According to the NY Times Article (link above), thin and obese people have the highest death rate where the lowest death rate is what most people call overweight. I don’t like the extra pounds that I have put on over the years, but my BMI is in the middle of the range that had the lowest death rate.

“I believe the data,” said Dr. Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, a professor of family and preventive medicine at the University of California, San Diego. “A body mass index of 25 to 30, the so-called overweight range, may be optimal,” she said.

I always knew that those smug thin people were way off base. First, they don’t get to enjoy life and good food and drink; second, they don’t live as long. No pain no gain my ass!

I think I’ll go downstairs and get a jelly donut and cup of coffee while I wait for my posting problems to clear up.

(I am writing this at 10 or so on Thursday, but my server is rejecting the FTP link. I called customer service and they are aware of the problem. It figures that the same day the Jim expresses concern about my lack of blog entries and I have a couple of decent things to blog, that the system won’t let me do anything.)
11pm The system just came up.