M.K. Hobson's Blog, page 46

Twitter: 2010-08-04

My legs are currenly polka-dotted with calamine lotion. How unfashionable. Damn mosquitoes!! #

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Twitter: 2010-08-03

Now, for a nice hot bath. Then bed. Ah, it's the little things. #

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Banting Redux: The Tale of the Tape

Three months ago, I went to my doctor and had my fasting bloodwork done. The results that came back were horrible, simply horrible. So I embarked on a program of diet and exercise (aka "Banting") intended to bring my numbers into closer alignment with, you know, ongoing existence as a human being and all [...:]

I saw a wild beehive today!

Today was a somewhat adventuresome day, at least as "adventuresome" as it gets for me and the dog. For today's walk, I originally thought to take her to Mary S. Young, but then I realized we're clean out of balls (they've all gotten lost or chewed to bits.) I remembered a gentleman I met [...:]

Twitter: 2010-08-01

Hey lookie, I finally made a new post on The Magic District blog! Two entries in one year, what a ratebuster I am. http://bit.ly/bH65oB # Tucking myself in bed with my laptop to finish writing an interview I promised to finish long ago. Then I will read more about Glenn Beck. # <p [...:]

Twitter: 2010-07-31

Watching ep. 1 of the new season of Project Runway. I am TEAM PEACH! # The ARC is on it's way to its LAST stop in Austin, TX! Keep on truckin', little ARC! http://bit.ly/bqtuEb #TheNativeStar # I'm off to bed with Glenn Beck. That is, I am going to tuck myself in with [...:]

Twitter: 2010-07-30

Hey lookie, Drew Carey is Banting too! http://www.people.com/people/article/... # Annnd … copyedits on B2 are DONE! (Though I will probably make one more pass through before sending them back …) # If I ever run into my copyeditor Faren Bachelis, I think I owe her many drinks. #

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Twitter: 2010-07-29

Up to p. 95 on copyedits on B2. Have encountered nothing terrifying … yet. # OK, made it to page 190 of copyedits. My reward is Top Chef! #

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My jolly Banting adventures

So one of the things that's been taking up a lot of my mind space lately is Banting. Which is a term taken from the name of a gentleman named William Banting, who wrote a screed in 1869 called "A Letter on Corpulence" that proved so popular that throughout much of the 19th century, [...:]

Twitter: 2010-07-27

The first review of THE NATIVE STAR, on Green Man Review!! http://shar.es/mMDjt #

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