Asymptomatic

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Re-Diet
January 11, 2012

On Monday, the 9th, I started back on diet. Last time, I did Special K for two weeks, then switched to Weight Watchers for months, and was thwarted by holidays and special occasions. That was pretty effective, since I lost just over 30 pounds. Sadly, I’ve since regained all of that weight, and I’m thinking that it would be nice to be rid of it again, hopefully for longer.

First, some affirmations about losing weight. Sure, it’s a pain to do, but it sure feels good not to have to lug around those extra pounds. I’ve noticed that my right knee has started to pop again while going down the stairs. It’s not wholly uncomfortable, but it will be if I don’t take some of this extra weight off of it. I remember distinctly how much better my knees felt when I was lighter. Not just my knees, but the rest of me, too. I mentioned going back on the diet to Berta yesterday, and she asked me, incredulously, “Why?” With the kids standing there, I wasn’t going to say explicitly, “Sex was better.” But it was. Better, better, better.

A New Normal
January 02, 2012

Change is hard. Focus is a problem. So yesterday, much to my imagined disappointment of everyone, I shut down everything – No Facebook, no Twitter, no blogging. While I was doing it, I knew I wouldn’t be able to hold out, since I’ve been doing it for so many years as a habit. But the primary reason I want to not blog isn’t to stop blogging, just to keep people from reading what I write.

So I think I’m going to keep blogging, just in private. My own little journal. That way, I can write what I think and feel, and screw whatever someone might think about it, since they won’t be able to read it.

You are all idiots
December 28, 2011

I read an account yesterday of a woman who was arrested (let’s just call it that right now, to simplify things) for reading the US Constitution while being scanned at an airport security checkpoint. I think the point of the article, given its source, was meant to elicit a reaction of outrage. But I can’t help but think how outright foolish everyone involved is.

For example, what possible outcome could the woman expect from her actions? Did she expect that the crowd would suddenly decide not to be subject to scanning? Did she expect to casually walk through security unmolested after having made this stir? Did she truly expect that the only consequence would be that she’d have informed her fellow air travelers that their rights were (possibly) being violated?