The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

As seems to be typical, Rick Santorum had some interesting choice words recently when giving a speech to the anti-abortion group Students for Life. During this speech, Santorum said the following: "They (pro-choice liberals) make it uncomfortable for students who come to Austin to shower at a Young Men's Christian Association, YMCA, gym, because they live it. They're passionate, they're willing to do and say uncomfortable things in mixed company. They're willing to make the sacrifice at their business because they care enough." Either Santorum has been to some unusual showers and gyms, the man is full of garbage, or he's doing shrooms again. I'm going to guess it's either the second or third option, but am leaning toward the second. When reading this quote by Santorum, I was greeted with these lovely visuals: Setting: Students in Austin showering at a Young Men's Christian Association Heath Greatness: "Jesus loves me, this I know...

I just saw a Planet Fitness commercial, which sported the line, "It's not a gym. It's Planet Fitness." So, I looked it up online and found the following results: - "Planet Fitness Gym Membership - Health Clubs Nationwide" (the homepage) - "Planet Fitness grows with 'judgment-free' gyms" - "Giveaway: Year-Long Planet Fitness Gym Membership" - "Planet Fitness Gym Membership: At $10 a Month, it Doesn't Get Much Better" - "Planet Fitness Gym Review" The new tagline should be, "Planet Fitness gym - it's not a gym; it's Planet Fitness." Yeah, that makes sense... On that note, here are some other winning slogans: - "Domino's Pizza - it's not a pizza shop; it's Domino's!" - "Toys 'R' Us - it's not a toy store; it's Toys 'R Us!" - "The Pub - it's not a pub; it's THE Pub!" - "Texas Whorehouse - it...

Not long after I moved to Columbus, Ohio from Omaha, Nebraska in the late-winter of 2008, I decided to finally make some changes in my life to improve both my health and appearance, and with that, my confidence. I didn't go to any gyms or hire any trainers. I simply made some common sense changes, like going from soda pop and Gatorade to water, and from fried food (meat) to grilled, and working out more. Just with the water change alone, I lost approximately 5 lbs. my first week. Without even working out a great deal, I lost a good 25 lbs. just with the alterations in eating and drinking habits. Following my health struggles for two years, I put things in overdrive as far as exercise was concerned and lost another 25 lbs. (I had gained about 5 lbs. in those two years where I was ill). I eventually learned that so long as I didn't regress to my awful habits of old, eating and drinking certain things was alright, so long as it was done in moderation. Well, my girlfriend has dec...