Cooking For the Stubborn Diabetic

I started a blog because I can't control my husband. He eats horribly and considers it his God-given American right to do so. He also thinks recycling is communist, but I've given up on that one.

"The communists lost, honey. I don't think we need to worry about them anymore."

"That's OK. I am willing to sacrifice myself for the greater good."

So now you have an idea of the kind of obstacle I am up against. My efforts at keeping his health intact must be surreptitious. And tasty.

And then it occurred to me: I can't be the only person in the United States who is facing this problem. There has to be others. So I started Cooking for the Stubborn Diabetic, mostly to vent and to share little tricks to get vegetables into his gullet.

Cooking for the Stubborn Diabetic is not about optimal diets for the diabetic. It is about what you can con him into eating. And if it doesn't beat the junk food, you lose. You take whatever victories you can find.

Kathy Ireland Isn't Fat

The photo in People magazine isn't a flattering one. She does look pregnant. But she doesn't look that bad. Sure, I guess if I was a supermodel and I saw myself in an untouched-up pose I would be upset as well. And if I gained 25 pounds.

But is that really a cause for panic?

How much of America would love to be only 25 pounds heavier than their prime? Most of them. That doesn't even really qualify as obese. Not to mention she has had a few kids.

This article is clearly a PR gimmick intended to sell her book. And it taps into how bad women already feel about each other and themselves by calling Kathy Ireland fat. Wow, we think. If she's fat, then I'm a porker.

So I am calling for a boycott of her book. Don't buy Kathy Ireland's new book. And stop buying People magazine!