Nobody wants to be a loser, at least not until it comes time to drop the extra pounds.  Then suddenly everyone is clamoring for the opportunity, but only a small percentage of those ever get around to doing the work it takes to drop the weight.  I’ll admit it, myself:  it can be rough.  There [...]

I owe everyone who normally reads this blog a sincere and honest apology for letting such a horrible joke stay at the top of the page for two whole days.  If I bow and scrape enough, will you forgive me?  Not that I can bow down all that far quite yet, but it’s coming along.  [...]

A helicopter was flying around above Seattle when an electrical malfunction disabled all of the aircraft’s electronic navigation and communications equipment.
Due to the clouds and haze, the pilot could not determine the helicopter’s position. The pilot saw a tall building, flew toward it, circled, and held up a handwritten sign that said “WHERE AM I?” [...]

Oh, the things you’ll hear in life.  I used to think “kids say the darndest things”, but the truth is, everyone has it in them to do just that.  They say laughter works like a medicine – it’s good for the heart.  They, whoever those shadowy figures might be, have hit the nail on the [...]

Four hundred seventy nine pounds.  Let me say it again, just so I can try and conceptualize it:  Four hundred seventy nine pounds.  That’s still a lot of weight.  I’m still a fat man.  (I’ve even joked with The Digital Kid that he should gain a bunch of weight so he could be my superhero [...]

To someone on the outside, I must look more than a little strange.  The site, the whole look at feel of it, is designed to convey a message – that I’m a bit of a geek.  Or maybe more than a bit of a geek, absolutely a geek.  And it’s true, too; it’s been true [...]

I was up early this morning, brought suddenly awake by a wrong number dialed to my cell phone.  Being wide awake – and I was, at least then, though I’ll admit to being a little bleary now – I ran through a quick check of all my social networks.  Now, normally I don’t use Twitter [...]

I’ve got to stop being so negative.
For the last couple days, I’ve been a little worked up over the notion that I wouldn’t see a net loss in weight this week.  I had decided to give up my “free weekend” (every weekend is supposed to be free, in my program), go out walking, watch everything [...]

So sure, I know it’s been a couple days since I posted.  I’ve been trying to make sure I get something worthwhile up here at least four days a week, and this week is already looking like like a stretch.  But that won’t keep me from living up to the goal – I still have [...]

So, no immediate response from Samuel L. Jackson.  Of course, I don’t exactly expect a response.  After all, he was probably talking to bloggers who have one of those things.  You know… an audience.  Here I am, blogging away at bigsimon.com, and really don’t get more than five to ten hits a day.  Not very [...]