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Posts by scottqmarcus
Just celebrated 15 years at my correct weight! I hit goal weight after losing 70 pounds on 9/27/1994! However, my column this week focuses on the rules for being human. Hope you enjoy. === My email spam blocking system informs me that I have received 128,747 email messages of which percent were spam. Why I would want to know those particular factoids eludes me. Yet there they reside, utilizing several...
9/30/2009 5:18:53 PM
From the moment she entered the jet, I could tell she did not want to be there. In addition to apologizing each time her overloaded "Big Brown Bag" banged someone in an aisle seat, she was having difficulty navigating her excessive size down the skeletal-sized aisle. I knew the other passengers were thinking, "I hope she doesn't sit next to me." Plane seats are not known for roominess, and having someone...
9/23/2009 12:11:29 PM
There is no more sought-after dream than that of eternal life. Since Ponce de Leon set foot in the new world - and well before that - we have been seeking the fountain of youth, the ability to live longer in good health. "We're so close to adding another 20 to 50 years to the human lifespan, that not only are we in the neighborhood, we're on the block; we're just looking for the right door," I was...
9/16/2009 4:26:16 PM
So, I just went to my first meeting. I thought I'd call and let you know." I was eager to hear about it but didn't want to come across as "too" eager; might scare him from talking. "I'm proud of you. How are you doing?" Brief pause, analyzing his feelings; "Hard to explain, really. I felt extremely awkward when I first walked in. I really wanted to turn and run, but I decided I came this far; I'll...
9/8/2009 9:50:46 AM
Next to my bed is a nightstand. I presume that is a common arrangement in many bedrooms. Upon the shelf of the nightstand are many books; this too I assume is widespread. Like me, I take for granted that many people have three categories of books populating their nightstands: Some wait to be read. While at a bookstore, the concept between its covers was so striking that I plunked down money, thinking,...
9/3/2009 10:52:24 AM
She was dressed in pink sweatpants with the word, "sweet" emblazoned on her diaper-clad bottom. On her feet were brown clogs. Atop her head was a wool, knitted, patchwork cap of pink, yellow, and red, giving her a pastel "Rastafarian" look. However, instead of dreadlocks wrapped within, a waterfall of blonde, bouncy, curls framed her wide-open blue eyes and light complexion. In her chubby, small, right...
8/26/2009 5:07:23 PM
Despite my jeremiad about the barbarian state of airline travel, one upside of "professional speaker-dom" is that I attend conventions where the speakers are - at the risk of being a cheerleader for my vocation - pretty darn good. However, the pinnacle of any homily I have ever delivered from the platform was but an anthill in comparison to one of the most compelling, powerful presentations I have...
8/19/2009 5:23:40 PM
I stood on my head today. Well, that's not exactly accurate. Actually standing on my head would require a level of flexibility and dexterity not possessed by yours truly as my feet cannot even reach that big ol' noggin of mine. Besides, even if they could, why would I choose to stand on it? It would be painful, and I would get footprints on my ears. So, I guess the more precise way to describe it is,...
8/5/2009 4:38:11 PM
Here I sit, having face-time with the perennial decision of any dieter, "Do I or don't I?" Somebody said that foods made with salt, sugar, and fat are the most irresistible. Why not just call them what they are, "baked goods?" I am practically captive to their doughy gooey pull; Homer strapped to the mast, whilst the sweet scent of glaze sings upon the wind unto me. If not for the pull of the ropes...
7/15/2009 5:04:27 PM
Dinner had finished so they retired to the living room, leaving the pile of plates and cups in the sink. After all, dishes will wait, your daughter's potential first steps will not. Brittany, a curly-haired, energetic, bundle of energy; was their only child. In her ten months on this planet, she was a never-ending source of exploration, undaunted and undeterred by any obstacle (causing mom and dad...
7/1/2009 6:37:31 PM