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On the road with the Weinermobile
Hot dog, that was fun!
I just stepped off the Weinermobile, after a franktastic, hour-long cruise around town.
The 27-foot long hotdog-shaped vehicle is in Austin recruiting future “hotdoggers,” the perky, hotdog-pun spewing drivers who travel around the country handing out Weiner whistles and making people smile.
They’ll be in Room 220 of Burdine Hall at the University of Texas at 5:30 p.m. next Tuesday, Feb. 16, looking for recruits.
It’s a job to be relished! Do you cut the mustard? (Help me, I can’t stop!)
We motored up and down Congress Avenue, then spun through the UT campus. I’ve never seen so many people whip out their cell phones to snap pictures.
The Weinermobile’s drivers, Laura Moller and Alison Kwong, know every hotdog pun in the book. (There are wurst things to know, I suppose.)
What does the interior look like, you ask? It’s drenched in yellow, with little embroidered Weinermobiles on the seatbacks. The carpet looks like someone squirted mustard on it. And there’s a pop-up “bunroof.” It’s got six bucket seats, a hotdog-shaped glovebox, cruise control and a GPS unit.
It gets pretty good smileage, but I doubt the mileage is all that great.
Ketchup with you later!
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Free women’s workout Saturday at CTC
An Austin fitness center is offering a free open workout for women at 9 a.m. Saturday.
Expect a challenging workout that focuses on improving overall strength and mobility through functional strength training. All you need is a willingness to work hard and try new exercises.
Bring a water bottle and small towel.
CTC is located at 9185 Research Blvd. For more information go to www.ctcaustin.com or call 330-4269
RSVP by calling 330-4269 at least 24 hours in advance. Arrive 15 minutes before class for a warm up.
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Free women’s workout Saturday at CTC
An Austin fitness center is offering a free open workout for women at 9 a.m. Saturday.
Expect a challenging workout that focuses on improving overall strength and mobility through functional strength training. All you need is a willingness to work hard and try new exercises.
Bring a water bottle and small towel.
CTC is located at 9185 Research Blvd. For more information go to www.ctcaustin.com or call 330-4269
RSVP by calling 330-4269 at least 24 hours in advance. Arrive 15 minutes before class for a warm up.
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Win copy of cyclist Saul Raisin’s book
In April 2006, young American cycling phenomenon Saul Raisin crashed while racing in France.
At first, his biggest worries were broken bones and road rash. But a few days later, he suffered swelling in the brain and slipped into a coma. He underwent emergency brain surgery and spent months recovering.
A doctor told him he might never walk again, and that he would have to adapt to a new life, one where he might need a wheelchair.
“I told him that I would run one day,” Raisin says. “And do you know what? Run I did. I ran all 26.2 miles of the New York City Marathon and I’ll keep running.”
Raisin’s fight back to health is an inspiring story, told in his book “Tour de Life: From Coma to Competition,” co-written by Dave Shields.
“When I was in the hospital I told my friends and family if I was to ever live a normal life again that I wanted to give back and help people like me,” Raisin said by phone recently. “That is why I wrote ‘Tour de Life,’ to share my story with others to let them know that they are not alone … Even in the worst of times, never give up hope and fight to the finish. Take your given talents and use them to the max. Do not take no for a answer.”
“My book is about the power of hope and miracles do happen.”
Raisin lives in Dalton, Ga., where he’s now preparing to run the ING Georgia marathon on March 21.
He’s been to Austin several times. “I love Austin,” he says. “The cycling community is one of the best in the country.”
For more information about the Raisin Hope Foundation, which advocates for people with traumatic brain injuries, go here. For more information about his book, go here.
I’ve got a signed copy of “Tour de Life” to give away. Just post here why you need the book. I’ll pick a winner later this week.
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Sign up for trail building school
Want to learn to build a sustainable mountain biking trail?
The International Mountain Biking Association is sending a team of trail experts to Austin next week to teach volunteers how to build trails that last a long time and require minimal maintenance. That helps reduce trail damage, protect the environment and make the trails more enjoyable. Besides leading the Trailbuilding School, Chris and Leslie Kehmeier of the Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew will meet with land managers and work with IMBA-affiliated clubs and members to improve mountain biking opportunities.
Here’s the schedule:
Thursday
Saturday
Sunday
Please RSVP for Saturday’s Trailbuilding School here https://www.imba.com/civicrm/event/info?id=4&reset=1.
For more information, contact Hill Abell at hill@bicyclesportshop.com.
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Is Sports Illustrated cover of Lindsey Vonn provocative?
I’m a little baffled by the controversy surrounding the latest cover of Sports Illustrated, which stars downhill skiing star Lindsey Vonn.
Vonn, in case you haven’t heard, is the first American woman to snag consecutive overall World Cup championships. And that’s just the beginning. She’s got 31 World Cup victories total, divvied up among the downhill, Super G, slalom and super combined disciplines. She’s expected to do well at the Vancouver Olympics, which start in a week.
She deserves an SI cover, right?
It’s extremely rare for a woman to land that spot. If she does, she’s more than likely part of the bikini edition. (Now if you’re looking for something to complain about, there’s a legitimate cause.)
Still, some folks are up in arms, saying the SI cover objectifies Vonn.
What?
This website says the pose, with Vonn’s rear in the air (normal downhill pose, by the way), is provocative.
Read more of the hype here.
I think it’s ridiculous. It’s not like Vonn’s in a thong or half naked or blowing kisses at the camera. She’s crouched over, posed as if she’s rocketing downhill, which is what she does when she’s racing. She’s wearing a one-piece, Spandex racing suit that covers everything but her face.
She also happens to be beautiful and she’s got a gorgeous figure. Nothing wrong with that.
What do critics think would be better? Putting her in a puffy, insulated jacket and posing her standing upright at the bottom of the hill?
What do you think?
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Austin ranks as 5th drunkest city
What? Austin is drunker than New Orleans and Las Vegas? Is that even possible?
Men’s Health magazine just released its list of drunkest cities, which ranks 100 major U.S. cities in terms of sobriety, and Austin ranks fifth.
Fresno, Calif., came in No. 1. Reno, Nev., was second, followed by Billings, Mont., third; and Riverside, Calif., fourth.
Two other Texas cities made the top 10 — San Antonio was No. 6 and Lubbock was No. 7. Houston came in 47th and Dallas was 77th.
The magazine considered death rates from alcoholic liver disease, alcohol-related car crashes, reported binge-drinking rates, number of DUI arrests, and severity of DUI penalties in calculating its list.
Men’s Health also gave each city a letter grade based on its score. Austin got an F.
I think the University of Texas, Sixth Street and, possibly, those purple margaritas at Baby Acapulco’s may be to blame.
Somehow, Vegas came in 11th and New Orleans 21st. Isn’t drinking a national pasttime in those cities? Ever hear of The Strip or the French Quarter?
Boston fared best (or worst, depending on how you look at it, I suppose), at number 100.
It’s not that I don’t drink. I love a margarita or a glass of wine! But for a city that purports to be as fit as Austin, I’m pretty flabbergasted.
What do you think?
To see the entire list, go here.
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Slaughter Creek Trail dedication set for Friday
Pull out your hiking boots, we’ve officially got a new trail to hike!
The 5-mile pathway along Slaughter Creek, which is open to hikers, bicyclists and horses, will be dedicated at 1 p.m. Friday. (NOTE: The ribbon cutting is still planned, but because of the rain the actual trail may be closed.)
Parking near the trail entrance at 9901 FM 1826 is limited, so organizers are asking everyone to carpool. The event will happen rain or shine. (Yay rain!)
The trail is beginner to intermediate level, with slight elevation changes and some short ledges. There is also a quarter-mile trail designed for the mobility and visually impaired.
The trail is located on lands managed by the city of Austin’s Water Quality Protection Lands Program.
Recreational groups including the Austin Ridge Riders, the Texas Equestrian Trail Riders Association and the Hill Country Foundation built the trail and will manage and maintain it. They will use social media to alert trail-goers if the trail is opened or closed.
The trail has its own Facebook page — and its own motto, “Just say no to mud!”
It’s on public land set aside as habitat for eight endangered species and 27 species of concern, and to protect the quality and quantity of water recharging the Barton Spring segment of the Edwards Aquifer.
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Glen Canyon book discussion
It’s a long drive to Glen Canyon from Austin, but the lessons it tells are just as pertinent here, where drought and population growth make water an ever-important issue.
Learn more about what happened when the canyon was flooded to create Lake Powell, which borders Arizona and Utah, in 1963, and what’s happening now, as the a decade-long drought and increased water demands have shrunk the lake to roughly half its size.
Annette McGivney, an environmental writer living in FLagstaff, Ariz., chronicles the canyon’s recovery - and writes about the bigger issues of water use and unchecked development - in her book, “Resurrection: Glen Canyon and a New Vision for the American West.”
She’ll read from her book and sign copies of it during an event hosted by the Save Our Springs Alliance starting at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Alamo Drafthouse South. A video that accompanies the book also will be shown, and McGivney will lead a discussion.
A $10 donation is suggested.
McGivney is a University of Texas graduate who spent a decade here writing about the environment. She now writes for Backpacker Magazine.
For more information, email pat@sosalliance.org or call 477-2320. Go to www.SOSAlliance.org or www.AnnetteMcGivney.com for more information.
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Swimming in the rain
The skies were pouring this morning as I headed to the pool for swim practice.
As I pulled on my goggles and headed out the locker room door, someone looked at me incredulously.
“You’re not going to swim in this, are you?”
Huh? Like what, I might get wet out there?
Cracks me up.
Swimming in the rain is glorious!
I train three or four times a week with Team Texas Swim Team at Dell Jewish Community Center. I’ve been swimming with the group for nine years now, and love it. (That’s one of our coaches, Sandy Neilson-Bell, above.)
Part of the fun is swimming in the outdoor pool in all conditions.
The only thing that’s better than swimming in pouring rain is swimming in sleet, which I’ve also experienced. It melts just as it hits the water.
Bitter cold is pretty cool, too. During the cold snap a few weeks ago, my flippers froze to my kickboard on the edge of the pool. My pool slides were iced over by the time practice was over, too.
Winter mornings sometimes bring fog and steam, too, which hovers over the water in a wispy puffs as the sun rises.
What kind of weather is best for your workouts?
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Can fitness, cruise ships mix?
I’ve always wondered what would happen if you put a super-active outdoorsy person on a cruise ship. Would her head explode?
I got my answer this week, when I hopped about the Carnival Ecstasy for the shortest, least expensive cruise available out of Galveston. (Find out more about Carnival’s Galveston cruises here).
Inexpensive cruises, it turns out, are a lot like Las Vegas. Most folks are there to party, gamble and eat. A lot.
Me? I have a hard time staying indoors very long, and I like nature. I go to bed early and I don’t like pouring my money down a drain.
I stayed in a cheap room (about $450 for a four-night excursion with a stop in Cozumel) in the belly of the ship. I took the stairs everywhere I went. I sniffed out the exercise room and ran on the treadmill. I found a jogging track on the top deck. Eleven laps equaled one mile.
But treadmill work and running on a tiny circuit aren’t like running outdoors. The swimming pool was tiny; far too small to swim laps. And the palm trees on the lido deck were fake.
Egad!
My head didn’t technically explode, and I didn’t completely hate it. I had a blast in Cozumel, where I rented a car, drove to the less developed side of the island and swam in the surf. I spent some time reading and relaxing and contemplating the ocean.
Onboard the ship, I did enjoy some of the entertainment, including a pretty good comedian and a music and dance show in the theater. But I could definitely do without the hairy chest contest.
Cruising is just not my thing. At least not yet. And not in the Caribbean, where many of the passengers are there to drink tequila, play Black Jack and scream really loudly.
Give me 20 years and I’ll be lining up for the buffet … Maybe.
What are your thoughts on cruising?
You can read more about my trip in a few weeks, in an article I’m planning for the travel section of the Austin American-Statesman.
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Win diet books!
Who’s on a diet? Who needs to be on a diet?
I’ve got some diet books to give away. Post on this blog why you need a book, and tell me which one you want. Best answers win. I’ll pick winners next week.
Here are the titles:
- ”The Clothesline Diet: The Incredible Story of How One Woman Went from Flab to Fab and How You Can, Too!,” by Karen Gatt with Sue Smethurst.
- ”The 5 Factor World Diet: Weight-Loss Secrets from the Healthiest Nations on the Planet - Unlocked!” by Harley Pasternak with Laura Moser.
- The Glycemic Index Diet,” by Rick Gallop.
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Title Nine offers February fitness camp
The Title Nine store in Austin is organizing another six-week fitness camp.
The classes, led by awesome personal trainer Sarah Stewart, will focus on building core strength, improving agility and some cardio. Workouts will be modified to accommodate all abilities and injuries. All levels are welcome.
For those who are interested, Stewart will conduct optional fitness tests and body fat analysis at the start and end of the six weeks. Weekly prize giveaways are also planned.
The sessions start Monday, Feb. 1 and end Thursday, March 11.
The group meets Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. Each class begins with a 15-minute Q&A with Sarah at 6:15 p.m., followed by an hour-long class starting at 6:30 p.m. at Title Nine-Austin, 500 N. Lamar Blvd.
Cost is $250 cash or check made payable to Kinetic Movement Systems.
To RSVP, email Paige at ppape@titlenine.com or call the store at 512-322-9902. Space is limited so register early.
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Run-in with a trash can
I had a little run-in with a trash can during a training run the other day.
As my friend Marcy and I zoomed up a gigantic hill in her neighborhood off of City Park Road, deep in conversation, I ran smack into a huge green trash bin.
Boom!
My reward? A lovely greenish-purple bruise on my wrist from the encounter.
I’m not running a full marathon this year, but I am signed up for the Zooma Austin Half Marathon.
I have to say I’ve enjoyed running 7 and 10 miles at a time instead of 15 and 20. The distances I’ve been putting in the last few months would have seemed like nothing last year, but it’s nice to take a break.
The advantage, though? When I’m done with a 10-mile run I still have energy to do stuff on Saturday afternoon. I’m not wiped out.
Another bonus? Other than the trash can bruise, no injuries!
Last year I spent so much time nursing a strained IT band and a torn calf muscle that it seemed like half of my training miles were done with at Big Stacy Pool, with an Aqua Jogger strapped around my waist.
Lest you think I’m completely slacking, take note. I’m still swimming with my swim team and riding my bike. I’ve already got some events on my upcoming calendar, including the Capitol 10,000 on April 11 and the Pedal Power Wildflower Ride in Johnson City on April 10.
How’s your training coming? What’s on your calendar?
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Cap 10K training class registration ends Sunday
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What’s your locker room pet peeve?
A reader reminded me recently that it’s time for a reminder on proper gym etiquette.
Yep, January — the time of year of New Year’s resolutions and new folks at the gym.
“As I pack my bag this morning to head to the gym I am reminded that I better not forget my post-shower cover-up,” reader Judy Natividad wrote.
“Why? Because when I went to the gym this past week, another member had her young son accompany her into the ladies’ locker room, where he got an eyeful of female anatomy. The boy was not a toddler; he must have been at least 4 or 5 years old — hence old enough to have a curious mind. In my opinion, the mom should have used the family locker room. I think that had it been a father taking his young daughter into the men’s locker room, he’d be in handcuffs.”
What do you think? Should kids be allowed in opposite sex locker rooms?
Judy had a few other complaints. One is a pet peeve of mine: Locker room noise.
“On another day this week after my workout I went to the steam room to relax and to quietly unwind, but my peaceful moment of was cut short as two other women were in there gossiping as another played her iPod at a volume loud enough for all to hear.”
I agree, Judy! Often, when I walk into the locker room at my gym, the TV is blaring and no one is listening. Please! I get enough blaring noise in my day. If no one’s watching, please turn it down.
“Finally, there is the issue about respecting each other’s personal space in the locker room,” Judy wrote. “I realize that it is the one place where there is little room for privacy, but at least be respectful of each other’s space. And people need to keep gym bags on the floor so that others can sit at the benches, and they should not hog up the counter space as they do hair or makeup.”
Thanks for the reminders, Judy.
What gym behavior bugs you?
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Website lists Central Texas foot races
Looking for a single website where you can plot your entire running season?
Steve Benesh, an Austin attorney and runner, spent a recent weekend putting together a website that features a comprehensive listing of upcoming races in Central Texas. (If you’ve got one to add, you can do that, too!)
Benesh, 48, never ran until two years ago, when the law firm he works for was a back-of-the-T-shirt sponsor for a 5K run. As a race sponsor, the company got two free race entries, so he signed up.
“I couldn’t run the whole 3.1 miles that time, but the running bug bit me hard … and it’s the last thing I would have foreseen,” he says.
Benesh was so hooked that he convinced his wife Jennifer (that’s them in the photo above) to start running, too. Now they run weekend races together, not for the medals, but for the camaraderie, new courses and good causes. Last year, he logged 56 races — 51 5Ks, two 10Ks, two 5-milers and a 4K.
Check out his website here.
He started the site because he was frustrated at how much time he spent surfing various websites to get information about runs within 100 miles of Austin. He’s not making any money on the project; he’s doing it as a service to local runners.
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Last-minute 3M Half Marathon notes
UPDATE FRIDAY 12:43 p.m.
For the first time in its 16-year history, the 3M Half Marathon & Relay has sold out. Registration for the race, scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010 is no longer available.
Good luck to everyone running the 2010 3M Half Marathon on Sunday!
If you haven’t signed up but are still thinking about it, snap to it. Online register closes Thursday (or earlier, if there’s a sell-out). There is no race-day registration, but you can register at packet pickup Friday or Saturday.
Speaking of packet pickup, it’s taking place at the 3M Austin Innovation Center at 6801 Riverplace Blvd. this year. (At least one reader was annoyed by this far-from-downtown locale.) Hours are 7 a.m-7 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24. (Packet pickup will be available on race day, but there will be a $5 surcharge.)
Veteran 3Mers know to expect a goodie bag loaded with 3M products, including Scotch tape, Post-it pads, insect repellent, lint rollers and bandages. Woo hoo! I’m still using notepads and cool stuff I got in my packet two years ago!
You’ll need your photo ID for packet pickup, and bring cash or check for any purchases. Credit cards will not be accepted. If you plan to pick up a packet for another runner, you’ll need a signed letter from the participant (preferably typed), authorizing them to pick up the packet on your behalf.
When you get your packet, be sure to fill out the “Important Medical Information” on the back of your race-numbered tag.
A few things to remember on race day:
- The race starts earlier this year, to accommodate residents along the route and Sunday morning commuters. The start whistle blows at 6:45 a.m. Arrive early.
- Need help hitting your goal? RunTex and Twenty-Six Two Marathon Club of Austin will provide pace groups for the following finish times: 1:30‚ 1:40‚ 1:50‚ 2:00‚ 2:10 and 2:20. Look for pacers wearing brightly colored shirts and carrying pace signs in the starting corrals.
- The 13.1-mile race follows the same down-hill, point-to-point course used the past three years, starting in Austin’s Arboretum area on Stonelake Boulevard near the Baby Acapulco Restaurant & Cantina and ending at Waterloo Park.
- Event organizers anticipate nearly 5,500 runners this year.
- Pre-race carbo load dinners are planned at Cannoli Joe’s Gourmet Italian Restaurant, 4715 U.S. 290 on Friday and Saturday. Reservations can be made online.
- Any Baby Can of Austin, whose mission is to ensure that all children reach their potential through education, therapy, and family support services, is the event beneficiary.
- Street closures will affect many roads from 3 a.m. to noon Jan. 24. Check the schedule here or look at a map of street closures here.
For more information go here http://www.3MHalfMarathon.com.
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Shoes for Haiti
Need a new pair of running shoes?
RunTex is collecting shoes today to help with Haiti relief programs taking place in Central Texas.
Trade in your old pair of usable shoes and get a 10 percent discount on a new pair. RunTex, 422 W. Riverside Drive, will make sure the old shoes go to Haiti, where hundreds of thousands of people are homeless after a devastating earthquake.
Gently worn race T-shirts can be put to use, too.
Please act today; the shipment to Haiti leaves Thursday.
For more information, call RunTex at 472-3254.
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Free fitness books (with racy titles!)
Running Press sent over a two-book gift set of Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin’s hilarious smack-talking odes to healthy living, “Skinny Bitch, A No-Nonsense, Tough-Love Guide for Savvy Girls Who Want to Stop Eating Crap and Start Looking Fabulous” and “Skinny Bastard, A Kick-in-the-Ass for Real Men Who Want to Stop Being Fat and Start Getting Buff.”
Yes, the books are spiced up with a smattering of four-letter words. They are brazen, sassy and straight-up. It’s like getting a talking-to from your best friend.
One reviewer says by the time she laughed her way through Chapter 4 of “Skinny Bitch,” “The Dead, Rotting Decomposing Flesh Diet,” she called home to change dinner plans because she’d gone vegan on the spot.
Take what you will from it, but it’s a refreshing look at what we eat and what it does to our bodies. And it’s hilarious!
You’ll learn why sugar is the devil, what’s really in meat and seafood, and the importance of questioning what you put in your body.
As the authors say, “Use your head, lose your ass.”
The set sells for $29.95. Tell me why you need this pair of books. Best answer (come on folks, get creative!) wins the boxed set.
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Does weight of surgeon general matter?
Health and fitness blogs are on fire lately, with the announcement of Dr. Regina Benjamin as the nation’s new surgeon general.
No, it’s not that she’s unqualified, at least not in the traditional way.
She founded a medical clinic in rural Alabama. She’s won heaps of awards, makes house calls, does charity work.
The problem is her size.
Benjamin, 52, like more than half of all adult Americans, struggles with her weight.
The question is, should it matter?
Obesity is at epidemic rates in America, where Taco Bell promotes a “Drive-Thru Diet” and people slurp 32-ounce Big Gulp sodas. According to The Trust for America’s Health, adult obesity rates have doubled since 1980, from 15 to 30 percent. Some 146 million American adults are overweight or obese.
Shouldn’t the nation’s surgeon general stand as an example of fitness?
Benjamin says being healthy is not about a dress size. “It’s about how fit you are at that moment in time,” Benjamin says.
Some think it does matter. Health advice coming from someone with an obvious health issue carries less (forgive me) weight, they say.
“I think it is an issue, but then the president is said to still smoke cigarettes,” Dr. Marcia Angell, former editor of The New England Journal of Medicine and a senior lecturer at Harvard University Medical School, said in a story reported by ABC News. “It tends to undermine her credibility.”
Read the entire article here.
Others, including a blogger on Frisky.com, disagree.
“The job of surgeon general is to make health care and policy decisions for the country — not to look hot in a pair of skinny jeans,” said one blogger on Frisky.com.
Some have even suggested that an overweight surgeon general might be a good thing because regular folks will be better able to relate to her. The whole country can team up with Benjamin to lose weight.
That’s the viewpoint of a columnist on Salon. Read the article here.
What do you think?
(The Associated Press photo above shows Benjamin getting sworn in.)
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Yes I can believe it. Beer is 10x better than gatorade which is why I work out hard and party harder than the wussy teetotalers in those non-drunk cities.
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Based on what the magazine did their rating on, it’s probably correct. Because in Las Vegas and New Orleans (been to both) people don’t drive. You walk, take a cab, or stay in the hotel casino to drink. So there are not as many DUI’s
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Based on what the magazine did their rating on, it’s probably correct. Because in Las Vegas and New Orleans (been to both) people don’t drive. You walk, take a cab, or stay in the hotel casino to drink. So there are not as many DUI’s
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Based on what the magazine used to rate this, they are probably correct. Becasue in Las Vegas or in New Orleans (been to both), people don’t drive. Most walk, take cabs, stay in the hotel. So there isn’t much DUI’s or drunken car crashes.
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