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What's so surprising about the strength of a woman's body?

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Sat, 2007-11-10 14:48 - Kerry

Marathon Moms come in all shapes and sizes.  NYC seems to feature those sporting running-shoes.

 In "Marathon mom's win sparks exercise debate", we are to be in awe of a woman who kept her shape and condition, in spite of her new-addition.  WHY? 

Runner's victory came just nine months after she gave birth.  As if giving birth takes away a woman's ability to take care of her body?  I would hope any woman who becomes pregnant becomes serious about her body, and fully aware how caring for herself is also caring for her newcomer, as well.

After all, new-moms learn early, once the bun is in the over, not all efforts are all about the baker.  Sometimes you have to toss the comfort and do what you have to do, to show you support and love another.

"Katie Holmes in heels after NYC Marathon."

 

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Sat, 2007-11-10 15:28 — Simon

Just cruising

Katie Holmes, isn't that Tom Cruises latest trophy partner?

Did some googling on the Napoleon of the actors guild and found this piece about the scientology connection:

from: http://www.holysmoke.org/cos/kidman2.htm
 
Cruise and Kidman have two adopted kids, at least one of whom was reportedly born to an impoverished Scientologist in Florida. Some background: Scientologists who do not have the money for the expensive courses and counseling sessions can join a sort of lay clergy called the Sea Organization (or “Sea Org”), a name related to Hubbard’s nautical passion and years operating on the run from government investigations on a large private ship. Sea Org members generally work fulltime for Scientology in return for lodging in dormitories and pocket money. In part due to their heavy workload, they are discouraged from having children. According to former members, Sea Org staffers who do become pregnant are encouraged to have abortions – although some may have been given permission to give up their children for adoption, in which case those children may have gone to more affluent Scientologists.

 

Sat, 2007-11-10 16:34 — Kerry

Hubbard in Kerry's reading Kubbard

Back in high-school, I had a very sweet boy-friend who loved to read almost as much as I did.  We were indeed nerds of the highest-order.  He went to a private all boy's Catholic high-school, and I went to a public school.  We would spend much of our time discussing all sorts of things, authors and philosophies being among those things.

Would you believe one of those books was Dianetics?

I mention this because it was perhaps the first book I read that suggested Mind over Matter, in terms of finding my own way of dealing with personal problems.  It made sense, I liked the book, but moved on to other things. 

Looking back, it seems funny an entire religion has been built, based upon that book, but then, that's how religion operates, doesn't it?  Religion is based on man's words.  Spirituality is not.

I can appreciate another person's words and respect what is written, but I follow my own instincts and mind.

As far as Tom Cruise is concerned, I think he's a classic example of a short man who got rejected a lot in his early years.  Whether it was through a book or a good woman, his life seems to have become more whole because if you notice in those newspaper-magazine articles, suddenly Tom's parents are on the scene, like they never were before.

What's more surprising (to me) is how his parents focus their attention on his wife, Katie.  In my mind, that tells more about a family-situation than anything else. 

It's an interesting point about Tom being an adoptive dad.  I wonder how natural fatherhood has changed him, and how that has affected his other family.