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Less is More: Jeff Garlin loses weight and stays funny

Jeff Garlin at Temple Jeremiah

Well yeah. I was just sitting here, eating my muffin, drinking my coffee, when I had what alcoholics refer to as a moment of clarity.~ Jules Winnfield, Pulp Fiction

For Jeff Garlin, his moment of clarity came from seeing a photo in the Living XL catalog.

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Our Vancouver Olympic Recap: Figure Skating, Curling and Haiku

We admit it. We are part of the millions of Americans who have stayed home to watch Salchows, triple axels, skips and rocks.

Marks left on the ice (drawing by Peggy S. Shearn)

Young people hurl themselves off of mountains / twisting in the air / Other wear spangles and cry. Despite the Winter Olympics being nearly 2,000 miles away from Chicago’s North Shore, for two weeks the coverage of Winter Games became a part of the Ageless Universe.

Figure Skating as Haiku:

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Betty White & Abe Vigoda, The Super Bowl Ad: Comic Genius or insulting Ageism?

America has spoken, and it appears that America really likes to see old people thrown roughly to the ground… the Mars Snicker’s 30-second spot featuring Betty White and Abe Vigoda won USA TODAY’S 22nd Annual Exclusive Super Bowl Ad Meter’s real-time consumer testing of how much viewers liked the commercials as they aired.

"Tell Mike it was only business, I always liked him." Vigoda in The Godfather

The joke is that a young man is playing touch football so badly that he appears to be an old lady. The tag line is “You’re Not You When You’re Hungry.”

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