It had been building all weekend - that sick feeling of guilt in my stomach about having to be gone on a business trip during a Bella week.  My daughter alternates between spending a week with her dad, and then a week with us (in addition to seeing the other parent a couple of times during...

There was an interesting article this week on MSNBC.com entitled "Health reform idea:  Put down the donut" that brought up the concept that what is missing from the health care reform debate is personal responsibility.  Of course this got my attention because I've talked about...

 I literally have a "pet" peeve that I'm seeing more and more of:  people who carry their dogs on walks or push them in dog strollers.  

Wha?!  Dogs have 4 legs.  They should use them. 

For real - dogs are wandering, hunting, traveling pack animals.  They need...

I went out to lunch today and my partner and I decided to split an entree.  Here's what came to the table - again, THIS IS ONE ENTREE split in half:

Holy Sha-bee-bob!  That is a TON of food!  Neither of us finished our plates.  I have trouble imagining an NFL line backer being...

My previous post was in regards to the atrocious offerings on kids' restaurant menus and how I think it's one of the many reasons we are suffering from a growing obesity epidemic in the US.

I came across this great interactive map (if that's not a rousing nerd statement right there, I don't know...