It’s Sarcastic Wednesday! ecard from Hallmark Ecards

More Hoops and Yoyo

On March 21st, I’m going to hand-deliver the messages you signed when I testify at Congressional hearings on the climate crisis.

Al Gore - Tell Congress to act on global warming

chrisjordan.com: Running the Numbers - An American Self-Portrait

This is supposed to be inspirational:

“By the time of his death at age 32, Alexander the Great had conquered almost the entire known world.”

I entered my age (32) at Things Other People Accomplished When They Were Your Age.

Carl sent me this one:
Former Slacker: 7 Horrible Truths About Dieting and Exercise

Some highlights:

• Losing weight is hard — It’s hard work.
• Exercise is an inefficient way to lose weight. — You would have to run an extra 2.5 miles, almost 30 minutes, to burn off the 280 Calories found in one Snickers bar [ I burn 7 points per hour with high intensity exercise, a 2 oz. snickers bar is 7 points (1 hour), a king size 4 oz. is 13 points (2 hours) - Ben ]
• Fad diets all rely on denying yourself something — This leads to a feeling of deprivation, and the associated high failure rate — Just eat less food overall.
• You don’t have any genetic predisposition — Widespread obesity is a relatively recent phenomenon — You also don’t have a low metabolism — You just learned bad eating habits, and you’re more sedentary than your ancestors.

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