As I write this, there is a giant cup of chocolate ice cream with chunks of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.  Fuck yeah.  I mean, err, heck yes.  Chris hooked my up with some word Coldstone last night.  Props to my life pardner.

Said comments does not coincide with what I'm about to discuss:

A few years ago I read a book called The China Study.  I HIGHLY recommend it.  GREAT READ.  For any of you medically-driven peeps out there (I am one), this book is like porn.  The Cliff Notes version is this:

Eat a plant based, meat/dairy-free diet.  Following said diet can help prevent a myriad of issues such as certain types of cancers, heart disease, diabetes, hypertension and obesity (to name a few).  Obviously, smoking and excessive drinking (a glass of wine here and there is acceptable) is out of the question...... duh.

*For those of you out there that are still smoking...... seriously, you need to stop.  Its a horribly disgusting habit and it smells like horse shit.  Worse off, when you smoke with other people in the car, especially children, its completely selfish and gross. *

This morning I watched a documentary called "Knives Over Forks."  This film reiterates the importance of following the China Study diet, i.e. plant-based.  Going vegan for most people is a long stretch.  I could do it if pulled pork was never invented.  Seriously.  I love veggies, fruit, beans and nuts enough to live on it for the rest of my life......  especially if it helped me stay healthy.

All this being said (as I make a giant circle motion with my hands), I want to shake these last 20 post prego pounds and feel better.  I deal with this horseshit hand/joint pain all the time....  perhaps I should take the China Study Challenge?  Who's with me?  In order for me to do this well, I think allowing meat once a week is a fair trade.  I'm curious to see how much better I'll feel.

One last point.  I'm starting to notice the effects of aging not only in myself but in my friends.  Woman age faster than men, in my opinion.  Its becoming very obvious to me that the ladies I know who are slaves to tanning/laying out religiously in the summer, as well as long time smokers who are starting to show signs of leathery skin.  I'm not saying I have the skin of an infant (all perfect, soft and perfectly toned) however, I am an avid sunscreen wearer.

Every day I wear SPF 30.  Winter, summer.... every day.  I seemed to have missed the memo to include my hands and chest.  Dammit.  So, while my face is ok in terms of sun protection, my hands and chest are looking quite yuckasaurus.  Cant-be-reversed-yuckasaurus.  If you aren't doing this, I suggest you do.  Any doctor (dermatologist or not) will advise this.  Botox and Restylane can only do so much.

Hmmmmm..... what else is on my mind?  Oh yes.  How could I forget.  The new Pope.  Great.  Though raised Catholic and confirmed, I don't abide by the church's long list of rules.  I hope the Vatican's PR team can saddle up and start preaching the word of tolerance and love.  If Jesus were here on Earth, wearing Sorel boots, I guarantee He'd be pretty pissed with the state of affairs.  All the nonsense regarding sexual misconduct in MANY religions is horseshit.  The anti-gay crap?  Yeah... he'd be pissed.  How about the old Golden Rule?  How about minding your P's and Q's and just being nice and honest and not a heroin-addicted prostitute?  Let's keep it simple people.