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Welcome, Brendan. Nice photo, btw.

Yeah, sometime about the 3rd week in January! I love having a home gym! Only problem is cats underfoot.

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I have an online friend on another veg board who's sister was very overweight & had tried every frickin' diet there is with little success. He finally asked her why she doesn't try a vegan diet. She looked at him with & he replied, "You ate grapefruit for an entire week once; cabbage soup for another week. What the heck do you have to lose? You will have more to choose from than those 2 diets & if you give it an honest effort, I guarantee you will lose weight & feel better in 2-3 weeks." Amazingly, she tried it & stuck to it for about 12 weeks & lost about 25 pounds. She claimed her skin never looked better. Last I heard she went back to eating meat/dairy, her weight loss has slowed down, but she was still making progress. Soda is liquid Satan -- I love it! I must remember that next time I crave a Coke -- in about 10 minutes. I will definitely check out this book. Thanks for the recommendation, SS.

Crash, I love that quote! Very nice.

Very veg friendly in Boulder, CO. Three Wild Oats, one Whole Foods, a local store called Vitamin Cottage. Years ago we even had a vegetarian grocery store! Do you know how nice it was to shop where there was no meat/fish counters? All the restaurants offer at least a couple of veg items -- maybe not vegan. We also have a few restaurants that offer 40% veg/vegan menu. A few years back there was a chain restaurant that didn't offer any veg entre. They had so many complaints the owner negotiated with the chain to offer a veggie lasagna.

I will definitely look for this book at my library. If they don't have it, I will buy it. It sounds wonderful! Thanks for the recommendation!

I always say, "Oh, I hadn't heard that chicken was reclassified into the plant kingdom. When did that happen?"

Love it!!

The Mediterranean Vegan Kitchen is another fave of mine. We will have to compare Great Good Desserts Naturally & Sinfully Vegan, which will put pounds on your middle just reading it!

Smacks lips! This sounds delish! I love burritos & am always looking for ways to add tempeh to our meals. Thank you for the great recipe!

My periods aren't that bad - never have been. But I feel for those who do suffer. BTW, I had a doctor tell me once that the best remedy for cramps is . . . . . abdominal crunches! Yes, he said that the crunch squeezes the blood from the abdominal walls & that is basically what a cramp does. It is the only time I have ever really enjoyed doing crunches!

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Cool! http://pic4.picturetrail.com/VOL728/2745263/7447862/124794112.jpg See more here: http://www.canstruction.org/indexi.html

I'm still laughing!! That was priceless!

Excellent!

I'm positive it's fake. Shortly after "Dances with Wolves" came out I read an article that explained how they filmed a dying buffalo. It is amazing what Hollywood can do. The entire 'buffalo' was fake. They used a bellows to imitate the dying breaths of the 'buffalo.' Still, I would not want to see a disemboweled animal, fake or not.

A straight & perfect cock -- what more could a girl ask for? Nat, it's re-caulked, not re-cocked!! Thanks for the best laugh of the day!!!! ===

Well, I didn't think any book would knock "How It All Vegan" off my Numero Uno spot, but holy crap, "Vegan With a Vengence" ROCKS!! http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1569243581/ref=pd_bbs_null_1/104-3444144-6171150?v=glance&n=283155 It took me a week to decide what to make first -- lemon corn waffles with blueberry sauce & tempeh sausage crumbles. ~~smacks lips!! Just reading this book makes me hungry. What are your fave vegan cookbooks?

Sounds intriguing! Keep up the good work & if you ever want someone to read & give honest feedback, I love a good mystery -- & the supernatural too! I so admire people who want to write & then actually do it!

If you manage that, clue us all in, please!

Oh my! I MUST add this to my collection!

http://pic4.picturetrail.com/VOL728/2745263/7447807/124452512.jpg Wiretap One Nation Under Surveillance Doing my part to piss off the radical right. ===

ROTFLMAO! * Wish we had that little smilie!

Rockin' piece of equipment! Can't wait to hear your feedback when you break it in! Don't ya love when they misnumber those darned parts?