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Olympic Fever

Posted on February 12, 2010September 7, 2012 by Jacky Hackett

The 2010 Winter Olympic Games kick-off tonight with the opening ceremony. This year’s big Olympic story though isn’t so much the athletes, but the snow. The lack of snow I should say. They are having to use machines to turn water into snow and are even trucking some snow into the area. These efforts go…

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What is a resolution anyway?

Posted on January 2, 2010September 10, 2012 by Jacky Hackett

I am late in the game as far as resolutions go, it has been a busy year already! I don’t generally make New Year’s resolutions, at least I don’t think I do. What is a resolution anyway? In the context on New Years it seems to be a resolve or determination: to make a firm…

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Jillian Michaels, you Bitch!

Posted on January 1, 2010September 10, 2012 by Jacky Hackett

I mean that with all due respect, your Wii workout has kicked my ass. I am sore from head to toe. Seriously, anything I drop has to be really valuable for me to dare bend over and to retrieve it. Ouch! Getting fit and losing weight is one of my main focuses in the New…

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Questions for the Birthday Girl

Posted on December 2, 2009September 10, 2012 by Jacky Hackett

Today is my birthday.  I am 40.  I am not yet sure how that makes me feel.  Though does it really matter, I mean what am I going to do about it?  Have a calm talk with my age and convince it to roll back a few years or ten.  I think not. I remember…

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Sundays

Posted on November 16, 2009September 10, 2012 by Jacky Hackett

Every Sunday I look forward to a hot cup of coffee and the New York Times Magazine.  I generally read the magazine from cover to cover, though some time it takes me all week to complete it.  The Questions For column is my absolute favorite.  There is never a week that I don’t learn a…

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