Back to Boobs...

I was incredulous when I found this personal journal by
"Marianne" of California, who describes in vivid detail how she
got her "B.A." --breast augmentation surgery -- through-the-navel blow-up
boobs, in fact, acronym'd TUBA-- and there's lots more at this site.

I remember looking at photos on the Internet and in magazines constantly to determine my desired size, look, etc. I knew I wanted to be a full DD and I really wanted to have breasts like Pamela Anderson. So I of course took pics of her perfect boobs. I wanted fake, round, stuck on, in your face BOOBS! I wanted them to stick straight up when I laid down...




Get your "Yes, They're Fake" merchandise right here, folks.

From BoingBoing Blog's Mark Frauenfelder, comes this
intriguing stuff about Dr. Atkin's death report -- whose low carb diet is really
high protein-high fat --How can that be good for you, really?

Still, there is some mystery to it all --

Today, I sent an email to the Physicians' Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), the non-profit organization that gave Dr. Atkins' death report to the Wall Street Journal. The PCRM promotes a vegan diet, so they obviously don't like the Atkins' diet, which is almost impossible to follow as a vegan.

A group called the Center for Consumer Freedom, a non-profit supported by restaurants and food companies that sell meat and junk food (and are therefore natural enemies of the PCRM), loves to issue press releases calling the PCRM a "phony" organization. It's doubtful that either group delivers the unvarnished truth, but on Tuesday the CCF issued a press release claiming that:

The late Dr. Robert Atkins is being smeared for his alleged obesity at the time of his death, by a phony doctors organization that has been exposed as a front group for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and has been censured by the American Medical Association (AMA).
The AMA has formally censured PCRM in the past, calling its recommendations "irresponsible" and "potentially dangerous to the health and welfare of Americans." The AMA has also called PCRM a "fringe organization" that uses "unethical tactics" and is "interested in perverting medical science."

Dr. Stuart Trager MD, chairman of the Atkins Physicians Council ... release this morning reads in part: "Due to water retention ... [Atkins] had a weight that varied between 180 and 195. During his coma, as he deteriorated and his major organs failed, fluid retention and bloating dramatically distorted his body and left him at 258 pounds at the time of his death, a documented weight gain of over 60 pounds."

9/11 Miscellany from What Matters:
1. The World is ensnared by the word 'terrorism'
2 a. b. c. Larry Silverstein - a crook?
3. Former German Defense Minister speaks out
4. Last Post from Dick Eastman, who gave his all

This is some new material - interesting perspective from across the pond--
WHAT MATTERS-165_ 9-11 Miscellany.eml