This morning I realized the All Star Game is tomorrow. Granted, the last five or six years I don't watch baseball as much as I once did, but, I would like to watch the game. I wonder if I can watch the computer in the bathroom? And, if so, will I want to?
This will be my third time having a long tube stuck up my butt. The prep is much worse than the test. I'll spare you any details, today. I may want to write tomorrow. None of this is fun, none of this is a walk in the park, all of it is necessary.
Our July 4Th was pretty quiet. At dusk some folks on the next block put on a ground display of legal cone of sparks type fireworks. As darkness enveloped the neighborhood they switched to an aerial show. They were expensive looking, semi professional, and I'm sure illegal. The same people do this every year and the neighbors finally caught wise, watching is free. No one else had fireworks.
I'm sure we would enjoy the show if we weren't so concerned about fires and all the howling dogs and hiding cats.
I've never read the entire Declaration of Independence and I don't plan on doing it now. This section I do know.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness---
The pursuit of Happiness. It seems to me that if a law isn't broken than people can do whatever makes them happy. Who am I to judge? But really, competitive eating contests? People make big money and I know the contests are very popular. I think they represent some of the worst aspects of our society.
Last Wednesday was the annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest. It's covered by network television and broadcast live. This was the ninety seventh year of organized gluttony. The live crowd numbered forty thousand. Both the men and the ladies, if lady is a word for a female who crams hot dogs down her throat, have ten minutes to eat as many dogs and buns as possible.
The men's winner consumed sixty eight wieners. The female forty five. I know, I know, it's money. The winner gets $10,000. These people sure don't do this because they're hungry. What most fascinates and scares me is what the "competitive eaters" put in their body.
The guy ingested approximately 20,000 calories, 1,150 fat grams, 400 grams of saturated fat and 48,300 milligrams of sodium. And here I am concerned about eating a pickle. Dietary guidelines recommend 2,000 calories, no more than 65 grams of fat, and 2,400 milligrams of sodium, per day.
The woman only ate 45 dogs so her numbers are much lower, but, since she weighs (before hot dogs) just one hundred pounds she may be punishing her body more than the guy. Like I said, I must be missing something? I shudder to think about what happens after the contest. I know what I'm like when I eat two donuts. Well, enough about this, you know how I feel and besides, Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.....it's their life and if it makes them happy, so be it.
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