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Mickey Mouse gets healthy?

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Apparently Disney is turning over a new leaf, announcing they will be limiting their licensing to “healthful” foods. Here’s an article from Ad Age talking all about how not only will they go lo-fat and lo-sugar (not inherently “healthful” mind you — sorry, I’m a terrible food snob) with all the food they emblazon with their images (my take on this, above), but they will also be reformulating foods at their theme parks, banning trans-fats entirely. I guess it’s just a matter of time before the obese cross-dressers are going to take a stand against the ban.

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October 23, 2006
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= Awesome

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Thanks to the great Park Road Books here in Charlotte, I have just learned of this site called, expressively, Stuff on my Cat. In many cases, the concept is funnier and more wry than the execution (a general truth about cat people, I suppose?) (which we are, for better or worse), but the name of the site keeps making me laugh, so I have to share it with you.

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October 18, 2006
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Words gone wild

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It’s Friday and I’ve gotten nothing done today except to have a lovely coffee visit with my dear friend Steph, which is something, but not something I get paid for, unfortunately. Anyway, I’m supposed to be working on something I do get paid for, but my cousin sent me a link that I have to share with you. It’s a short animated film that is at once beautiful, disturbing, provocative and creepy. Oh so beautiful, with its design based on vintage flash cards. And did I mention disturbing? Like Lemony Snickett. So, go watch. And have a great weekend.

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October 13, 2006
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Off the Shelf

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We leave tomorrow for a 6-day whirlwind driving extravaganza to Connecticut, NYC and DC. So maybe after we get back next Tuesday I’ll have something to actually write about (we’ll be driving 1500 miles over 2 days. In-between we’re visiting in-laws, going apple picking in the Hudson Valley, meeting 5 new babies of college friends, traipsing around NYC with 4-yr-old twins, and seeing family we haven’t seen in 7 years — I feel confident I’ll have something to say when I return). In the meantime, in place of words, I offer you links. And just in time for Love Thursday…

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September 27, 2006
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My new favorite band

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The Folk Yous, from Athens, GA, sing cover songs. But not just cover songs, they sing covers of power ballads from the likes of Journey, REO Speedwagon and Asia. Did you grow up in the 80s? Don’t be shy — I know you did. If so (and even if you’re older/younger than that) do yourself a favor and check out The Folk Yous. PS. I apologize, in advance, for sending you to the MySpace netherworld. I promise the music section isn’t as bad as all that.

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September 13, 2006
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Some things, with a happy ending

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Why don’t they make frozen orange juice with pulp? They can make fresh oj that tastes like chalk for cripe’s sake, but they can’t freeze any that has actual fruit in it? When I type words that end in “tion” like education or information, I usually type “tino” instead, like educatino or informatino. So Italian! This is amazingly fascinating and beautiful. This guy Noah took a picture of himself every day for 6 years, then made a video out of all the pictures. I couldn’t take my eyes off it. Have you seen the Citibank identity theft commercical with Thelma…

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September 6, 2006
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