In a long distance relationship there are two separate relationships:  the one when you are apart and the one when you are together.  The interactions between you and your long distance partner are entirely different from when you are communicating by phone to when you are communicating face to face.
I want to address the issue of the transition between being apart and being together.  When you are in a long distance relationship you look oh-so-forward to those wonderful weekends that you get to spend in the same place.  For one weekend you think that you will be like normal couples …read more

Thanks to Claire at Burning the Scale for tipping me off to to this set of 100 photos of real women labeled with their height, weight and body mass index, or BMI, number and category.
I love what she had to say about it in her post, excerpted in part:
I think this is trying to make a point that the BMI system is a poor way of determining health. Actually, I disagree. I think the fact that these pictures were posted shows that we have normalized a certain degree of overweightness (I know that’s not a word). I’m assuming each photo …read more