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  • Photo courtesy Pexels Super-size it!  Americans have always had a love affair with food.  Not as big of a love affair as the French, of course, but big and getting bigger.  Everywhere you look anymore the portions in restaurants are getting bigger, much bigger. From Burger King to Mc Donald’s to any steak house in

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  • Shopping for a new tablet?  I’d rather kiss a rattlesnake on the mouth

    Lately I’ve been shopping for a new tablet. Do I go iPad, Dell, Samsung, Kindle Fire, or some other brand?  While this is not one of the most difficult things in life to do, it is one of the more miserable. And yes, I do understand that this is most definitely a first-world whine. Getting

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  • Where did all the laughter go and when did it leave?

    I’ve got a question: At what age did you quit laughing?  Now if you’re like most people to whom I ask that question, you said something like, “What are you talking about? I still laugh!” But you know what? You probably don’t. Now please understand that I’m not talking about “adult laughter” (that kind where

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  • Are you as crazy as we think you are?

    Yann Martel, in Life of Pi says, “All living things contain a measure of madness that moves them in strange, sometimes inexplicable ways.” If that’s the truth, then we’re all just a bit crazy, some of us obviously more so than others.  The next question then is, How crazy are you? Luckily, I’m good at

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  • Happy 2025

    Happy 2025

    New Year’s Resolutions The years are spinning faster than the numbers on a roulette wheel 2025. Can you believe that it’s been an entire year since you broke your 2024 New Year’s Resolutions? Well, it’s time for new ones. Can you say yippee?      People are creatures of habit and so, just like so many

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