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June 21, 2005
No more fast food!
About 3 months ago, I gave up fast food. I love fast food. I haven't seen the movie Super Size Me yet, but I'm betting that I'll get hungry for a double cheeseburger and fries while watching the movie -- which isn't normal. In fact, my culinary inspired friends probably find this disturbing. I haven't lost a single pound since I first posted this goal (to lose 15 pounds), but the good news is that I haven't gained any either. I also feel better about myself since I haven't been eating such crappy food. I've been doing a lot more cycling and mountain biking since then, so my excuse is that I'm converting fat into muscle, heh.
I'm also reading Fast Food Nation which should also provide additional motivation to stay away from fast food. If you haven't read that book, I highly recommend it. It's a bit disturbing, but enlightening nonetheless.
The only caveat to my desire to lose 15 pounds is that I must lose the weight without removing good beer from my daily regimen. A man must have his priorities. ;-)
Posted by mark at 4:08 PM | Comments (4)
June 17, 2005
Trust Bounty
So I'm opening up a kitchen cupboard, and my four year old son James points to a roll of paper towels and says, "What's that daddy?" I respond, "A roll of paper towels." He replies, "No it's not, that's Bounty." I look at him quizically, "Yeah, but that's just a particular *brand* of paper towells, it's still paper towels. How did you know that." He points to the word, Bounty written diagonally across the package, and then says "Trust Bounty." I respond, "That's right James it says Bounty." James then says, "Yeah, it does, and they're strong too."
Wow! James knows his alphabet and can even recognize certain words, but he can't read yet. I don't think it even said the word trust on the package. I can only assume that at some point, he saw a Bounty commercial, and remembered that the slogan was "Trust Bounty", and that they were purported to be stronger than *other* paper towels. The only TV we let him watch is typically PBS stuff without standard commercials.
It freaks me out when I realize the power of a child's mind, and that it's *MY* responsiblity to help expose them to meaningfull stuff. :-)
Posted by mark at 3:08 PM | Comments (0)