I am on a “Broadway Roll” this week so here comes another one:  The musical “Dreamgirls” opened on Broadway in 1981 and nominated for 13 Tony Awards and won 6 of them.  Based on the show business aspirations and successes of R&B acts such as The Shirelles, James Brown, Jackie Wilson, and others, but closely […]

The other day I posted an entry about “Traditions” and the impact of these on weight control.  The blog was a sort of tribute to the actor Topol, who died several days ago.  He was famous for his portrayal of Tevya, the main character in the musical, “Fiddler On The Roof”.   Aside from him […]

I was listening to a satellite radio station the other day and an old “ABBA” song came called “The Winner Takes It All”.   The lyrics told a story about a relationship breakup and the “Winner” referred to is the person that had moved on to another lover while the singer lamented about being a […]

There is “Beauty” in all of us…there are beautiful parts of our external appearances as well as beautiful components of our personalities, hearts and souls. Changing direction, there is also the “Beast” inside all of us.  When I use the word “beast” I am referring to that part of the definition that states “an animal”.  […]

In 1974 Ringo Starr (of The Beatles fame) came out with a song called “ The No No Song”.   The song was a fun tune written by Hoyt Axton and David Jackson…NOT penned by Paul McCartney or John Lennon.  In the song, the narrator meets a woman from Colombia who offers him marijuana; a woman from Mallorca, Spain who offers […]

This entry was inspired by a movie I watched yesterday called “I Am Woman”.  The story was about the life of Australian singer Helen Reddy.  For those 1970’s music fans, Ms. Reddy had a number of chart-topping songs in that era such as “I Don’t Know How To Love Him” (from the show “Jesus Christ […]

There is an expression almost all of has have heard ort used: “Going With Your GUT Reaction”.  Here is the definition of this term:  a reaction to a situation derived from a person’s instinct and experience. Let’s focus on food and/or drinks that derail our weight loss efforts such as high carbohydrate, high sugar and […]

This has been a weird winter.  I do not believe we have had one accumulating snow to date.  As I am writing this entry, the temperature hit 80 degrees yesterday.  Crazy!  I guess there is truly something going on with Global Warming. I do remember lots more snowy winters when I was growing up in […]

By a show of hands, how many of you out there have never said to someone: “LEAVE ME ALONE”?    I do not see any hands raised.  When we hit our wits’ end with our children, parents, siblings, friends, co-workers or others and feel like not being barraged anymore, we will use that emphatic statement: […]

There are 24 hours in a day.  If we take a step back and break down these 24 hours, the following activities need to be accounted for: Sleep: Although this varies from 5 hours to 9 hours a night of required sleep, with most people falling into the 7-8 hours range  Work:  Based on the […]