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It was a while back that I chose the moniker Evil Bas***d for this board. It was a hold over from a previous relationship whose principle characteristics need not be discussed. Suffice it to say, the words "Well, I guess I am just an Evil Bast***d for (saying, doing, thinking) that, now let's get on with the rest of the day" were an almost daily occurence.

Quoting Clint Eastwood in "Unforgiven", "I ain't like that no more." I don't feel terribly malevolent, ill-willed, or even irritable. I have a lovely, loving wife, a healthy baby girl, and a more wonderful extended family than I had given consideration. So two strikes against the name, I didn't renew my Evil license, and my family and friends treat me better than a "Bas***d" would deserve.

But I kinda like the initials e.b., and I would hate to make Kirk do all the work of changing it everywhere. Anyone have any good suggestions what eb could stand for in lieu of the old moniker?
--Evil B.
OK ... today was Dad's day and pretty special. Love getting woken up by the boys (wish it would have been a little later than 7:30). They got me a green Tilley hemp hat (tilley.com) which is great. Went to church, had a buy one get one free sub at Penn Station and steak for dinner. The only thing that would have been better is if the "hefty lefty" would have won the US Open. Oh well ... the day couldn't be totally perfect.

Butch ... don't know why but for some reason I thought of your dad and the picture of him doing the moose or elephant ears. Couldn't find the picture ... what a great funny guy.
--Beau
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2006.06.18
In a fit of diet geekness and introversion, I went over all the records I could think of, journal entries, Usenet posts, old diet logs, to get as many data points about my weight over the last past decade or so. After failing to figure out how to get a chart in OpenOffice's knockoff of Excel (I hate Excel) I put together some Perl, which was good because I might be making some online tools for shorter term weighted averages, so it was useful experience. What I came up with was this:

The real shocker was how I put on 20 pounds in about a year! I had a reading of 204 from April 6, 2005, and then at the end of this May I was at 227. That's pretty dang quick, and I didn't have an indication that I was stabilizing at some weight up there, so I don't know how high it would have gone. "Recent" low is 179, in late 2001. I'll wait 'til I get around there again and then consult with my doctor and see what my goal weight should be. Might take a while though, easily not until the winter holidays.

Dorky self-cheering of the moment... after looking at these charts, my advice to any investors in Kirk Being So Fat should SELL! SELL!

Culinary Delight of the Moment
Speaking of eating, Daniel Gross wrote
John Snow will have a replacement, and he may very well come from the corporate world. But if it's an A-list Wall Street CEO, I'll buy a copy of Dow 36,000 and eat the first chapter.
and that's exactly what happened. Yum! I like how they prepared it as a salad.