by Brett Blumenthal
On November 20th, the Canadian Supreme Court ruled that obese people have the right to two seats for the price of one on flights within Canada.  Apparently, an appeal made by Air Canada, Air Canada Jazz and WestJet was declined and as a result, the one-person-one-fare-two seat policy will go into effect January [...]

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by Brett Blumenthal
Ever step on the scale and have a hard time believing its accuracy?  Now, I’m not talking about delusion or denial…but more about the fact that you honestly can’t pinpoint why the scale is reading a three pound increase in your weight.  It happens…it happens to all of us, and it can be [...]

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by Brett Blumenthal
The other day I was chatting with a friend about a colleague and when I mentioned that the person was 50, she said, “Oh, they are old.”  I nearly fell out of my chair.  OLD?  How is 50 OLD?  I did a quick calculation of how far away I was from 50 and [...]

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by Brett Blumenthal
I, as I’m sure most people these past several days, have been enjoying some time watching the Olympics.  I could go on and on about how amazing the athletes are who make the grade to compete - they are truly awe inspiring, but today I want to focus on the sponsors.  Last night, as I [...]

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by Brett Blumenthal
This past weekend I was completely caught off guard:  I got the flu…and I’m still getting over it.  I know…I know…it is the season…or maybe the end of the flu season and I should have expected it, but nonetheless, I didn’t.  And when I got it…it stunk.  During the worst of it, my [...]

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by Brett Blumenthal
I’m not sure what it is, but I know that everyone, at least once in their life goes through some ambivalence about a birthday, if not several.  Often it is a milestone, but sometimes it is just a random, weird, off year.   I know for my mom, it was 60 (even though she didn’t look [...]

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