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Hate to do this to you, but I remember hearing thi...

2009-11-22T00:26:23.301-05:00

Hate to do this to you, but I remember hearing this on NPR:

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/03/27/hot-tea-cancer.html

Another thing you can do without toasting your ton...

2009-11-18T06:53:04.213-05:00

Another thing you can do without toasting your tonsils is to gargle with Listerine daily! Then put some skim milk in your coffee so that you don't injure yourself! ;-)

I had a Canadian roommate in college who called th...

2009-11-17T09:42:53.919-05:00

I had a Canadian roommate in college who called them "tennies" (as in "tennis shoes"). I learned from Harry Potter that the Brits call them "trainers" (as in..."cross-trainers"?). But I'm with you: I really like "sneaks"! The term implies "stealth"--one never know what surreptitious adventures await when donning one's "

I love the word sneaks. It just occurred to me tha...

2009-11-17T09:33:19.482-05:00

I love the word sneaks. It just occurred to me that I haven't heard it in a long time and I'm not sure if it's because I'm not a kid anymore or because people don't say it in the south. I should investigate that.