NYTimes.com Article: U.S. Warning of Death Toll From Obesity

[Adam L. Beberg]

On Wed, 19 Dec 2001, Stephen D. Williams wrote:

> I'd much rather spend my time excercising than commuting.  I'm currently
> (my one year in hell as pennance for too many startup limbs) driving
> close to 100 miles a day which takes, generally, 2-3 hours.  Trying to
> take the Metro would take 3.5 hours with only about 1 hour of usable
> reading time.

I vote for naps. In a society jacked up on cafeene 24/7 and sleeping way
less then they should, this would be good.

And dont forget the shower/change time after any exercise.

> At close to 15 hours/wk, it would be more time efficient for me to fly
> anywhere in the US were I could walk to work (Manhattan, SF, etc.) on
> Monday and back home on Friday.  It would also be less dangerous since I
> wouldn't be in treacherous traffic in a perpetually sleep deprived state.

Again, naps!

> I traded my skating time ( http://www.skatedc.org/maps ) tonight to help
> a friend hack together a site (PHP4 is pretty cool...).  I'm squeezing
> in a run once in a while to attempt to maintain (sanity, weight, health).

I officially nominate this for the "pictures of peoples cats" category of
web content :)

I've now had 2 bikes stolen, I'm not buying another, so my days of exercise
are official over.

Off to to power-nap and prepare for LOTR! 3 hours of movie, must dress warm.
*considers a UPS and heating pad for the 40' theater... hmmmm.....*

- Adam L. "Duncan" Beberg
  http://www.iit.edu/~beberg/
  beberg@mithral.com