{"id":2776,"date":"2004-05-22T15:57:00","date_gmt":"2004-05-22T19:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/?p=2776"},"modified":"2021-06-07T03:55:58","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T07:55:58","slug":"grab-bag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2004\/05\/22\/grab-bag\/","title":{"rendered":"Grab Bag"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/images\/mebug.gif?resize=65%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"65\" height=\"20\">&nbsp; &nbsp;  <b>Diet Blog<\/b>: Day One Hundred Something-something. I&#8217;ve reached a plateau. A few weeks ago I made it to 205. I went on vacation and ballooned up as high as 206\u00bd. I&#8217;m back down to 205, but I can&#8217;t get any lower. This is a mental plateau more than a physical one, since, as I said before, the diet is feeling so monotonous it&#8217;s getting hard to stop the snacking.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; \u2022 I know most cars have CD players now, but a lot still have cassette decks &#8212; so why is it so difficult to find a head-cleaning tape?<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; \u2022 Headline: <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=\/nm\/20040522\/wl_nm\/arts_cannes_palme_dc_3\">Michael Moore&#8217;s film <i>Farenheit 911<\/i> wins the Palme D&#8217;Or at Cannes<\/a>. US lawmakers uncertain whether to boycot the word \u201cpalm\u201d or \u201cdoor\u201d.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; \u2022 I came to the painful realization today that in a hot dog eating contest my limit would be a paltry four. I had four today while at my niece&#8217;s graduation party and then had to spend some of the afternoon sitting in a quiet corner and sighing. This would be quite a humiliation for my stomach, Ed, if it weren&#8217;t his fault to begin with.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; \u2022 Speaking of Heather&#8217;s graduation party, my Aunt Grace illustrates, below, the perils of eating a maize and blue frosted cake\u2026<div class='yrm-content yrm-content-1 yrm-content-hide  ' id='yrm-fg1RS' data-id='1' data-show-status='false' data-after-action='' style=\"visibility: hidden;height: 0;\">\n\t\t\t<div id='yrm-inner-content-yrm-fg1RS' class='yrm-inner-content-wrapper yrm-cntent-1'><center><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/images\/bluesmile.jpg?resize=400%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" style=\"border: 3px solid #000;\"><br><small>My Aunt Grace is Bluetooth enabled<\/small><\/center><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class='yrm-btn-wrapper yrm-btn-wrapper-1 yrm-more-button-wrapper  '\n\t\tdata-custom-more-class-name='' data-custom-less-class-name=''><span title='' data-less-title='' data-more-title='' class='yrm-toggle-expand  yrm-toggle-expand-1 ' data-rel='yrm-fg1RS' data-more='More &gt;&gt;' data-less='&lt;&lt; Less'><span class='yrm-text-wrapper yrm-text-wrapper-custom-dimensions'><span class=\"yrm-button-text-1 yrm-button-text-span\">More >><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Diet Blog: Day One Hundred Something-something. I&#8217;ve reached a plateau. A few weeks ago I made it to 205. I went on vacation and ballooned up as high as 206\u00bd. 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