For my 30th column, I wanted to do something worthy of what, for me, is a huge accomplishment. Writing this column (more or less) consistently since last fall is a major feather in my consistency cap — one of only a bare few. It can sit right alongside the feather ...
Anyone who has followed this column has probably read one or two of my rants on veganism. Most of these stem from my staunch resistance to being restricted from eating anything I choose. However, in light of some recent health issues and the heart gripping fact that I am not ...
Part 28: Now I’ve done it. I realize that my bad eating habits are largely crimes of opportunity. Clandestine liaisons with the crappiest of cookies, the furtive shoveling of forkfuls of luscious desserts into my mouth thinking that they can’t really be that bad and the pre-emptive defensive looks I ...
As it happens, it would not be uncommon for you to answer that question with, “Wait, spend my who day?” I mean, unfortunately, Tesla’s name has largely been shoved out of the common vernacular in this country. Aside from an offhand reference to the 80’s hair band (who, incidentally makes ...
Former U.S. Congressman Marvin Esch of Ann Arbor has died. He was 82. A Republican, Esch served in the Michigan State House of Representatives from 1965 to 1966 before being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, where he represented Ann Arbor and southeastern Michigan through 1976. That year, he ...
The other day, I changed my gchat status to, “Am now officially girl who sits at desk eating baby carrots.” Because honestly, keeping up the low-calorie eating throughout the days that I am stuck to my desk is difficult. I like to have something to chew on while I consider, ...
Nine-and-a-half months ago - and 58 blog entries ago - I wrote that the school year would be a sprint, that I would begin running when the first bell rang. Today is my last day of final exams, the last day I’ll see students. The sprint has come to an ...