Category: Melanie

Attitude of Gratitude

Happy Thanksgiving to you, dear readers, even if you don’t celebrate! I do one of these lists every year, and every year it is remarkable how much my online friends mean to me. I have laughed at your blogs, had …

A Blogger’s Guide to Twitter Hashtags

The social network that sends me the most links, by far, is Twitter. No surprise there, because it is my favorite social network and gets the lion’s share of my attention. Social media is definitely a get-what-you-give area of marketing, …

First Birthdays: Medieval Princess

First Birthdays: Medieval Princess

Annabelle’s parents feared the sanctimommies would circle their castle with pitchforks and torches if they threw their one-year-old a Game of Thrones party. So they settled for their second choice, a Walking Dead themed–JK, I’m sure it’s been done though. …

September Empties (Mostly Drugstore/Dollar Tree)

September Empties (Mostly Drugstore/Dollar Tree)

First of all, let me apologize for my absence over the last three weeks! In that space of time, I lost an uncle and my grandmother, attended a memorial service for an uncle who passed earlier this summer, and have …

We’re Creating Aggressive Wildlife

We’re Creating Aggressive Wildlife

A few nights ago, I had a raccoon try to break in to the screened porch (I theorize that she was after an unopened bag of cat food). My neighbor watched one terrify a stray cat she had just fed. …

Information doesn’t always lead to behavioral change

Information doesn’t always lead to behavioral change

I read an interesting, if infuriating, opinion piece this morning. Dr. Barron Lerner wrote about physicians discussing sensitive topics such as weight and mental health with their patients. Lerner feels that asking permission before discussing these topics–“Would you like information …

If I run for 20 minutes, I can watch 8 hours of Netflix

If I run for 20 minutes, I can watch 8 hours of Netflix

 

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The BBC has a series of infographics illustrating the costs and benefits of everyday life choices, based on information provided by a Cambridge statistician who reviewed several studies. Watching TV for two hours a day (or, presumably, the time …

Regulatory gaps cause female baldness

Regulatory gaps cause female baldness

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Losing your hair can be incredibly traumatic for women. I once cut my calorie intake to about 900 a day (because I was young and dumb and wanted to look hot for an event) and suffered thinning hair as a …