Here she is folks! All set for Halloween. My latest Dikke Dame (Fat Lady) doll. A fat witch. She is a lot like the one I made for my darling cousin Alice, but a little bit different. No cape – instead, she has long sleeves, a frilly contrasting underskirt (purple petticoat with black frill) and…
Growing up, my step-father always chose my (used) cars. He’d tell me how much, I’d pay, and I’d have a new-to-me car to drive. This was not always a successful endeavor – one car had the engine blow up about a week after I got it. But Charlie went back and got me a different…
Yesterday for lunch, I made myself some nachos – fat old lady from Michigan style – corn tortilla chips, Mexican blend cheese and Pace (mild) salsa. Nothing exciting. When I was almost done, suddenly, with no warning, my body decided to tell me my luncheon choice was not acceptable. I knew I was about to…
Side Show is a wonderful musical that is almost never done. Unlike most musicals, the themes are dark and it does not have a happy ending. It is the story about the rise to fame of conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton and their personal unhappiness. It is a story about prejudice. It is a…
If someone is trying not to fart in front of you but one slips out – DO NOT SAY OR DO ANYTHING THAT WILL MAKE THE FARTER LAUGH. Because once you start laughing, all the farts in waiting are going to be set free. Clearly there is a direct connection between your laughing mechanism and…
Many of my non-fat friends (and some of my fat friends) have never heard of the HAES® (Health at Every Size) approach to healthcare. It is an important concept – a concept of treating the patient in an environment of weight neutrality. It is a concept (as I understand it) of trying to help the…
It’s true! Okay, maybe just Laverne, because I think this was after Shirley left the show. I “celebrated” turning 30 by having my gallbladder removed, just before my birthday. Because I was fair and fat (although not yet forty, which according to the doctor, is supposed to be the gallbladder stone trifecta), the doctor assumed…
