Jack Handy's Deep Thought o' the Day

I wish I had a dollar for every time I spent a dollar, because then, yahoo!, I’d have all my money back.

Eating More to Lose Weight

My brother and I made a pact that we each would get down to what we weighed in college, by this coming November. Last year at this time I was about 20 pounds over weight (I was traveling for work and eating in restaurants all the time). I've lost ten since then. To make the goal I've set, I need to lose another twelve.

I've tried a few tricks that have helped. One is that I force myself to eat a couple pieces of fruit in the middle of the day, even if I don't feel like it. It cuts my hunger at lunch and dinner and I don't eat as much. Another nice side-effect is that it rehydrates me.

We'll see if I make weight by November.

Fearing Sea Life

This morning at Newport Beach I paddled over the top of a large sea lion (his head was about the size of a man's) when I was turning around to catch a wave. Needless to say, I didn't catch the wave. I was proud of myself for not screaming like a girl, though. I'm not sure why, but I could tell from the way he dove below me that he was just playing (I had seen him lazily cruising through the surf about twenty minutes earlier). I just said "Whoooaaa!"

Dolphins and seals typically don't come inside the surf line. This guy, however, was going right up to the beach and diving below the waves. A girl on a longboard next to me saw him and immediately started paddling away and to the shore. The funny thing was that the sea lion started following her. Her friend laughed.