Alli and My Diet

I have fought my weight for years. I am the human yo-yo! Dieting has always been an all-or-nothing deal with me. I either starved myself or I went way overboard and had a double Whopper with Cheese and a Large Onion Rings and a Chocolate Shake. There was no middle ground, which was my problem. Enter Alli.

Alli has gotten some bad press from people that complain about the treatment effects, but I never suffered from any at all, but then again, I followed the diet plan.

The diet plan is a major component of Alli's success. You can't just take the pill and go off on your own. That's a recipe for soiled pants and unhealthy eating habits.

When I signed up on MyAlli.com, I entered my weight (which was painful) and my height and age and it gave me an 1800 calorie diet plan. It seemed like a high number of calories, but I was determined to do it right. I ate the right number of calories and fat at each meal, took my Alli on schedule, and low and behold, the weight started to come off. I've lost 25 pounds so far.

I don't take Alli at every meal now, just when I eat between 12-15 grams of fat. But I am staying on my diet and it doesn't feel like a diet. It feels like I'm eating right and being healthy for the first time. Isn't that what a diet plan should be about?

Ann Coulter for Hillary?

Proof that it must be getting cold in Hell- Uber-bitch Ann Coulter said that she would vote for Hillary Clinton if John McCain became the Republican presidential nominee. I know that conservatives hate McCain, but really- is Romney that much better? He has flip flopped on issues that are important to conservatives. I think he is "conservative" because it benefits him politically. I think the fact the McCain is the front runner shows that Republicans are waking up and taking their party back from the ideologues that have tried to take over the party.

I'm still as Democratic as they come, but I don't guess I would move to Canada if McCain was elected.

Clay Aiken's Sex Life

Poor Clay Aiken's sex life is in the news again. This time there is debate about whether he is asexual or just tired. I have my own opinions about it, but I'll keep those to myself. What I won't keep to myself is my complete and utter disgust that every part of a celebrity's life is considered fair game, especially Clay's. What difference does it make who he sleeps with or if he sleeps with anyone at all? The last time I checked, I wasn't waking up next to him in my bed, so it doesn't really concern me. I do know that he's in a strange city performing eight shows a week. Just thinking about it makes me too tired for sex.

I know people say that by being in the public eye stars ask for this kind of scrutiny, but I don't buy it. A star's sex life doesn't make their music any different, their TV shows any funnier or, in Clay's case, his run on Broadway anymore successful.

Excedrin Migraine

Okay, so I don't know that the headaches I've had the last few weeks are migraines, but they feel like I've been hit upside the head with a hammer. We're talking serious, knee-walking pain. I can't go to the doctor because I am one of the 47 million people in the US without health insurance, but I've been taking Excedrin Migraine and it helps so much.

Pleo Dinosaur by UGOBE

Have you seen the Pleo Dinosaur? It's a robotic pet and it's so cute. It responds and develops its own personality. It has over 40 sensors and can see and sense objects and motion. It is one of the most sophisticated pieces of worthless (who really needs a pretend baby dinosaur?) engineering I have ever seen. I want one, but they are over $300.

A NKOTB Reunion?

People Magazine is reporting that New Kids on the Block are reuniting and that an official announcement is due next week. My only response is WTF? I will admit to being a huge (and I do mean huge- I had the dolls, the bedspread, the phone, the lunch box, the $90 NKTOB Tour jacket and many other things that I am too embarrassed to admit. They could live comfortably the rest of their lives on what I spent) fan, but the time for a comeback is past. Jon (the shy one, in case you're keeping track) is almost 40-- not old by any means, but a leeettle past boy band prime. Donnie is a succesful actor. Jordan had a semi-decent solo record. Joe's been active in theater. Why would they open themselves up for this kind of ridicule? I don't have a good feeling about this, but I wish them the best of luck.

Ruins Metropolis ToC

From Eric T. Reynold's Blog:



Cover Art (c) by Debbie Hughes

The stories are set in the ruins depicted in this cover art. In each story, the woman in the image is the protagonist. How similar are the stories? Ah, that was the experiment. You decide.

Coming soon . . . .

Ruins Metropolis

Adele Cosgrove-Bray adele_cb	"Old World Magic"
Ahmed A. Khan ahmedakhan	"End"
Alycia C. Cooke	"Sumari's Solitude"
Anna D. Allen	"Mrs. Kelly's Ghosts"
Barton Paul Levenson	"City of the Dead"
Brenta Blevins	"A Haunting in Giza"
C.L. Holland	"In Search of Camanac"
Camille Alexa littlebirdblue	"Veilsight"
Chris Benton die7fox	"For Sale: One Gold (plated) Eye Of Horus"
Christine Poulsen	"The Eye of Re-Atum"
Erin M. Hartshorn abennettstrong	"By the Pool of the Blue Lotus "
Gene Stewart	"The Name and the Shadow"
Gerri Leen	"Seeker of the Dead"
Gianna Robbins bookend_2	"Goddess Reborn"
H.F. Gibbard	"Chamber of Illusions"
Heather Kuehl malevolent_dead	"The Final Goodbye"
Jacqueline Seewald	"Amulet"
Jennifer Moore	"The Return of the Queen"
Jonathan Shipley	"When Love Dies"
Jude-Marie Green saycestsay	"Dancing On the Corpse of the World"
K.L. Townsend	"Convergence"
Kari Livingston	"Kehmet's Curse"
Kate Kelly	"In the precinct of Amun-Re"
Kimberly Vandervort writerknv	"The Librarian of Talimbourne"
Leslie Brown and Sarah Totton	"The Amulet of Passages"
Lyn McConchie	"Children of the City"
Meg Swanton	"The Memory"
Megan Arkenberg	"Panthanatos"
R.F. Long rflong	"Carrying Keptara"
Ransom Noble	"Qui's Contract"
Rob Rosen	"The Great Sleep"
Sarah Wagner shade53	"The Tomb of Setankan"
Stephen Graham King chronicpaint	"Burning Stone"
Victoria Kennedy	"The Deserted City"
Willis Couvillier will_couvillier	"Haroeris's Favor"

From what I've seen, the stories are much more diverse than you would expect given the tight constraints of the submission call. My entry, "Kehmet's Curse," is set in the ruins of the legendary city Nagdala. Lucia is the sole survivor of the city's destruction more than 3000 years ago. There should be a release date soon.