Sarah Palin is thinking about the 2012 presidential elections and beseeching God not to let her miss any opportunities that might present themselves for her to get into the White House. It seems more than a few people are taking Sarah Palin seriously. You probably thought everyone was of the opinion that she’s a joke when it comes to the idea of her serving in a leadership or co-leadership capacity over the United States of  America, but not so. There are people who actually beleive Sarah Palin has political credibility and the 2012 Sarah Palin for president talk isn’t just for laughs after all.

Sarah Palin, speaking to FOX interviewer Greta Van Susteren:

“I’m like, OK, God, if there is an open door for me somewhere, this is what I always pray, I’m like, don’t let me miss the open door. Show me where the open door is.

“Even if it’s cracked up a little bit, maybe I’ll plough right on through that and maybe prematurely plough through it, but don’t let me miss an open door.”

Apparently there’s nothing like the threat of a possible second Great Depression to drive people to gorge themselves on milkshakes, french fries and triple-decker hamburgers. Or maybe it’s just that money is too tight for extravagant meals. If you ask William Spain he’ll tell you, “McDonald’s has been one of the prime beneficiaries of the economic downturn, as new menu items and expanded hours lure consumers to “trade down” from higher-priced dining options.”

So basically what you’re hearing now, even though no one will make a connection, is that there is indeed a link to poverty and obesity. If money problems drive people to “trade down” from higher priced options and eat cheaper food like McDonalds; then possibly there’s a corelation between the afordability of fast food and the obesity problem that plagues so many poor people?

Source: More strong growth for McDonald’s in October

Image: forgive me father by Mike-Wise via Flickr

Eating healthy just got a little bit tastier. At least this dish of sauted zucchini and chikuwa looks like it tastes wonderful and won’t give you love handles. It’s from the flickr photo stream of  yomi955 who also happens to have plenty of other photos of very tasty looking dishes. Now, I had to look up chikuwa to be honest. Wikipedia tells me that chikuwa is is “a Japanese tube-like food product made from ingredients like fish surimi, salt, sugar, starch, and egg white”. You apparently mix these ingredients well then wrap the mixture around bamboo or metal sticks, then you steam or broil them. Once steamed/broiled, you then slice them up. The name “chikuwa” apparently literally translates to “bamboo ring”.

Doesn’t this picture make you want to prepare yourself a plate of sauted zucchini and chikuwa, or maybe hire yomi955 to prepare it for you?

Britney Spears joined Madonna on stage during her Sticky and Sweet tour in LA on Thursday. Britney looked the closest to her old self that she’s looked in a couple of years though it was obvious she’s not 17 any more. As for Madonna, well, sigh, Madonna just looks disturbing.

There’s the temptation to speculate that maybe Guy Richie just lost any physical interest in her. She’s just not sexy. Her body is way too hard. She’s got veins popping out all over the place. A woman needs a bit of softness. Madonna completely lacks a trace of femininity. Maybe that’s the look she’s after but it just doesn’t suit her. She probably maintains her shattered physique because she’s trying to ward off signs of age but it actually makes her look like a drug addicted old woman. Totally unsexy.

I’ve been eating non-stop since I woke up this morning. Let me see if I can even remember what I’ve had to eat. I started with left over Chinese. Yep, first thing in the morning I had left over Chinese; and this after having more than I should have had last night. So I started by having a couple of bites of cashew nut chicken and a bit of Mongolian beef. After that I had about a 2-inch piece of Italian bread with a slice a cheese and a slice of turkey. Following that I had a cookie. Following that I had a handful of “Just Bunches”. Following that I might have had another cookie, can’t remember. I probably then went back and had  another handful of just bunches and then a 1-inch piece of Italian bread. I had a 1/2 cup of ice cream; and I had a piece of chicken. Just call me Miss Piggy.

I won’t beat up myself about eating though because it serves no good purpose. What I will do is get up and go work out for an hour. I’ll be doing some streching, followed by some dance aerobics, followed again by some stretching with some random exercises done with a 15 pound barbell. I’ll be working out to Britney Spears’ “Womanizer”, “Gimme More”, “Piece of Me”, “Break the Ice”, “Toxic”, “I’m A Slave 4 U”. I find her music is pretty good for working out to. I’ve actually never purchased a Britney Spears CD before, but this year I’ve put Blackout and Circus on my Holiday Shopping List. For now I just go to youtube and let the videos run while I work out.

Well, it’s time to go burn some of those calories.

Image: Stretch by Mrs Flinger via Flickr

They say it isn’t how you look but how you feel, and if you’re sixty years old but still feel sexy and you want to wear a strapless dress that bares your bosom then you should have the right to do that; but quite frankly, there comes a point in a woman’s life when she really should cover herself up regardless of how she feels, just out of consideratin for the  rest of the world.

Seriously, I mean no offense to Ivana Trump. I understand that on principle she should have the freedom to dress however she pleases; and if we find the sight of her offensive that’s our problem not hers. Nevertheless, it would be nice if Ivana would put away the strapless and otherwise revealing dresses and just accept that her youth has passed and she has nothing to show off any more. Far from it, she now has a body that really needs to be concealed; and she should consider her young husband’s feelings and how embarrassing it must be for him to have her going around showing the entire world all the evidence of his private horror.

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Successful people aren’t successful because they’re lucky. They are successful because they wanted success badly enough to do whatever it took to become successful. What is it going to take for you to become successful? If you don’t have any idea you need to figure it out; and once you’ve figured it out you need to figure out if you really want success badly enough to do whatever you’re going to have to do to get it.

It’s easy to sit around and mope. It’s easy to quit. It’s easy to convince yourself that it’s not worth the trouble to bother because you’re not going to succeed anyway.
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Neiman Marcus is holding a private shopping event for the next couple of days. You’ll be able to save as much as 40% off original prices on over 150 designers. The items will be returning to their original prices on November 9th, so you’ll want to hurry on over and pick yourself up some hot designer shoes, designer handbags and clothes.

Of course, even with 40% off most of the items are still very expensive.

I admit I can’t help smiling when I look at the pictures that were snapped of president-elect Barack Obama and his wife, the next first lady of the United States, Michelle Obama. They seem to have a very strong relationship. In a way it is enviable and in another way it is inspiring.

You can see these two are very much connected, that they really are best friends, lovers, husband and wife in the most complete sense. It is both beautiful and sexy. I want what they have for my husband and myself but I wonder if that can be built or if it just happens naturally when two people are truly perfect for each other.