Holy crap. I always considered myself somewhat thick-skinned; but I never meant it in the literal sense.  Until now.  Because I have diabetes, I have to jab my fingers on a regular basis. This is not usually a problem.  Blood doesn’t bother me and the jab hurts – but not that bad.  The anticipation is…

When it gets late and I still haven’t come up with a topic for Fat Friday, I always know I can go to my Pinterest boards and find some fat art that I would like to share. I love Catherine Ducreux’s paintings and sculptures; but I know next to nothing about Ducreux as there isn’t…

I don’t like beer or wine.  Apparently, when I was a wee tot, I loved beer.  My Dad used to tell me that he couldn’t open a beer without me showing up and telling him, “Want some.”  I even have vague memories of liking the taste of beer. Not anymore.  Gack.  It tastes like dirty…

THIS FAT OLD LADY’S WTF WEDNESDAY – LESSON LEARNED Note to self. Don’t eat a bowl full of peas and mushrooms for lunch. Because the next day … Peas and mushrooms in, peas and mushrooms out. With a lot more force than one might expect. And you know that saying about things coming back tenfold?…

Last week we watched NBC’s One Night Only – the Best of Broadway.  It was pretty wonderful.  By far the best holiday offering so far (we didn’t make it through 15 minutes of The Grinch musical).  What I want to know is, WTF are they feeding these young singers?  The voices are amazing.  No sign…

For over 300 days in a row, I have faithfully been doing my Duolingo (Spanish) lessons.  I have learned a butt load of Spanish.  Not enough to actually understand Spanish conversation (mas despacio, por favor) but I feel like I’m making some inroads. For most of these 300+ days I have done 4 lessons a…

I love when I find a (new to me) artist with work centering on fat people. I had about given up on finding any new fat artists; but there was Mr. Gubarev just waiting for me to check out Pinterest!  Valentin Gubarev, as you might guess from his name, is from Russia (Gorky – now…

Seriously. I don’t know why, but this memory popped into my head just as I was falling asleep last night.  The details are lost to the mists of time – or at least the fog in my fat old lady brain, but I remember the important bits. Like I could have died.  Or just been…

We are hoping to retire to my home state of Michigan. Yes, I know it’s: Colder than the nipple on a witch’s titColder than a bucket of penguin shitColder than the hairs on a polar bear’s assColder than the frost on a champagne glass I grew up there.  I know.  As I have said many…

I was thinking about how I feel about not having opportunities to perform. And then I realized – I’m wrong. The current situation gives you a great opportunity. The theater groups are all calling for digital auditions.  How often do you get a chance to work on your audition until it is perfect before the…