LOL! I think all Mommy's that march in parades with brownie troops should get a FastPass to heaven!

Actually, edit that to read...."all Mommies - period - should get a FastPass ..."

Low-fat is not the path to happiness and long life. There is some research out there that I heard about from Dr. Steve that suggests that Robert Atkins might not have come up with the perfect idea, but that he was damn close. Many of the changes I have made have been to reduce overall calorie intake and to reduce sodium. My mother got it into her head from an early age that salt is used to cool hot food fresh from the oven, or at least that's what she says her parents conditioned her to believe.

I'm almost a foot taller than the SO, which has usually been the case with those I've dated.

I've never even heard that one before.

I've had a chance to converse with the folks at my company who do the shelf space planning for a few categories for Wal-Mart. It's ridiculous the amount of segmentation that major retailers do - WM has something like 2500 US stores, and about 600 different layouts for some categories (lunch meats).

I'd believe the HEB guy with respect to diets - a certain amount is also driven by proximity to a large supermarket. In the poorer areas of Chicago, you don't see so many supermarkets, but you do see a lot of convenience stores. Harder to eat healthy based on what you can buy at the local 7-11. Once people get into unhealthy eating habits, they can be heard to break unless there are easy, readily available ways to eat healthier.

I would probably kill at that game - I have a good memory of maps, especially in the US. My wife and I have a few passing-the-time games we play in the car that celebrate our knowledge of useless trivia:

1) She picks a random song from my iPod (~2K songs) and I have to guess title and artist as fast as possible. She tries to stump me.
2) Alphabet place name game - Name a city, state, or country. Next person has to name another location that starts with the same letter that the previous person used.

Wow; well that could be interesting! Especially since your wedding isn't on Christmas ;) Your attendants could wear matching cummerbunds?

I somehow need to prepare myself for work tomorrow. I either have a client meeting or a luncheon.

This tartan looks very similar to my family tartan: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...coticum%29.png


I like them both. They are jolly and colorful and fun tartans. Not boring, staid tartans.

My comprehensive exposure to wedding shows has led me to believe that the proper term for a male on the female side of the altar acting as an attendant is "man of honor". This is typically a gay male gal-pal who may or may not have a better sense of what looks good on the bride than the bride herself.

It is a major pain in the neck for those of us that dated taller men. :D
The last guy I dated (before marrying my husband) used the top of my head as a place to rest his chin. :mad:

That article makes a very interesting point I hadn't though about: the lower is family income, the more calories per dollar that will be sought out. Zero fat milk is exactly the same price as whole milk, but, as baglady pointed out above, far less calorie content. And thinner, healthier people, (I believe it's well documented) tend to get better jobs more easily.

The interweaving aspects of poverty are not simple cycles; they're hydra.

My favorite use of the formal Highland kilt was when I worked in AC and I saw the cops who would attend formal functions in their kilts and somehow figure out a way to attach their full duty belt to the kilt, short of a radio. Weapon, magazines, cuffs, mace, the works.

:eek:

Nail on the head, IMHO. @:-)

Our basic default when it comes to geography is that he'll almost always win on US (less area, but more detail) and I win on world (capitals, flags, currencies, identifying all the different Stans, etc.). :)

Shhhhh. We think these things but do not say them. She may yet divine more ideas subconsciously. ;)

I've done that to my fiancee. There are few times when it does work (jointly laying on the couch comes to mind).

:D