This is shocking!

And not in a "just got tased" kind of way. More in the, "I can't believe I don't weigh 900 pounds" kind of way.

While I was making my daily trip through Ronsonville , I read this post about Ronson's new obsession with food and the calories they contain. Ronson's new calorie obsession quickly became my own calorie obsession, and thanks to the link he provided, I was face to face with this terrible realization:

Little did I know that a delicious steak burrito with some cheese on it and a side of chips and salsa was a fat attack wrapped in a tortilla at a whopping 1415 calories. Add a can of Coke to that meal, which is pretty standard for me, and that jumps up to nearly 1600 calories! That leaves me with only 400 calories for the rest of the day.

Also, I'm pretty sure that 2313 mg of sodium in one meal can't be good. It just seems like a lot.

On the upside, there is 57 g of protein, which seems good, so I've got that going for me. And I'm getting 70% of my Vitamin A for the day, and Vitamin A is good, right? I mean, it is a vitamin.

But still, it's way more unhealthy for me than I thought it was. Unfortunately, this new information probably won't change my eating habits one bit, but it's good to know, I guess.

We're Going Streaking!

I never saw a prank quite this bold (or hilarious) in my high school days...I guess we were all just too modest back in the mid-90s.

Well, these crazy kids are taking it up a notch in 2007! Alleged streaker Taylor Killian clearly has no shame. But according to this CNN report , he does have a full beard and long hair, which I'm sure made this all the more horrifying for the students who were "huddled in a corner at Westerville North High School."

And the best part? No, not that this kid greased himself up before he ran so he wouldn't get caught. And no, not even this quote by Police Lt. John Petrozzi following Killian's arrest, "Hindsight being 20/20, he should have ate a burger instead. Put a jalapeno on it. I don’t know."

Um, whatever.

Nope, the best part was that he got tased - twice!

Greased up kids getting shot with a taser? Now that's the kind of news I want to read about!

My Latest Obsession: Nike Plus

A couple of weeks ago I bought a Nike Plus kit so I could track my running. If you haven't seen one, it's basically a sensor you put in your shoe and a chip you plug into your iPod that tracks the distance and time of your runs. They only work with iPod Nanos, so even though I already have a perfectly good iPod, I went out and bought a Nano, just so I could use the Nike Plus.

So for slightly under $250 I have everything I need to eliminate the tedious process of writing down in a notebook - with a pen - how long and how far I've run. I'm sure I'm saving at least 30 seconds a day not having to do that!

What a foolish purchase, you might be saying to yourself. No way, it was totally worth it because now I'm totally addicted to running. Well, not so much the running as seeing the stats from my run when I'm done.

I've run twice with it now, and it's tracking all my miles and time. It could be the best thing ever.




This is my run from this morning.



If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up. It’s so choice.

Orville Reden-bot 9000

Did anyone watch the Golden Globes last week? Boring!

But, there was one brightspot...did anyone else see this commercial with good ol' Orville Redenbacher? It one of the worst commercials I've seen in a while, and not just because he looks not at all human and much more like some weird popcorn-selling robot. It's also because he has what appears to be an iPod and is totally rocking out with his robot dance moves. I keep waiting for him to rip his face off to reveal the metal frame of his robot head with red lights for eyes and wires sticking out everywhere.

When I first saw it I thought to myself, it's been a while since I've seen him on a commercial, I thought he was dead.

Um...yeah, turns out he is dead, and has been for like 15 years.

So sit back, relax, maybe pop yourself some popcorn, and enjoy Orville in all his CGI glory.

Late to the Party

Recently, I heard about this new trend called "blogging" and decided to give it a shot. Actually, I didn't hear about it that recently, it was more like years ago, but I'm just now getting around to starting up my own blog after plenty of procrastination. I guess it's better late than never, though I suspect some of you will think my blog is better never than late once you read a few of my posts.

I hope this party doesn't turn out to be lame. Welcome to my blog.