Kronstantinople

Lupus filled my flat abs with fluid.        (Oct. 26, 2012) Lupus has become my own personal terrorist. He hides out  in the remotes...

From "nicotine replacement" to gourmet indulgence Vaping has become a foodie's dream: luscious, calorie-free confections....

    It's understandable that people enjoy having fires in their fireplaces. Those flickering flames are beautiful, hypnotic, comfo...

    In several upcoming posts, Elderly Girl will offer a detailed proposal for waging war on Alzheimer's disease, since it seems th...

Mormons do as they're told -- whether it's Hitler or the local bishop.     I always decline desserts, especially those made...

Could your phone cut the umbilical cord as well? That seems easy enough.     (Sept. 25, 2013) Oh great: Today, the Food and Drug Ad...

"This stuff makes your feel like you could totally change the world!"     (sept. 24, 2012) Do you know what's really spe...

It's magic: You eat it up (so trustingly!) and Edward Jones gets fatter.    (Sept. 18, 2014)  Financial services firm Edward Jo...

UPDATE Dec 20, 2014: Researchers find most of Oz's remedies to be "bogus." http://kronstantinople.blogspot.com/2014/12/i-hat...

      Elderly Girl is not even 100 years old yet, but for years, the media have been showing up every time she has a birthday to a...

Are you a woman, or a luscious, silken, fragrant heap of toxic chemicals? Scientists say women use hundreds of chemicals on their bo...

Sullenberger sullied his name with his shameless opportunism (9/5/14) Dear Sully Sullenberger:     It was sweet of you to...

Patient beware: Being part of a clinical trial is a trial indeed     (September 2013)  A highly unpleasant spotlight, which turned ...

    More to the point, could they enhance your gaming awesomeness?   Your brain is not a plaything, you crazy, reckless young lad...

"Them nigras does such stupid-ass things, sometimes you just got to laugh."       "We've alerted people to ke...

This is part two of a two-part series Part One is "The black gentlewoman in the marble dungeon."  It's "potty time...

"I want to be alone."     (feb. 14, 2013) Elderly Girl has flown the coop. She needed space. She wanted her own place. Frank...

See the sags and bags, the wrinkles (no twinkles) for yourself! http://fox13now.com/2013/12/09/dr-oz-answers-health-questions-on-good-day...

Another charity that cynically manipulates the tender-heartedness of its donors. Marlo Thomas and some of St. Jude's young cancer pa...

     This is part one of a two-part package on the difficult,  often demeaning job of restroom attendant, then and now.     (8...

(or is it?)      Why is it so hard to get answers to basic questions about autoimmunity? I have raised the issues below with several...

     (Jan. 22, 2013) I “went postal,” but it was the United States Postal Service that created the casualties.      For six months in 20...

I felt as if I were twirling ecstatically with Arthur Murray.      I have found myself in numerous unusual situations over the years (oo...

He didn't speak English -- he spoke a caregiver language of acceptance and hope.          (8/1/2011) I could see the needle track...

Sinuses may have benefits, but I'd rather live without them. Aren't they rather poorly designed? Someone messed up.     (11/29...

   (7/23/14) In 2011, the University of Utah Medical Center was named best in the nation by the morally dubious, cabalistic University...

I don't have a photo of Punky, but this looks very much as she did in 1968 -- sweet and beautiful. Dear Punky Fortune:     I hav...

     Call me a pathologically cynical party poop, but I am very dubious about the University of Utah’s charming invitation for all of us to ...

Safety concerns are obscured by a fragrant cloud of vapor     (Feb 27, 2014) Volunteers are being recruited through CraigsList and a Br...

This High Court Justice isn't blind -- he sees very well.     (Jan 27, 2014) For nearly four decades, my old New York friend h...

     (May 13, 2013) We were gratified last autumn that as a result of our reporting  ( http://kronstantinople.blogspot.com/p/edward-jones...

    As if being a ravishing spokesmodel weren’t enough to quench the thirst of Jon Huntsman  Jr.’s ego, he has suddenly decided to name an e...

    Usually, in politics, when the term "portfolio" is used, it refers to the office and functions of an administration official. ...

    (6/27/14) When I recently read an article on the Mayo Clinic web site, I saw a declaration I've never noticed before: "Mayo...

How my first college newspaper article opened the door to a world of "rampant drug use, orgiastic sex and unchecked egotism." E...

  .       Now that President Obama has finally decided to stop deporting young people brought here illegally by their parents, we need to...

    ,,,,,,,Happy Father's Day to You."     You have a beautiful smile, Mr. Obama. You have a beautiful family. That's abou...

The soon-to-be officially declared candidate for president is in Hog heaven.     The most telling memory I have of Jon Huntsman Jr....

'Pure' Dove couldn't resist offering a chemical version of sakura blossoms.     (May 2014) More than 18 months ago, we publ...

Neanderthal Girl: She's so fine, oh yeah. Gotta make her mine, oh yeah.      (March 20, 2014) I always wanted to be a "colore...

   “Where are your things?” the building superintendent asked. Erik Sakslad was a retired seaman from Estonia -- big,  pink-cheeked and...

Not really dead -- mortally wounded.     There has been an onslaught of recent news that is relevant to several of my major posts (bas...

If you're looking for end-of-year charitable deductions, consider our approach. We chose to give  scholarships directly to students, ra...

Wesley Gordon Bowen, 1924 ~ 2003     Wes Bowen roared up to the entrance of Olympus High School in a spanking-clean van that had a...

          In America, our sacred cow is our "courageous, noble, selfless young men and women in uniform."  We have been ...

          Home, they say, is where the heart is.     But my heart resides, instead, with the homeless.     It’s been 35 ...

"Massimo" means the utmost, the ultimate -- and he was.     Massimo Costanzo, my beloved Joe's father, was a man of majes...

          Joe's mother died in her sleep Thursday night after an extended period of ill health.      I met Rita Costanzo and h...

    Hey Girl: You’re getting a very great honor tonight at the Billboard extravaganza. The Millennium Award -- that is so cool!    You rea...