Comments on: Things that are bad for you http://www.bobgerman.com/2007/10/12/things-that-are-bad-for-you Photographer, Boatbuilder, IT Guru, Writer, Musician, Therapist, Masseur, Firearms Enthusiast (in other words, a Generalist) Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:25:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Eve http://www.bobgerman.com/2007/10/12/things-that-are-bad-for-you#comment-24 Eve Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:02:50 +0000 http://www.bobgerman.com/2007/10/12/things-that-are-bad-for-you/#comment-24 There are so many things that are bad for you that you can revel in once in a while without ending up in the critical care unit on oxygen. So revel, pick one, or two or three at once. Ignore the household chores. Ignore your oh so important mental To Do list. Read. Spend the weekend in front of the TV. Download every bit of even the worst music recorded by your favorite artist. Spend too much money on fake graveyard fence materials from Home Depot and attempt to compete with your neighbors’ Halloween spread. Play with your kids. Work on your boat. Woo your girl. Drink a few too many beers, a 3rd glass of wine. Have too many friends over for red meat on the grill. Have too much sex too often. Sleep. Repeat. There are so many things that are bad for you that you can revel in once in a while without ending up in the critical care unit on oxygen. So revel, pick one, or two or three at once.

Ignore the household chores. Ignore your oh so important mental To Do list. Read. Spend the weekend in front of the TV. Download every bit of even the worst music recorded by your favorite artist. Spend too much money on fake graveyard fence materials from Home Depot and attempt to compete with your neighbors’ Halloween spread. Play with your kids. Work on your boat. Woo your girl. Drink a few too many beers, a 3rd glass of wine. Have too many friends over for red meat on the grill. Have too much sex too often. Sleep. Repeat.

]]> By: John http://www.bobgerman.com/2007/10/12/things-that-are-bad-for-you#comment-22 John Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:01:04 +0000 http://www.bobgerman.com/2007/10/12/things-that-are-bad-for-you/#comment-22 I smoked cigarettes for 20 years, and then did the same cigar kick for another 6 (except I mostly smoked harsh, filterless cigarillos and partially inhaled them, how smart was that?). During the cigar years, smoking was my end-of-day treat. I quit altogether in May of this year. I loved to smoke, and I miss smoking now. At 45, however, I'm painfully aware that time is no longer on my side; at least not QUALITY time anyway. I decided to do what I could to at least try to give myself 20 more good years, but who knows. Seeing people like Peter Jennings diagnosed and then dead 2 months later scares the bejesus out of me. The thought of getting emphysema scares me more than cancer. My next-door neighbors smoke like chimneys, and she already has a trach ring! Sad. I know I did plenty of damage over the years, I only hope I stopped in time to allow myself a FEW golden years. I smoked cigarettes for 20 years, and then did the same cigar kick for another 6 (except I mostly smoked harsh, filterless cigarillos and partially inhaled them, how smart was that?). During the cigar years, smoking was my end-of-day treat. I quit altogether in May of this year. I loved to smoke, and I miss smoking now. At 45, however, I’m painfully aware that time is no longer on my side; at least not QUALITY time anyway. I decided to do what I could to at least try to give myself 20 more good years, but who knows. Seeing people like Peter Jennings diagnosed and then dead 2 months later scares the bejesus out of me. The thought of getting emphysema scares me more than cancer. My next-door neighbors smoke like chimneys, and she already has a trach ring! Sad. I know I did plenty of damage over the years, I only hope I stopped in time to allow myself a FEW golden years.

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