It all started with a certain cheesecake recipe.  That one little foray off the dieting high road was the hairline crack, the chink in the armor that the ever-watchful enemy needed to worm his way in.  And I was doing so well.  In the days following that blitz of sugar-infused hysteria, my iron will seemed to be changing bit by bit into something more along the lines of...oh, I don't know, shaving cream will.  While it might give the appearance of some sort of barrier, it's really not fooling anybody.  Yep, the ole taste-buds got a quick reintroduction to an old friend and suddenly, their lust was insatiable!  I found myself driven to frozen foods for ice cream and pulled by some unseen...

I was passing by the television during a Dove Soap commercial, and I stopped because it really wasn't about soap. It was about young girls and self-esteem. They were promoting their Campaign for Real Beauty, a program that funds self-esteem classes and awareness.I came to my computer to check out the web site and found a series of short films that they produced for commercial use. They are astonishing. What you see above is called "Evolution" - a look at a print ad filmed from beginning to finished product aimed at showing young girls the reality of what they see in their favorite beauty magazines. The other one that blew me away is called "Onslaught" and can be viewed HERE. I chose not to...