A Letter to a Thin Doctor from a Fat Patient

“I recently had my annual physical examination, which I get once every seven years, and when the nurse weighed me, I was shocked to discover how much stronger the Earth’s gravitational pull has become since 1990.“ – Dave Barry  “I have gained and lost the...

Making Friends in the Smallest Big Town, NYC

”Old New York City is a friendly old town, from Washington Heights to Harlem on down.” Bob Dylan”My favorite thing about New York is the people, because I think they’re misunderstood.  I don’t think people realize how kind New York people are.”...

Turtle Soup for Christmas?

This is the view from Henrik’s childhood home in Norway. Not sure he’s all that impressed with the Ohio River! My daughter, Allison, and her fiancé, Henrik-Olav Osvik, are on their way back to their home in Oslo.  Henrik and Allison will celebrate Christmas soon at...

Never Marry a Thin Man

I bought these Hostess cupcakes for Rick two days ago. They sat on this table for two hours before he opened them. Once he did, it took him 27 minutes to eat them.  “I want to lose weight by eating nothing but moon pies, which have significantly less gravity than...

The Four Food Groups

“Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.”                         ~Doug Larson  When I was a kid, food was rafts of lemon and hard boiled eggs slices floating on Grandma’s brandy-laced  mock turtle soup at her...

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