This is why you're fat

Since we're all feeling nice and guilty after the Thanksgiving holiday... I thought I would link you all to a web site devoted to the world's most dangerous foods. This Is Why Your Fat takes submissions from readers on recipes that are so fatty you can't believe anyone actually eats this stuff. Whether you're intrigued, disgusted or just hungry... this is a site you can't stop looking at. After eating all that food last week, this site may actually make you feel better about what you consumed. Hey... it could have been worse!

Like all great web sites... this one inspired a book called, This Is Why You're Fat: Where Dreams Become Heart Attacks by Jessica Amasson and Richard Blakeley. Amazon is selling it in paperback for less than $10. Not a bad Christmas present idea...

Here are some of my favorites from the online site.

Bagel Bite Burgers - Mini burgers with bagel bites as buns

Thanksgiving Leftovers Sandwich - Leftover turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, corn, cranberry sauce, mac & cheese, spinach balls, puerto rican rice, brussell sprouts, pearl onions, bacon, white castle hamburgers and ravioli inside a foot long bun.

Eggs Benedict Poutine - French fries, brown gravy and cheese curds topped with a poached egg, bacon, Hollandaise sauce.

The Steakinator - 2 8oz Prime Angus steaks with braised short rib, cheddar cheese, bacon and a fried egg on a toasted cheese and garlic sourdough bun.

Twinkie Casserole - 24 Twinkies topped with caramel, mini marshmallows and brown sugar topped with caramel icing.

Where the Buffalo “Rome” - Triple-decker pizza stack (1 ham, 1 sausage, 1 pepperoni) layered with boneless buffalo chicken wings, topped with a ranch and buffalo sauce, sprinkled with bacon bits. Served with a side of ranch dressing.

The Muppets: Bohemian Rhapsody

This brightened my day. I hope it does the same for you.

It's all about Breast Cancer People!

Breast Cancer is all over the news this week! The medical world is up in arms about a government task force's new recommendation that women start getting mammograms at age 50, advice that goes against the American Cancer Society. I did a story about it last week for WSJM. You can read more about the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force's recommendation and what local doctors think about it here.
Since the task force released its findings, I've seen different groups address it in different ways. My favorite online news magazine The Daily Beast featured the topic as its Big Fat Story, and there's this awesome video out there now aimed at spreading breast cancer awareness! And, I was dying to share it with you all! Hope you enjoy!

People of Public Transit

I have to thank one of my readers for this one! People of Public Transit is a great follow up to the widely-publicized People of Wal-Mart. Like the Wal-Mart site, People of Public Transit takes photo submissions from readers on the crazy sites and sounds on city subways and buses. There's nothing like seeing something so unbelievable that you just HAVE to share it with your friends and family... or in this case the entire world wide web.

This site brings me back to my days in Washington, D.C., when I would ride the bus to WTOP before the morning commute really took off and my only company was a few homeless guys.

I don't know if anyone sees any characters like these on Berrien County's Dial-a-Ride or at one of the many area Wal-Marts. But, if you do... take a photo and e-mail it to me at christine@wsjm.com. I'll put them up here, and we'll all share in the local craziness for one day.

But for now... here are some folks from People of Public Transit.

The Wedding Post

Someone asked me yesterday, "So, have you blogged about your wedding yet?" I hadn't really thought about it, but here it is. My wedding post.

I got married on October 17th and it was absolutely perfect and most definitely the happiest day of my life. I heard so many horror stories about wedding-day drama, but everything went swimmingly. Now, a while back, I told you about my beloved wedding-planning site, WeddingWire.com, and while I hold true that this site was my absolute life saver... when it got down to the wire, I didn't have time checking my online to-do list and filling in the digital budget. All that stuff kind of went out the window, and I really only used a good old fashioned pen and paper to stay on top of things. Here are a couple of family photos from the wedding. I'll share more when I get the real photos back from the photographer.

An Oldie But A Goodie

I actually had to check and make sure I hadn't written about this site before because it's actually one of my all time favorites. So much so... I actually did a news story about the site and interviewed the site's founder Frank Warren when I was reporting for WTOP in Washington, D.C.

Post Secret is a wonderful guilty pleasure. It works like this: people mail Frank their deepest darkest secrets and he posts them on his web site every week. It's all anonymous, so Frank's contributors are never revealed. The site is the basis for countless books and even made an appearance in the All American Rejects music video for "Dirty Little Secret."

I don't know what it is about it... but the site is really intriguing. There's something about reading other people's confessions that makes you feel better about whatevers harboring inside your own heart.

I've always wanted to send a secret in to Frank, but I've never had a secret that compelled me to actually releasing something to the public through the site. Maybe some day.

Here are some of this week's secrets. Just like all secrets.... the cards can get a little racey... but I'll keep it PG here.

Determined To Predict The Weather

With my wedding day now only 12 days away... I have become absolutely OBSESSED with checking the weather forecast for Columbus, Ohio. Even though I know no respectable weatherman (weather person for those of us who want to be politically correct) will forecast farther than 10 days... I keep looking for trends and signs that there won't be rain. But, instead what I'm finding is that not a single weather site can agree on what the conditions will be the week before my wedding. See for yourself...

The National Weather Service doesn't forecast further than a week...







Neither does Weatherbug...









Here's where I get really confused... The Weather Channel says there will be clear skies before my wedding... but MSN Weather says I can expect rain...


























I realize those two are hard to see... but trust me... one says Wednesday October 14th will be sunny... another says there's going to be storms.

I don't really have any specific weather website recommendation. Rather, it's just an observation of how sites, claiming to have the same information, can be different.

Yes, I just wrote a blog on weather forecasts... and if I've managed to bore you to death, I apologize. But, really... these are the sites I've been spending most of my time on lately. I guess that's what happens when you have "bride brain."

UPDATE
Yet another weather forecast site, AccuWeather.com claims to have a 15-day forecast. Don't know how reliable THAT is... but it's predicting a mix of sun and clouds, high of 54 for the big day!