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Although I normally think the Brits are more reasonable than those of us in the United States — colored by characters like Mary Poppins and enhanced by the British Broadcasting Network — I have been utterly proven wrong.  It seems that people all over the world are complete idiots when it comes to sensitive topics like, [...]

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TMZ (and yes, I’m addicted just like the rest of you… ) just posted a story about stars not wearing their makeup.
The captions for some of these photos really disturbs me.  The writers compare people like Queen Latifah, Helen Hunt, Nicollette Sheridan, Rosanna Arquette, and Britney Spears to truckers, farmer’s daughters, bloated lizards, looking “desperate” [...]

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For those of you worried about your bodies, afraid that you’re too fat, or too skinny, or that your boobs are too big or too small, afraid that your boobs sag too much, afraid that your gut hangs out too far, worried that you’re too wrinkly, too old, too hunched, too short, too tall….  For [...]

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I recently watched the movie Good Luck Chuck and while it was generally funny, there are a few things I feel need to be addressed.
The premise of this movie is that Chuck has a hex put on him when he is a kid that makes every woman he sleeps with fall in love with and [...]

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I am a little late for this, considering it is January 3rd already.  But it is already a ridiculous practice, so I suppose two days won’t hurt. 
I have been surprised so far that my gym hasn’t become full of people deciding to “loose weight” for the new year.  It is clear from all of the [...]

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The conversation usually goes something like this:
Me: Look at how cute she is (watching my 2-year-old niece)
My husband: Yep, pretty cute.
My mother-in-law: Is there something you have to tell me?
If my grandmother-in-law happens to be in the house, the conversation would continue like this:
Me: Yeah, right.  I don’t think so.
My husband: We already have one [...]

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