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Wednesday Weigh-In #8: Super Big Stylings.


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We’re losing steam. Not fat. Only 3 weeks to go before the pork ass challenge sputters across the finish line. Will you have made a dent in your spare tire, or has complacency washed over all of us like a Super Big Gulp?

– Monster >> Current: 263 / Last Week – 266 / Target 255 / Lost 3
– Smash >> Current: 136 / Last Week – 136 / Target 129 / Lost 0
– Pyeman >> Current: 225 / Last Week – 226 / Target 215 / Lost 1
– DVS >> Current 245 / Last Week – 246 / Target 210 / Lost 1
– Aubz >> Current: 131 / Last Week – 131 /Target 125 / Lost 0
– BDoyle >> Current: 180 – / Last Week – 182 / Target 175 / Lost 2
– Sly >> Current: 211 – / Last Week – 213 / Target 175 / Lost 2
– Piglet >> Current: 145 / Last Week – 144 / Target 135 / Gained 1
– Not Lance >> Current: 166 / Last Week – 168 / Target 161 / Lost 2
– Greg >> Current: 178 / Last Week – 179/ Target 170 / Lost 1
– Venditti >> Current: 229 / Last Week – 230 / Target 219 / Lost 1
– Ka-Rista >> Current: 155 / Last Week – 158 / Target 140 / Lost 3

Let’s keep it going, and I promise I’ll track down every last person who is still on this list. The wedding I was at on Saturday served fried chicken (genius,) and I still managed to wiggle out of a pound last week. It was probably all of the slick dancefloor stylings afterwards, but that’s beside the point. Weigh in and keep it going.

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Friday’s Quizzlet: The Full Vermonty.


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Appetizer: About how much money did you spend on gas this week?
Zero – but I’ve been informed, as I did not pay for the hotel we’re staying in Saturday for a wedding in Vermont, that I am paying for all the gas. I can live with that, even though I’m sure I’ll end up sleeping in a bathtub with one of the caterers.

Soup: What is your favortite brand of toilet paper?
What an odd question. Dr. Migilicutty’s Hot Lube With Grits. 2-ply.

Salad: When was the last time you found something you thought was genius?
I remain stunned and amazed at the quality of the American version of The Office. I am halfway through Season 2 on DVD, and it just never gets old. I wondered, how in the heck will they ever find an equivalent of a Yank Ricky Gervais – but Steve Carell was a master stroke. KELLY CLARKSON!

Main Course: What is the least amount of sleep you can get by on per night?
I needs my Zs. Six hours is the bare minimum. Otherwise my eyes feel like mothballs the next day, and I have the attention span of a crow in a keychain factory.

Dessert: June is a popular wedding month. Do you know anyone getting married?
Uncanny! I am attending Katie and Reynolds’ wedding in VT tomorrow as I said, and then Jason and Amy’s nuptuals in Niagra Falls come October. I’m not even sure what town we’re headed to tonight – I am just jumping in the car when my sister shows up and letting her worry about it all. She loves it when I sleep the whole way during a long drive. The Canada wedding will involve some travel, as I’ll also be up for the stag & doe in September – but I never see those cats and it’ll be well worth it. Maybe if Jason is done boycotting the blog, he’ll chime in with something clever to say. Have a good weekend.

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Wednesday Weigh-In #7: Better Late Than Porky.


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Hello kids – the clunky, sporradic application I wish I hadn’t started this blog – called Blogger – has been down all day. I apologize to those of you who have been waiting with baited breath for this week’s rotund results. Put down your frozen concentrated orange juice tube full of bacon grease and pay attention.

– Monster >> Current: 266 / Last Week – 268 / Target 255 / Lost 2
– Smash >> Current: 136 / Last Week – 137 / Target 129 / Lost 1
– Pyeman >> Current: 226 / Last Week – 226 / Target 215 / Lost 0
– DVS >> Current 246 / Last Week – 248 / Target 210 / Lost 2
– Aubz >> Current: 131 / Last Week – 132 /Target 125 / Lost 1
– BDoyle >> Current: 182 – / Last Week – 184 / Target 175 / Lost 3
– Sly >> Current: 211 – / Last Week – 213 / Target 175 / Lost 2
– Piglet >> Current: 144 / Last Week – 146 / Target 135 / Lost 2
– Not Lance >> Current: 166 / Last Week – 168 / Target 161 / Lost 2
– Greg >> Current: 179 / Last Week – 183/ Target 170 / Lost 4
– Venditti >> Current: 229 / Last Week – 230 / Target 219 / Lost 1
– Ka-Rista >> Current: 158 / Last Week – 158 / Target 140 / Lost 0

I’ve definitely hit a plateau. I think I will be able to get down to 220 in the rest of the time alloted, but 215 is a pipe dream at this point. It’s just as well, because I’m not prepared to cut off an arm. I don’t know what I was thinking. Smash continues to drop, probably due to her recent move, and DVS claims his scale is broken – which doesn’t exactly bode well for him. I haven’t heard from Venditti or Ka-Rista in 2 weeks, and I will be busting chops Thursday to get all of the results in. Stay tuned.

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A New Radio Pye? Maybe.


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Last FM is extraordinarily cool. If you’re not familiar with it, sign up now. I have added a chart in the left hand nav where you can see, and listen to, the last few songs I have played for myself. It tracks all my preferences and creates an on-the-fly radio station which has no boundaries in terms of artist catalogues, bandwidth or diskspace. The only problem is it looks like crap.

Do you really care at what time of the day I listened to one of these songs? You probably don’t care that I’ve listened to them at all. If I can figure out a way to get the box narrower, it will be staying. If not, I’ll keep looking for another musical solution for PITF. In the meantime, you’ll have more Pixies, Happy Mondays and Tragically Hip than you can shake a stick at. Just walk away.

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Shut Up, Annie Lennox.


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Here comes the rain again. Have you looked at the forecast? Looks like the sun may make a brief appearance Saturday afternoon, but other than that as of tonight we’re going back to Waterworld. This is actually good, because I have people coming to fix my roof Thursday and they’ll be able to spot leaks while they’re doing the diagnostic. And by ‘spot leaks while they’re doing the diagnostic’, I of course mean cancel the appointment because they don’t work in the rain.

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