted comedy and found myself confronted instead by an unwelcome terminal cancer storyline?
So be prepared to watch a man hit rock bottom, if you go see Flight. It is a brilliant performance.
Posted in Airplanes, Celebrities, Commentary, Entertainment, Health, Life, Movies
Tagged addiction, airplane crash, airplane pilot, airplanes, alcoholism, celebrities, commentary, Denzel Washington, entertainment, Flight movie, frequent flyer, Health, life, Movies, rough air, terminal cancer
My back and I just can’t seem to agree these days.
I stand too much — like I did on Friday, some 10 hours on concrete during a commercial shoot — and it screams like a little girl.
That’s understandable. I was screaming too, both inside and out, by the time I left that set.
But then today it was equally upset with me for sitting too long on my ride to Boston — over five hours this time in one spot. By the time I got to the station, standing up was an event and an effort.
Is my back trying to tell me something? Like stop overdoing? Live life at an even keel instead of at extremes?
Well, that’s not gonna happen.
A lot of famous folk have been talking eating disorders lately.
Demi Lovato appeared on Katie Couric’s new talk show to discuss hers, which prompted Katie to spill the beans about her own bulimia. Lady Gaga used to have one, too. So did Stacey London of What Not to Wear.
It’s like eating disorders — or admitting to having had one — has become the fashionable thing to do.
Well, call me trendy — I have one, too!
I like peanut butter…a bit too much.
I like it for breakfast on toast. I like it for lunch on bread or crackers. I like it with chili (on the aforementioned crackers) for dinner. Or if there’s no chili about, I’m good with the peanut butter and crackers again.
And if there’s no bread or crackers, it’s pretty great right out of the spoon.
Some people might consider this an eating disorder. I think of it as dedication to a childhood friend who has proven himself again and again.
(But I’m not sure that is on trend right now.)
Posted in Celebrities, Food, Health, Humor, Life
Tagged breakfast, bulimia, celebrities, chili, Demi Lovato, eating disorders, fashionable, Foods, Health, Humor, Katie Couric, Lady Gaga, on trend, Peanut butter, peanut butter and crackers, Stacey London, toast, What Not to Wear
I was the ‘blind one’ in my family.
The kid who got glasses in fourth grade. Who probably should have had them years before, but faked her way through school eye exams.
The only one in glasses in my family. The only one in glasses in my class.
Over the years, I’ve gotten used to having bad eyesight. To doctors saying I can’t buy certain eyeglasses frames because “your lenses are too thick.” It’s all good.
I can wear contacts, too.
But at my annual checkup this week, my ophthalmologist said my retinas were ‘textbook.’
Take a look.
Aren’t they beautiful?
It’s nice to see one part of my eyes living up to their potential.
Starving, party of three
How do you spell BLT?
Now, maybe I’m just starving because I’m on day three of a three-day cleanse — yes, I am starving — but the idea of bacon, lettuce and tomato in any configuration is a fun way to pass the time.
When I make a BLT at home, I transform it into a BTCC — bacon, tomato, and cream cheese on whole wheat toast. I’m not a big fan of lettuce, and the cream cheese just makes the sandwich that much more decadent.
Plus ‘CC’ are my initials — how cool is that?
So, how do you BLT?
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Posted in Blog, Commentary, Foods, Health, Humor, Internet, Life, Restaurants
Tagged bacon lettuce and tomato, blogs, BLT, BLT sandwich, cleanse, commentary, cream cheese, food delivery, Foods, Health, Humor, Internet, life, party of three, restaurants, sammie, seamless.com, starving, The Delivery Bag blog, whole wheat toast