Okay, first, while shopping at the Wine Store in Whole Foods, I noticed they were selling wine in a box from Australia. Specifically, the wine was in a 3-L box, it cost $18.99, was from Banrock Station, and I had to have it. For those of you who don't know, the boxed wine phenomena is about to hit the mid-to-high-priced wine market. Well, the verdict is that the wine is drinkable, albeit a bit one-sided. I would highly recommend it at your next party. If you are a bit skittish about it, go to your local Fishs Eddy (or any comparable discount glassware store), buy some cheap caraffes, and pour it in. Think about it, the box holds the equivalent of four bottles, making it $4.75 per bottle. Not bad.

Next, this evening while getting dressed after my shower at the gym, I noticed two different people take off their sneakers before getting onto the scale to weigh themselves. This is not the first time I have seen this. My partner even takes off his flip-flops before he gets on our scale to weigh himself. Why would anyone think that their sneakers would contribute any amount of weight while weighing themselves? And if they do, the average person tends to weight somewhere between 120 and 140 lbs., are the sneakers really contributing any amount that may cause alarm?

Since I am who I am, I decided to weigh what I consider my heaviest sneakers. My digital bathroom scale could not even detect any amount of weight. So, I went to my kitchen to weigh them on my kitchen scale. Result: 1.75lbs. Is that amount of weight really significant? I can eat a burger that big in a sitting, plus the fries, and a milkshake.

If anyone out there can explain to me what the specific reason is for taking off your sneakers when you weigh yourself at the gym, or anywhere besides a physician's office, please tell me. Oh, and I can also follow up the milkshake with a couple of glasses of wine. Later.
  ¶ 10:59 PM