Archive for November, 2007

Reprise: Victimizing Fat America

Nov 17

Posted by: Meta4Life in: Health Care, Life, Politics

“I’m not fat. I’m suffering from the disease of obesity.”
These were the words that went through my head this morning as I read this headline at Yahoo: Obesity must be treated as disease -expert. And while I may admire the intentions of the physicians, researchers, and others involved with the 14th European Congress on Obesity, [...]

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Reprise: Valuing Life

Nov 11

Posted by: Meta4Life in: Health Care, Life, Politics, Thought

Originally written and published in May 2005.
On stem cells, roses, and the fallacies inherent in the “culture of life” philosophy.
All life has intrinsic value.
I was inspecting our new roses this weekend, removing pests, fertilizing the soil after this month’s nearly incessant rains, removing any weeds lest the beautiful, fragrant flowering hedge in my dreams [...]

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Posted Things I've Learned.

— 2d ago via M4L\'s LiveJournal
Posted This is what it is, I guess..

— March 18th via M4L\'s LiveJournal
Shared Again with the dreams?.

— March 16th via M4L\'s LiveJournal

Again with the dreams?
RT @GreenCurmudgeon: Mayans were right. Junk bonds coming due in 2012 may create "financial doomsday". NY Times: http://tinyurl.com/ybtlqgb [xxstitcher]

— March 16th via A Twitter Feed
Posted *headdesk* *headdesk* *headdesk*.

— March 16th via M4L\'s LiveJournal
RT @amwhiteTS: I'm beginning to hate posts like the "top 10 ways to ..." I just feel so cheated out of real content. [xxstitcher]

— March 15th via A Twitter Feed
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— March 15th via A Twitter Feed
I hear that! :) RT @velmalikevelvet I'd rather be fat than abstain from Thin Mints! Mmm, frozen Thin Mints! [xxstitcher]

— March 14th via A Twitter Feed
aka "fat pills." :) Sure are yummy though. RT @velmalikevelvet Hallelujah, my Girl Scout cookies were just delivered!!!!! [xxstitcher]

— March 14th via A Twitter Feed
Yup. #Alice is definitely worth seeing at least once in 3D. Depp = Amazing. Elfman's soundtrack = Made. Of. Win! [xxstitcher]

— March 12th via A Twitter Feed