My Outfit Monday: Necklace surgery
My mom gave me this necklace for Christmas, a piece she snagged somewhere in our home state of Ohio. I liked the heft, the beading, the colors. The only thing I didn't like much was the huge black and white pendant hanging off the end. It's technically zebra, but at a quick glance, it kept reminding me of one of those magic eye posters from the 1990s. "It's a schooner!" ( Mallrats reference ...
My experience with Bariatric Surgery
At birth, I weighed 10 pounds and nine ounces. Since then, I've struggled with my weight. I have tried diets and assisted weight loss programs. While genetics played a role in my morbid obesity, overeating was also responsible. Food was my drug of choice for coping with life.
Don?t Roll Your Eyes at my Food Photos!
If you have been following my Food Journal on Facebook and Weight Loss Blog then you would have seen me shrink from the size of a small planet to my current svelte 135 lbs. I have been eating verrry carefully since August last year, uploading photos of everything I shovel into my mouth. But I [...]
My Dog's Favorite Super Bowl Ad
Tessie, my golden retriever, who?s mostly interested in food, tennis balls, and the couch, took a particular interest in this Super Bowl teaser ad, for obvious reasons. (She?ll be watching Animal Planet?s Puppy Bowl this evening.) I liked that teaser a lot, and this cool ?making of? spot? ?more than the actual Super Bowl spot? ...
My story from the ScienceOnline 2012 banquet.
This year at ScienceOnline , the conference banquet featured storytelling organized by The Monti , a North Carolina non-profit organization dedicated to building community by getting people to share their true stories with each other. Conference goers were asked to share stories on the theme of ?connections? . The stories had to be true, and storytellers had to tell them without notes. The seven ...
My father the superhero
A first marathon attempt at 58 years old wasn't enough. He had to run the entire distance wearing a cape. Then again, Michael Cox has never done things by halves " DO YOU WANT TO WATCH ME RUN AROUND THE FIELD?" said my dad (who is in the top 10 loudest men in the East Midlands). It was a curious question to be asked by a man in late middle-age, clad in slippers and baggy cords stained with ...
My Dad's Guide to Watching the Super Bowl
My first Super Bowl was in 2004 when the Patriots played the Panthers. Super Bowl XXXVIII remains fresh in my memory for three reasons: the halftime show went down in infamy as Nipplegate , the game was later hailed as ?the greatest Super Bowl of all time,? and it was the first Super Bowl I watched with my dad.
My Biggest Catch Ever
This week I am devoting my column to a time when I was around 14 years of age, living in Dothan, Alabama with my mother, sister and dad. This was the city I was born in and where many of my mother's side of the family lived. Her dad W. K. Edwards owned a blacksmith shop in downtown Dothan and every minute he was not working he was looking for a place to go fishing.
