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July 07, 2008
Random Monday Musings (It would be Nice if We Didn't have to Work on Mondays; Don't you agree?)
When we were in Vegas, Brother Fool bet $50 on Venus Williams to win Wimbledon and $50 on Rafael Nadal to win Wimbledon. In case you were one of the hostages recently rescued from the Columbian FARC rebels (or just don’t follow professional sports or found yourself paying attention to more worthy things over the weekend), both Venus and Nadal won! Naturally, I recommended that my brother quit his job and become a professional gambler.
John McEnroe kind of looks like Ted Bundy, yes?
I found myself wandering around the monuments over the weekend. Most of the tourists I saw looked like the farthest they had ever walked was from the parking lot of their local McDonald’s to the inside of that “restaurant.” Is there a point where people just completely stop caring? In ten years, will I not care if I’m 75 pounds overweight? It’s one thing to carry around a few extra pounds; it’s quite another to be flat-out obese, and there are simply far too many obese people these days. I understand some folks have health issues that preclude them from shedding pounds, but that doesn’t explain everyone. So what the hell’s the deal? Once you’re married, do you just not care about looking as physically desirable as you can for your spouse? Do you not care if your ticker stops beating one day due to the added stress of functioning in an obese body? Do you not care about setting a healthy example for your kids when it comes to taking care of their bodies? I feel like someone should print up flyers and hand them out in a very targeted manner across the nation: “Try exercising and eating fewer hot dogs; it will do your body good.” Were people always as big as they are now?
I’m a big fan of Restoration Hardware. Last weekend, I ordered one of the store’s shower curtains. Unfortunately, the curtain isn’t in stock at the moment. Yesterday, the customer service department called to tell me the curtain probably won’t arrive until the end of August. I asked if the store would waive the $11 shipping charge as a result of the lengthy delay and the representative readily agreed. US Airways, on the other hand, well, those bastards are about as focused on customers as PETA is on mistreated human beings. If I don’t retain my silver elite status on US Airways next year, the sliver of loyalty I still have for that airline will disappear faster than Charles Manson’s chances of being paroled each time the probation board sees the swastika tattooed on his forehead.
Final random thought to begin the week: If it never gets dark in Alaska during the summer, what do they do about fireworks on the 4th of July?
Comments
What kind of super fancy special shower cutain is this that you're willing to wait a month for its arrival?
Posted by: Harmless Error at July 7, 2008 10:44 AM
http://www.restorationhardware.com/rh/catalog/product/product.jsp?productId=prod1233147&navCount=1
It's the brown one at the bottom. I might end up hating it, but I can always return it if I do. What can I say - it fits in well with the color scheme I've got going.
Posted by: Fool at July 7, 2008 10:36 PM
i thought, "cool! $11 is a great bargain for a shower curtain like any one of those!" then i noticed the $11 was for the LINER. $63 for a shower curtain? you BETTA be lovin' it! hehehe.
Posted by: chuck at July 7, 2008 10:58 PM
I agree, Chuck. It better be a rockstar shower curtain. If not, that baby is going back.
Posted by: Fool at July 7, 2008 11:02 PM
Obesity-- Blame it on corn syrup (instead of sugar) in sodas in the US due to overinflated price of sugar to protect the local growers; blame it on portion sizes and fast food obsession in this country; blame it on our overdependence on cars for transportation; blame it on the couch potato habit.
I need new shower curtains and those rings that holdup the shower. Above all, I need a maid to clean my apartment.
Posted by: Ming the Merciless at July 8, 2008 02:47 AM
Um, please come decorate my bathroom. Thanks.
Posted by: Harmless Error at July 8, 2008 08:58 AM
A second vote for the corn lobby being responsible for obesity. The shift from sugar to high fructose corn syrup, and the shift to less-than-whole foods is responsible for a LOT of the obesity epidemic. Restaurants/portion sizes get the secondary blame. As an experienced expert here, I could go on and on. But read Pollan's book, In Defense of Food, to get more.
Posted by: (m) at July 8, 2008 02:48 PM
For some reason there are a bajillion fat, unhealthy people in Vegas. Weird, eh?
Posted by: LisaBinDaCity at July 9, 2008 11:03 AM
