The Shutdown

I know the reason Obama is closing down national parks and memorials. If it weren't for those, the public wouldn't even notice the government shutdown. It's the Democrats who suffer most from a shutdown. All the bureaucrats (and most other government employees) consistently vote Democratic. Of course, since everyone agrees that federal employees deserve to get their back pay the shut down amounts to nothing more than a paid vacation. A good time to go view the fall leaves in Vermont, or take their children to a pumpkin farm.

The Place Where Character Shows

I've hit the wall. My weight is bouncing back and forth between 233 and 232 for the seventh day in a row. I'm not breaking the rules. At worst I'm eating more fat than I'm supposed to but that's supposed to be a good thing.

Mean Republicans Won't Pay the Cops Who Protect Us

Nearly every single story I read about the Stamford, Connecticut, dental hygienist who was killed trying to ram her car into the capitol in Washington mentioned that the cops who shot her were working without pay since Tuesday. As the incident happened Thursday, that meant the cops were working two days without pay.

I don't know how they pay cops in Washington DC but around here people get paid either once a week, once every two weeks or once a month. To go two days without a paycheck is not only not unfair, it is the standard practice of every business and government agency in the country.

My Diet (again)

The lord giveth and the lord taketh away. Right now he's taken away 10 pounds. I'm down to 233.

Diet News (again)

Weight down five pounds after five days but I suspect than 80% of it is water loss. I've been thirsty (and therefore drinking) all day. Tomorrow my weight will be up three pounds to 238. So sayeth Paul. Gary Taubes says a couple things in his book that really scare me. He says if you have been fat for a long time, then a low-carb or no-carb diet might take months or years to work and it may never work at all. He also says that most of the initial weight loss is water, so now the hard part begins. On other matters, my bike battery only took me about 22 miles before falling to one bar (out of four). I don't know what that's all about.

Weight

down three pounds to 237 after three days

Fall Has Arrived

Sixty-four degrees at 8:30 p.m. Can't beat that.