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photo via James Vaughan By Crabby McSlacker Whatever winter holiday you celebrate, and whatever your favorite traditions are, ...

Photo: x-ray delta By Crabby McSlacker OK, so I'm not foolish enough to suggest that money can generally  buy happiness. Otherwi...

postcard at  kellydessaint.com   Guest Post By Dr. J ( with Additional Contrarian Input by Crabby McSlacker) Many of you are already...

When I think of volunteering, I think of people who sign up for the Peace Corps. And then I feel shitty about myself. Photo: wikipedi...

Blog regulars (hi, all 3 of you!) are aware that I am just now getting back from a house swap adventure in Toronto. And I've been...

Of course not all accidents are happy ones. However, some of my favorite personal (and often bizarre) discoveries only happened becau...

Is there someone in your life, whether a spouse, pal, family member, deity, pet, or even a deceased person or fictional character, whom you ...

Photo: bear.org Well ok, I never literally topped the scale at 500 pounds.  In fact I'm one of those boring fitness bloggers who comple...

Photo: quinn.anya So I was over at Huffington Post the other day saw one of those headlines promising to share the secrets of a living a h...

My personal theory is that reading Random Thursday posts causes people to become healthy, fit, flat-stomached, and fully prepared for anythi...

A new study says: yes, sometimes money can buy happiness , depending on how you spend it. The topic seems quite timely, because what with t...

What sort of person should you spend the rest of your life with? A recent survey looked at how men and women decide which qualities are most...

[ By Crabby ] When you encounter a difficult or stressful situation, and someone advises you to: "Think Positive!" or "Look ...

[ Written by Mary ] A new dating website matches people by their body odor. They take a saliva-swab to test your DNA, and then match you up...

This blog would not be called "Cranky Fitness" if all the things that were good for us were really enjoyable. In fact, this blog ...

Martha at That'sFit discovered an interesting survey about aging and happiness that surprised the hell out of Crabby. It was conducted...

So Mother's Day is almost upon us. On that day we will all think of our own mothers, and those of you who are mothers yourselves may so...