Today is my birthday....41 years old.

I still think I'm 21 years old...even 31 years old.

How can I possibly be FORTY ONE???

Anyway, happy, happy, happy birthday

to me, me, to me, to me,

ole!

Remember the Sir MixALot tune Baby Got Back?

Check out this remake by a preacher in Cleveland, Ohio. Saw a clip of it on VH1 Webjunk this weekend and got online to see the whole thing. It's great!!

I could go to this church!!!

(you'll need windows media player to view this)

http://www.whiteboydj.com/babygotbook.html

The 2/18/06 Winning Powerball Numbers Are:

15 17 43 44 48 Powerball: 29

Forget about opposites attracting!!

We like people who look like us, because they tend to have personalities similar to our own.

And, a new study suggests, the longer we are with someone, the more similarities in appearance grow.

Researchers set out to investigate why couples often tend to resemble one another. They asked 11 male and 11 female participants to judge the age, attractiveness and personality traits of 160 real-life married couples. Photographs of husbands and wives were viewed separately, so the participants didn't know who was married to whom.

The test participants rated men and woman who were actual couples as looking alike and having similar personalities. Also, the longer the couples had been together, the greater the perceived similarities.

The researchers speculate that the sharing of experiences might affect how couples look.

A biological reason

The idea that there is a connection between appearance and personality might seem odd at first, but there could be biological reasons for a link, said study member Tony Little from the University of Liverpool in England.

"Testosterone is linked to masculine face shapes and it also affects behavior," Little told LiveScience. "Also, the face displays our emotions and over time emotional expressions may become written in the face."

For example, someone who smiles a lot may develop lines and muscles that are suggestive of someone who is happy.

Other studies have shown that partners who are genetically similar to each other tend to have happier marriages. Similarities in personalities and physical features might be one way to gauge genetic similarity.

Smiles and eyes

The new study, to be detailed in the March issue of the journal Personality and Individual Differences, indicates that people home in on a variety of different features when using facial appearance to make decisions about someone's personality and that the particular cues focused on change from face to face. Vital to the decision, however, are eyes and smiles.

"Smiles are important social cues that may tell us whether or not someone is friendly and eyes are also a traditional focus of attention," Little said.

Overall face shape can be important too. For example, the combination of masculine features, large chins, and dominant brow ridges can create an impression of disagreeableness and being unwilling to cooperate, Little said.

The researchers are currently looking for people who are both single and in relationships to take part in an online study to investigate whether an individual's physical and personality traits influence their personal preferences.

More information can be found at www.alittlelab.com

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!

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Simmering on my stove is a copy cat recipe of Pasta E Fagioli (from Olive Garden). It looks good. It looks like the stuff they serve at O.G. It smells quite yummy and I have to say, I really felt all Rachel Ray-y cooking it in there...throwing in a little EVOO and not measuring my spices. It was fun!

Kellie and Brian are coming over tomorrow night for supper so I made it for that. I'll cook it on the stove tonight and then warm it up tomorrow.

Will let you know how it turns out. So far so good!

Thank you to everyone!! You've given me new reasons to go to the grocery store again!

Here you can find recipes for some of your favorite restaurant food! (some of the recipes are free - some aren't)

In my quest to find new and exciting things to eat, I ran across this cool website:

http://www.topsecretrecipes.com/home.asp

I'm bored with food. I think I have an eating disorder.

I go to the grocery store and I wander up and down the isles aimlessly.

I know what I can get Rich that he'll eat and love...but I have no idea what to get for myself. So here's what happens, I end up with strawberry applesauce, cottage cheese, hawaiian rolls and welch's juice popcicles. When I get home at night, nothing sounds good, except Taco Bell. I'm surviving on this small variety of food, with little to no desire for anything else. It's been like this for several weeks now.

So here's what I need from you guys.....what are your favorite foods? What do you crave? What tastes good after a hard day's work?

I need help!