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The McRib is super healthy and nothing like a yoga mat

I have to assume that the McRib will be coming to Connecticut shortly. I ate three McRibs during a two day trip to Indiana in the fall, and according to the McRib locator (yes, it’s a thing), there are confirmed sightings in Oklahoma and a possible sighting in Weymouth, Massachusetts. There is hope. As Andy…

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It’s not my fault that I’m genetically superior

I don’t eat a wide variety of foods, including many leafy, green vegetables, sushi, mayonnaise, most fish, all shellfish, Chinese, Japanese, Indian, and Thai cuisine. I’m also allergic to mustard and can’t stand any salad dressing, which is fine because I don’t eat salad. Despite the opinions of many of my friends (who often feel…

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A high opinion of your own opinion is a very good thing

John Wooden famously said, “The true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching.” In other words, what do you do when there’s no one to either praise or scold you? It’s a good definition of character, but there is one flaw: If you have an exceptionally high opinion…

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The reason that you are trying to lose weight could be the key to your success or failure

Since 2010, I have lost 55 pounds. I still get asked how I managed to accomplish this weight loss, and my standard (and slightly annoying) answer is that I decided to eat a little less and exercise more. In reality, this means that I counted calories for the first year, reduced my portion size at…

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She is much too thin

This past week I heard no less than four women complain about another woman being too thin. They reminded me of New Yorker writer Ariel Levy mentioning Cindy McCain’s size zero in her litany of Cindy McCain faults during an interview about an article she wrote a couple years ago. “She has been taught her…

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