Living ~400lbs

Job requirements

Living 400lbs — Thu, 23 May 2013 23:13:17 +0000

“Put this all together and it means the IRS needs tens of thousands of people who are (a) smart, (b) willing to do really tedious work, (c) for moderate wages, (d) while working for a soul-crushing bureaucracy, and (e) being loathed by all right-thinking people. Does this sound to you like a recipe for disaster? Me too.”

— Mother Jones

Wow…to a certain extent this sounds a bit like working in child care, or elder care, or Microsoft tech support. (To name a few jobs I’ve done that were exacting and received little respect or pay.) But the IRS is probably worse.

Filed under: News, Work

Why It’s Okay To Be Fat: TedX talk from Golda Poretsky

Living 400lbs — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:25:31 +0000

Golda Poretsky of BodyLoveWellness did a TedX talk on why it’s okay to be fat.

Here’s a link to the chart she shows on weight and longevity, along with the full text of the paper it’s from.

Filed under: Dieting/WLS, fat acceptance, HAES

Music Monday

Living 400lbs — Mon, 20 May 2013 15:28:06 +0000

This week some mentioned the anniversary of Jim Henson’s death, which reminded me of the song “Storyteller.” In concert it’s been stated it was written in response to Jim Henson’s passing.

Song credits: Performed by Alexander James Adams; lyrics & music by Heather Alexander.

Filed under: Music