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Category Archives: Health
How POSSESSION Can Help You LOSE Weight
Brick Crapper M.D’s second book from Book View Café is the revolutionary How POSSESSION Can Help You LOSE Weight. It will be published on May 5th and ARCs will be available through LibraryThing’s Early Reviewers April batch. We’re very excited about … Continue reading
Posted in Announcements, Health, Humor, satire
Tagged April Fool's, crapper, demons, Diet choices, dietary research, diets, Health, possession, spirits
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The Noro Diet by Brick Crapper, M.D.
Book View Café proudly announce that The Colorectal Times bestselling author, Brick Crapper M.D. has joined BVC. Brick is one of leading experts on alternative diets and holds SEVEN doctorates from the Internet’s leading universities. He’s appeared on countless television … Continue reading
Posted in Announcements, Health, Humor, satire, Uncategorized
Tagged April Fool's, crapper, Diet choices, dietary research, diets, Health, norovirus
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Fear of getting sick
by Jennifer Stevenson Every writer who relies on their writing income worries about illness stopping them from writing. I’m one of those lucky people who can (when motivated, such as by bills) write when I’m sick, sore, overtired, dead … Continue reading
Obsessions for Fun and Profit
(Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson in Magnificent Obsession. Here.) I’m sorry this is a bit late. I’d planned on finishing it yesterday but life intervened. I’m a big believer in obsessions. Let’s be clear about what I’m talking about. I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Health, Writers on Writing, Writing life
Tagged obsessions, Steven Popkes
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Sex in Space: How Do We Manage To Do It?
These are my class notes from LaunchPad Astronomy Workshop, 2011, Sex is such an interesting topic to so many people, and gets portrayed so often, I think the notes are worth repeating.The focus was on heterosexual activity, but some of … Continue reading
It’s Ranting Time Again
I know I usually blog on writing and books, but I’m a writer, and if I get sick, I can’t write, so a bad cold ought to be a writing topic, right? And since my husband and I are both … Continue reading
In Your Food: Snacks
The treats discussion got me thinking about other convenient foods. I like fresh fruit, but if I’m traveling I may have to settle for something in a package. POP QUIZ: Which is healthiest – chocolate fudge pudding, strawberry gelatin, or … Continue reading
Posted in Food and Cooking, Health
Tagged hfcs, In Your Food, natural flavoring, sucralose
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In Your Food: Treats!
Ah yes – the annual question: what to give the ghoulies that will soon be at the door. The traditional offering is, of course, heaps of sugar. Some of these contain corn syrup or other forms of corn. Others are … Continue reading
A Karate Scrapbook: Old Dogs Do Learn New Tricks
I am fifty-seven years old. Six years ago the lowest disc in my spine herniated. My sciatic nerve on the right side was pinched so badly it lost seventy percent of its signal-carrying capacity, or so my spine doctor estimated … Continue reading
In Your Food: A Few Links
Been a busy week. Lots of reading. I haven’t had time to check out all these articles. Interested in the GMO discussion, because of my friend’s problem with GMO corn. Don’t know which if any of these are good articles, … Continue reading





