Monthly Archives: January 2010

From the Shit I Could Have Told You files – Bullying is bad for you.

By Michelle | Published: January 27, 2010

A study just published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry found that adults who were bullied as children were more likely than others to suffer from depression and anxiety, as well as a host of physical ills, including fatigue, pain and a greater susceptibility to colds. …scientists suspect that the daily stress [...]

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Hilarious shit my husband says.

By Michelle | Published: January 26, 2010

So…my husband. He’s Canadian, right? We both are, now, but I was BORN (and raised) IN THE USA!!! just like Bruce Springsteen. And I love America, to be frank. I love it in a way I never loved it when I still lived there. I love it in its brashness, its tackiness, its cultural ridiculousness. [...]

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The Regent.

By Michelle | Published: January 21, 2010

This post represents one in which I talk to myself. Feel free to read or to skip. Comments on these posts are closed. My struggle with chemistry continues. It’s actually really fucking embarrassing, but I want to be up-front about it, mostly with myself.

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Slim Chance Awards and the joys of skepticism.

By Michelle | Published: January 21, 2010

So, while I’m still on hiatus (I know, it’s the most internet-ey internet hiatus in modern history), I’ve found myself thinking a lot about what I’ve come to call “diet apocrypha.” Apocrypha includes scammy fad diets, folk remedies, superstitious beliefs about food/eating, old wives’ tales, and that mysterious “American Heart Association Diet” that was faxed [...]

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On hiatus. For serious this time.

By Michelle | Published: January 15, 2010

ETA: So, I lasted about a week and then broke my hiatus. No, I don’t want to talk about it. Still not really taking email questions until I’m caught up, though. The Fat Nutritionist is taking a hiatus until February 5, because I seriously need to study some chemistry! And I keep getting distracted by [...]

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