Olympic torch relay has begun

The Olympic Torch relay has begun in Rome. Stefano Baldini, the marathon gold medalist from the Athens Games, began the relay after receiving the torch from president Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. A total of 10,001 torchbearers will carry the torch across Italy, visiting 140...

Westbrook goes on injured reserve

Brian Westbrook of the Philadelphia Eagles is out for the season after the hit he took from Jimmy Williams (Seattle Seahawks) on Monday night. The results of an MRI came back late Tuesday afternoon, and the tests revealed that Westbrook has a Lis Franc sprain in his...

Saunas

What is your opinion on saunas? I am not generally a big fan of them, but I have decided that over the next two months I am going to try using one on a regular basis. There are a few items conspiring to enable this decision: It’s Maine It’s Winter (almost,...

Intuitive Eating

The Health and Fitness blog has an article about Intuitive Eating, or eating whatever you want when you are hungry, but not eating anything if you are not hungry. One pays attention to hunger pangs, eats whatever they want and stops eating when “full.” The proponent...

Road ID Promotion

2007 Update: This year’s code is PCSaveOurHair7. I know I just wrote about Road ID, but since this promotion ends on Thursday I thought I would share it. Any order placed with them by Thursday, December 8th at 11pm Eastern time will get 20% off and guarenteed...