Couch potatoes
A personal trainer has published a book of 15-minute workouts, including some that can be done on your living room sofa.
If done regularly, the workouts should help you stay limber enough to clamber in and out of your La-Z-Boy recliner well into your golden years.
Big rides: Americans on average are much larger than we used to be. Luckily, our cars have kept pace. The 2012 Toyota Camry, for example, is 13.6 inches longer and 732 pounds heavier than the 1986 Camry. And it gets better gas mileage, even though its standard engine delivers twice the horsepower.
The otherwise spartan 1986 model does have one thing over the posh new version, however: an ashtray as standard equipment.
Craft corner: None of us can afford a piece of Liz Taylor’s jewelry, but making your own Christmas gifts out of low-cost materials is always an option.
We’ve got details on four projects, and don’t worry — if you botch them up, you can just call them potholders.
Or ashtrays.
— Mark Carlson, Herald staff
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