Weight Control

Here's the guide to calorie - burning activities and the number of calories per hour they consume.
Beating around the bush. . . . . . . . .75
Jumping to conclusions . . . . . . . . 100
Climbing the walls . . . . . . . . . . 150
Swallowing your pride. . . . . . . . . .50
Passing the buck . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Throwing your weight around (depending on your weight). . . .50-300
Dragging your heels. . . . . . . . . . 100
Pushing your luck. . . . . . . . . . . 250
Making mountains out of molehills. . . 500
Hitting the nail on the head . . . . . .50
Wading through paperwork . . . . . . . 300
Bending over backwards . . . . . . . . 75
Jumping on the bandwagon . . . . . . . 200
Balancing the books. . . . . . . . . . .25
Running around in circles. . . . . . . 350
Eating crow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Tooting your own horn. . . . . . . . . .25
Climbing the ladder of success . . . . 750
Pulling out the stops. . . . . . . . . .75
Adding fuel to the fire. . . . . . . . 160
Wrapping it up at the day's end. . . . .12
To which you may want to add your own favorite activities, including:
Opening a can of worms . . . . . . . . .50
Putting your foot in your mouth. . . . 300
Starting the ball rolling. . . . . . . .90
Going over the edge. . . . . . . . . . .25
Picking up the pieces after. . . . . . 350

Olfaction Blues

Ever since I got punched in the nose by that clown I've smelled funny.

If At First You Don't Succeed

• If at first you don't succeed, give up, no use being a stupid fool.
• If at first you don't succeed, redefine success.
• If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not your sport.
• If at first you don't succeed, transform your data-set.
• If at first you don't succeed, try something else.
• If at first you don't succeed, well...darn.
• If at first you don't succeed, you probably didn't really care anyway.
• If at first you don't succeed, you'll get a lot of free advice from folks who didn't succeed either.
• If at first you don't succeed, you're doing about average.
• If at first you don't succeed, your successor will.