The Issues

Originally I was going to write a newsletter with the title Obama Wins: Millions of Overly-Hyperbolic Americans Alleviated from Actually Having to Follow Through on Their Promise to Move out of the Country but the title was hard enough to come up with and in all honesty I did not want to make light of such a historic day in our country. (Alternate title: McCain loses: Norries thank God Mom Isn't Forced to Keel Over and Die.)

So I thought I could focus on another issue weighing on me lately (mostly just today); the magazine selection at my gym (that sentence just looks loaded with puns now doesn't it.) Now I dislike working out. My aversion to exercising is not in the form of competitive sports, mind you, but rather getting on things like treadmills, bikes, elliptical machines and just robotically moving my limbs in such a way to cause calorie burn off. My herniated disc gave me a nice excuse to do nothing for about 4 months, but that is over now. Exercising is an ongoing battle. Hell, between my Senior and Freshman years I put on about 15 pounds. (this is in reference to the senior year of my 20's and the freshman year of my 30's). The only way I can get into the gym and maintain the motion required to actually exercise is to read a magazine while doing so. So how do you think I felt when I perused the magazine rack today at the Bally's in Clark? Dissappointed to say the least. A crappy sampling:

Surf Magazine
Drag Racer
Making Music (at least 10 copies)
Shape (this makes sense I guess)
Road and Track
The Sports Illustrated College Football Preview (dated 8/11/08)

That's about it. If I was not paid through January I probably would have cancelled my membership right there. It is is a miracle I got up on the treadmill at all. Relentless self-motivation I guess. I understand magazines are going the way of the dinosaur (like telephone booths and ER) but until they install computer screens with high speed internet connections on this gym equipment Bally's is going to need to step up its game. How am I supposed to lose weight?

Luckily I brought last week's issue of Time about the presidential election. I think I read enough today to make an informed decision.