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CHICAGO, Illinois (Reuters) — When it comes to heart disease, being fit may be more important than being thin, according to a study of more than 900 women published Tuesday. “Our study shows that the lack of physical fitness is a stronger risk factor for developing heart disease than being overweight or obese,” said Timothy […]

“I’m just a person trapped inside a woman’s body.” – Elaine Boosler So, somebody finally managed to capture what bugs me about the whole “save the rights of the fertilized egg” movements. I can’t really say when I understood that telling women what to do with their bodies was wrong. Probably when I was very

I can’t believe he said this. No, really, I can’t believe it. To some extent, all my ranting about the current presidential administration has been somewhat restrained. I really, truly believed that they believed that they were doing the right thing. Mostly. Mostly, they believed it. Now I’m just… I’m just… I’m living in a

By adding on another couple dozen yards every time I go jogging, I’m now up to 2.72 miles per jogging session (trying to get these to twice a week). The goal is to top out at 3 miles, three times a week. I’ve set myself some top-out limits for the fitness stuff. No more than

via thisgirl: Boys are great. Speaking of boys, there’s an interesting discussion over at BuzzMachine about what a “terrorist” really is… Are Chechens rebels, freedom fighters, or terrorists? What should our media be calling them? Who decides? I’ve dipped a toe in, but I’m not sure I want to dive.

My buddy and roomie, Jenn, and I were walking out to dinner the other night, and I was ranting about a paper one of my buddies and colleagues had just sent me (among many others) to review before his presentation at the Cultures of Violence seminar in England at the end of the month. I

So, my latest Realms story’s finally gotten through the slush pile, though it’ll be at least another month before I know whether or not it’s gotten through that round, or’ll be returned with a Blue Form of Death. Granted, it’s been a while since I got one of those: I graduated to Yellow Form of

Gblah gblah words & beer. I was such a writing slacker last month. I’ve got to catch up. Good music, good beer, piles and piles and piles of words. Gblah gblah. OK, I’ll take out my internet card now….

Matt Cheney over at the Mumpsimus has a conversation going on about the equation of fantasy fiction with escapism. Join us here. Other interesting things include, Why Young Women Reject the Lable “Feminist”, some coolish story links at Lithaven, they’re making a live-action movie of Aeon Flux with Charlize Theron and directed by Karyn Kusama

Anybody else want a gmail account? My brother’s already got one, and I just got more invites. Send me an e-mail, or post a comment (peeps get priority).