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I love this news item on Mom Logic, which I found, thanks to my smart friend, nutritionist J.J. Virgin. Without spoiling the piece, I'll just encourage you to check it out.

Oh, Internets.  Oh, my. I have been sick.  SICK.  And The Littlest New Girl has been SICK.  SIIIIICK. I have no intention of breaking my vow to no one about writing detailed sick posts, so fear not.  I skeeve sick posts (no offense) because, I think, I am too empathic for them.  They make me feel, well, ill when I read them.

* I am rereading the Harry Potter series AGAIN.  I know, I KNOW.  It makes me a supah-big [loser] dork but what can I say?  I don't know why I am drawn to reading it all for like, the [fourth] third time.  I should be reading new books.  Different books.  I really don't know WTH the issue is.  (I'm on number 6, though, in case you were wondering.) SEPTUMSPECTRA!  Or whatever.

* I am rereading the Harry Potter series AGAIN.  I know, I KNOW.  It makes me a supah-big [loser] dork but what can I say?  I don't know why I am drawn to reading it all for like, the [fourth] third time.  I should be reading new books.  Different books.  I really don't know WTH the issue is.  (I'm on number 6, though, in case you were wondering.) SEPTUMSPECTRA!  Or whatever.

What is the longest you’ve been separated from you spouse or... ..... Please visit That's My Answer, your daily pitstop for questionable fun! What's your answer?

In college I roomed with two girls who weren’t from the South. One was Canadian, the other from Michigan. Neither of them really understood the whole “football thing”. I joked with one, telling her that down here we don’t use DNA testing to determine paternity … we just ask the child which team he roots for!

Today’s funny courtesy of my Cotillion sister, Beth: Stunning Senior Moment A self-important college freshman attending a recent football game took it upon himself to explain to a senior citizen sitting next to him why it was impossible for the older generation to understand his generation.

H/T: Vivian and the Cotillion ladies, and Ari Herzog! In following Friday’s debacle (read about it here, here, here, and here) I realized that there were quite a few tech-savvy House/Senate members who were fellow Twitterers.

The gossip mongers have been blasting film director Guy Ritchie, Madonna's husband for his alleged remarks (and "bizarre rant," according to the Mirror), during which he claimed that sugar sends more people to their grave than crack cocaine.

Is Dunkin' Donuts becoming "smart," as hoopla surrounding its new DDSmart Menu (being rolled out on August 6) would have you believe? Well, according to Dunkin' Donuts, this new "healthier" menu will include items that are either at least 25% lower in calories, fat, saturated fat, sodium, or sugar