Inside Doug's Head

I am not a number, I am… What's that stuff they make glue out of? I'm that. Forever swirling, forwards and upwards, but always sticky. Sometimes, a little sad.

Although I have grudgingly accepted the fact that at least some amount of exercise is inevitably in my future, the conundrum of how best to get it remains. Doing anything resembling a sport is, for obvious reasons, definitely out. A few years ago, before I became completely doughy, I had worked up to running five …

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My knees hurt because I am overweight. Not so overweight that I leave potholes in the sidewalk, but heavy enough that the bones in my feeble limbs feel the effects of the extra pull of gravity. Now, I could stop drinking and lose some weight, or I should drink more and stop complaining. Meh, drinking …

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