As I’ve been plagued lately by lower back pain, I, of course, assumed that everyone else had the same issue. Thus I thought it might be good to bring in a guest blogger with some actual information. Back Pain 101 In a survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 25% of Americans over the age of 20 reported having suffered pain that lasted 24 hours or more at least once over the past year. Among people over the age of 65,...

I don’t care how you vote (okay, I do, but not for the reasons you think) and I don’t get political on this blog, but I do get “family” on this blog. So. Please encourage your friends and family to vote today. Just not with their feelings. Encourage everyone to vote with their heads. Ignore the hype. Ignore the attack ads. Look at the documentation from the League of Women voters–they’re sane. If you know...

Sadly, the good people at Hotham Street Ladies were disqualified from a cake decorating competition in Melbourne, AU because their cake was in “bad taste.” This is the cake. And, in case you’re wondering, it’s Miss Havisham’s wedding cake. You’re going to have to go to the Hotham Street Ladies’ website to see more pics, but it will be worth it. Promise. As a tease, it’s the fondant maggots that I...

So here we are, nine years out from–for better or worse–the most exciting thing to have happened to me, ever. And I wanted to talk a bit this year about the “exciting” thing. The word exciting has come to take on a positive meaning. The original meaning of “excite” was slightly different. Let’s check with our friend, the Oxford English Dictionary. (ksat)  [a. Fr. exciter (= Pr. and Sp. excitar), ad. L....

Gluten-Free Girl and the Chef: gluten-free rugelach. I’m in heaven. I was asked to make GF challah tonight and bring a dessert to a Rosh Hashana dinner. The former was easy–I’ve been modifying this GF challah recipe of late and it’s been spectacular–and better with a few modifications. Now I’m going to attach the rugelach. This wont be my first GF rugelach, but I can tell it’s going to be my best....

First, yes. I did take my knitting with me, which was nice because we had a forty minute wait for the tour. Yesterday, as part of my summer staycation with the kids, we went to the Titan missile museum. After posting a pic on Facebook, I found out just how unnervingly close to home a bunch of these suckers were back in the early 80s, when we all knew how long we had until we were dead once the buttons started being pushed. However, only one of...