A place for open letters to the good people of the world.

Dear board:

It's STUNNING how much cuter clothes are when you lose weight. I mean, I knew it, but I didn't spend a lot of time in those departments. But christ.

IJAG

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Dear board,

Inky linked to a story on the Adrian Peterson thread, and in the face of tragedy, it gave me joy.

Embedded in that story was this piece of glory:



IJAG

 

Dear IJAG,

The money you save from not paying what I call the fat man's tax for XXLs and above is also nice. Good job, and wishing I had your level of commitment to the weight loss thing.

wick

 

wick,

That would be true if finally being able to buy cute clothes didn't lead me to buying things like $140 blazers.

IJAG

 

Secret Santa,

Keep up the good work. You can get down narrower chimneys this year. Looking forward to your efforts in a few weeks here in this depraved asylum.

VB

Max weight: 243, August. Now down to 232. Reducing carbs.

 

VB,
Excellent news, my friend.

And speaking of SS, I've had this craving for those cookies I got from you last Christmas. Those were damn good, even if I can't stand dark chocolate.

KY

 

Dear Self:

Fine job today. Go to the doc about something else, talk about a ache in your calf, end up admitted to the hospital with a blood clot in said calf.

Good that you let it be discovered before it got too big, but really, like I need this shit right now.

Thanks for nothing,
Matt

 

Can Fart be in the Secret Santa program?

 

Dear Self:

I'm sure you are glad to be out of the hospital, but I hope you enjoy the next four days of giving yourself shots even though you abso-fucking-lutely detest needles of all kinds.

Matt

 

Matt's Doctor:

Thank you for being astute enough to put together that Matt had a potentially serious problem and avert it, even if it did require needles.

kjim

 

KY,
I will get some more Berger cookies headed your way this holiday season.
VB

 

Fart,

Of course you can. I'll be posting it at some point. Been out of town this week and now have a three-day conference. Maybe Sunday.

IJAG

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Matt,

Glad to hear you're going to be OK. Do NOT envy the shots. I hate needles too.

IJAG

 

Dear KJIM:

I completely agree with the thanks my doc deserves and when I go for my followup visit, she will get those in person.

Dear IJAG:

Thanks for the good wishes... Only six more shots (over the next three days) to go... Of course, that number goes up or down based on the results of the blood work tomorrow morning.


Matt