...people tend to revisit their glory days? The high-school football star who goes to the stadium to mourn when his marriage breaks up. The aging hollywood actor/actress who returns for "one last shot" at the big time. The Republican who commie baits, even after the entire world has moved beyond Communism as a significant threat. It's a bit sad, really.

I thought every decent sized city had homeless shelters with various social services available. We have one in my town, and we aren't even that large. Fort Myers is a big city. If they can't find a place for one homeless woman, then Florida must be a sorry state.

Given that the vast majority of people who lose weight gain it back in a few years, the only way to permanently lose weight is to obsess over it. 30 minutes of exercise a day, weighing everything you eat, and panicking over every holiday. Of course, you also have the option of simply going with the body you have and being constantly judged, looked over for jobs, paying more for insurance, and having trouble finding partners who can overlook your major character flaw (being overweight).

I'll start putting less emphasis on my weight when the rest of the world stops discriminating against me and judging me for being overweight. Oh... and I'm not one of the "round" people you see on the street. Just a "large" woman. But the effect is the same.

And I thought I was cynical. I'm willing to bet that the mother of the baby didn't mind having someone feed her baby. I'm also willing to bet that the mother was provided formula to continue feeding her baby after Hayek left - hopefully enough that she didn't have to dilute it to make it last a bit longer (a big problem with formula feeding in 3rd world nations). I'm not a "breast is the only option" person - imo, any kind of nutritious food that will sustain a baby should be fed to the baby, regardless of whether it comes from a body or a bottle. But Hayek made an important point here, one that needed to be made - when her healthy, westen body fed a baby whose mother was not able to feed him.

They didn't think he was senile. They KNEW he was senile. The man dozed off in important meetings and told stories from movies as if they were real. He admitted he had Alzheimer's 5 years after he left office. When he said "I don't recall"... he almost assuredly meant it.

I presume that this list is supposed to represent "large" women, in an attempt to convince people that big can really be beautiful. The fact that they got stuck at 7 on the 14 and up list does says a lot about our societies ideals for beauty. I was looking at pictures of Sally Kirkland, who is definitely zaftig (as well as aging beautifully), and she was awesome. Smiling in a "take me, I'm gorgeous" way. But wrinkles and fat aren't sexy. Ever. I know... it's not healthy to be fat, so we have to discourage it at every opportunity. But it's even less healthy to be anorexic, which is practically a requirement for a serious modeling career which pays big bucks. The "health" argument doesn't cut it. And it's sad that they can't find more than 6 women who are size 14 who are "hot". 10 is NOT large, by any normal standard. In all honesty, I could get down to my ideal weight and have washboard abs (and have) and not be a 10 (I'm 5'10" and "big boned").

It wouldn't surprise me if that study found that bipolar people were as likely to respond to a placebo as to an anti-depressant. Not much is known about BP, but it's pretty clear that the mechanisms that cause it are not the same as those which cause depression, and that anti-depressants are not adequate to treat bipolar disorder (some can actually induce mania if not taken along with other medications). Most medications for BP are anti-seizure medications originally developed for the treatment of epilepsy. Lithium has also been a very successful treatment for many. Don't underestimate big pharma on this one - they are greedy monsters, but I'm on a medication that allows me to be totally normal for months, even years, at a time. I've never been hospitalized for my disorder. I've never missed a dose. I hate taking pills, but I'm grateful that they are there.