My favorite room

It's sad to admit, but my office is my favorite room.

One of the reasons could be that it joins the kitchen -- but in the end I guess it's because I spend most of my time there. I work a lot and when I'm not working, I'm doing something else on one of my computers or I'm listening to music, or just answering silly questions on Plinky.



Most people can't wait to get out of their office, into a comfy chair or cozy bed or even a luxurious bath. Almost any other room in the house would seem to offer more in terms of comfort and relaxation. But we're all relaxed and happy when we're doing something we enjoy.



An office can be a prison if you don't like what you do, but I'm lucky enough to love what I do. My office is my retreat, comfortable, spacious, with big windows and a large workspace. When I'm in my office it means I'm probably doing something I enjoy (except on bill-paying days, when I'd much rather be taking that luxurious bath).

There's No Money in Healthy People

When a comedian's rant is this close to the truth, you know we're making some progress.

A New Category Just for Whining

So I started social networking. ... And, I started a new diet. I tried setting up a group on FaceBook as a place for dieters to meet and whine (which we seem to like to do). But it's been up for several weeks and no one has gone near it. I guess if you're 16, you don't want to talk about dieting with a middle-aged woman. And if you're a middle-aged woman, you don't want to talk at all to someone who would set up a social network group for dieters.

Still Need a Place to Whine
So I have found myself still needing a place to bitch and whine. Wait, I need that in general all the time ... but specifically, I needed a place to bitch and whine about dieting, nutrition, healthy living, etc. Sooo, since I haven't written anything real for this blog in like, a year, I figured I could start a new category and get right to the whining.

So here goes.
Wikipedia says: "Dieting is the practice of ingesting food in a regulated fashion to achieve or maintain a controlled weight." Simple. What could be easier?

Yeah, what could be easier? That question has me whining to myself so much, I keep having to stop typing so I can pound my fists on the desk. But let me try to focus and start with just one little (gargantuan) problem.

Diets and Complexity
We, as dieters, do a lot to make the process unbelievably complex. I now have a 3 page food journal/database on my computer that would impress a CalTech engineer. Somebody stop me ... I keep thinking of more things to track.

The Internet to the Rescue
A Google search on the word "diets" nets us just about 30 million Web sites. A+ for names to: FatLoss4Idiots.net and 3FatChicks.com.

Reviewing just the first 3 pages of Google results, I found about 40 diets ranging from:

celebrity diets
fat burning diet
meal replacement diet (Replace it with what? A poke in the eye?)
low carb diets
low fat diets
high protein diets
chef's weight loss
vegetarian diets
diets for children
raw diets
diets for models
10 Web sites directly promoting drugs as the solution
weight loss surgery
and even two sites featuring pet diets.

So now I know that the perfect diet consists of:
low glycemic index foods that are fat free, low in calories, won't interfere with drugs, are NOT ever cooked, enhance your metabolism, can be fed to pets, and won't make you sick if you've had surgery.

Water.


Care to whine about diets with me? Leave a comment.

A little light for Apple® iPhone®

For my friends who keep reading even though I only write something once in a blue moon:

BittyLite™ for iPhone

If you have an iPhone, go to this post for a handy little light for your iPhone home screen.

Hope you like this webapp from Pinsonnault Creative. Let me know.