I like "I'd do anything for love..." but not as an artistic achievement. New tag for Jon Stewart's Bitches. Deena, man, who has not squeezed out people, right?

I should skip breakfast. A friend of his is doing this and lost 25 pounds in 4 months.

Yeah, that sounds like he's looking out for your health.

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Steph, you'll like this. He told me of a radical new weight loss plan. I should skip breakfast.

Skipping breakfast is one of the WORST things a person can do to try to lose weight, because it fucks with your metabolism HARD.

Oh bob, THE bob, the clue bell tolls for thee.

I think all doctors ahould ask their patients every time they come in when they are going to quit smoking. Yeah, I know it's annoying as hell and mostly makes the smoker feel stubborn and angry, but it IS a health issue. My dad smoked three packs a day for 54 years and didn't quit after his first heart attack. Not until his last doctor, who was a real bitch about it and kept after him and kept trying stuff like the patch (didn't work) and the gum (didn't work) and hypnosis (didn't work), finally, Zyban (yay!), did he finally quit. He lived five years longer than they expected only because she WAS so inexorable about it.

I should skip breakfast.

WHAT?!? That's just crazy talk.

heads off for oatmeal

Clueless alert: I've occasionally overheard someone talking about how fat people are like sooooo disgusting... and then they realize that One Of Them is present. They try a quick save and say "Oh, present company excepted, of course!" Apparently they think that slathering on some manners afterwards will somehow make things better. Um, not really.

About asking Not!Emily to help with Toto's bathroom breaks: My much-beloved Uncle Bill used to tell us to go ahead and ask for anything we wanted, as long as we could take No for an answer. It's really quite amazing how well this works.

However, people who AREN'T doctors should butt the hell out of giving smoking and eating and exercising stuff advice. NONE OF THEIR BEESWAX. EVER.

However, people who AREN'T doctors should butt the hell out of giving smoking and eating and exercising stuff advice. NONE OF THEIR BEESWAX. EVER.

Does that include family members who suggest their dad/brother/grandma quit smoking? Because smoking, unlike being fat, is damaging to one's health more often than not, and I wouldn't want to see my family member causing themselves harm when it could be avoided.

Strangers who get in your face about smoking -- none of their business, absolutely.

Jesus, Deena. What an ass he is.

Oh bob, THE bob, the clue bell tolls for thee.

This. So very, very much.

Also? People who think quitting smoking is something you can just do, no problem, any old day you like? Also need the biggest cluestick ever.

All that was assigned in the first week and is due this week. For 2 classes.

That's a lot of homework, ChiKat.

For me there's both the "it's so generic it's worse than a bad song" thing and the meta of the fact that Jefferson Airplane did a lot of good stuff back in the day and even Jefferson Starship had some songs I don't mind. Starship was Grace Slick singing bad hair metal and, as such, means the 60s aren't just dead - it's been sold for parts on the black market.

So because someone who was an icon of the 60s is singing in a format that some people don't like, that invalidates the song even more? Another point I don't get. But I've long been accused of being lacking in musical taste.