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Weight Watcher’s Journey May Require Duct Tape

Posted on Friday, January 24, 2014 by Eric Miller

The adult arm weighs eight pounds, about five percent of one’s body weight.  Thanks to my holiday junk food diet, I’m that much heavier.  I awoke this morning and had an epiphany: I still have the same arms.  The calories … Continue reading →

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Time well spent is all guy wants

Posted on Monday, December 30, 2013 by Eric Miller

No matter where you are at any given moment today it’s either tomorrow or yesterday somewhere else.  Years ago I visited Sweden which is nine hours ahead of California.   I returned to work and a colleague handed me a fax … Continue reading →

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Dad’s Halloween Costume Scares Neighborhood, But the Kids are OK

Posted on Saturday, November 2, 2013 by Eric Miller

“Those who matter don’t mind, and those who mind don’t matter.”  Dr. Seuss The mornings after Halloween are the only days of the year my kids get a hall pass to eat caramel apples for breakfast.  The apples are healthy, … Continue reading →

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Guy Needs Help With Valentine’s Day

Posted on Monday, February 18, 2013 by Eric Miller

(Readers: This is one of my favorite “holiday” articles, previously published in the Chico Enterprise-Record in February 2012). National Compliment Day, Jan. 24, is the day you compliment others or pat yourself on the back. This begs a question.  What … Continue reading →

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