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5 December 31, 2009

Little People, Big Hoarders

I want to talk about, “the little people.” And no…I don’t mean the ones who come in the night to steal my car keys and frolick around my living room, giggling and singing in their annoying high pitched voices, (I’ve already reported their inconsiderate asses to the authorities) – what I’m talking about is the apparent rise in popularity of the day to day goings-on of dwarves.

If you spend any time flipping channels like I do, you begin to see the trend I’m talking about. I believe it started with, “Little People, Big World” – and yes, at first I found the show to be no less than adorable. Watching gnome-like people raise a family, go to work, live, love, laugh and try to reach things that are pushed too far back on the counter tops – frankly – it was heartwarming.
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2 December 10, 2009

Did Someone Lose A Glass Eye?

I used to work for LifeTime Fitness. It was the “Sams” of all the gyms – enormous in size, the 120,000 square foot coliseum consists of a spa, a cafe, two indoor pools, one outdoor pool and enough cardio equipment to accommodate a small village. People would come in droves – it looked more like the entrance gate to Disney World than to a gym – and they just kept coming. There was a youthful vibe that sort of felt like you were stepping into a trendy Latin club. Oh, how I miss my 5.5 run on a state-of-the-art treadmill while watching 7 different TV programs…simultaneously.

I now work for a hospital – in their cardiovascular center. They, too, have a gym and one indoor pool. But the Latin vibe has been more appropriately replaced by easy listening and early 80′s ballads. My flat screens, airing the latest episodes of CSI, The Office and day time soap operas, are now filled with the likes of Glenn Beck and a variety of commentators at Fox News. My gym now has a “post WWII, I survived the depression and will die wearing my Vote For Rush campaign button on my fedora”…kind of vibe.
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