{"id":252,"date":"2003-01-22T11:46:00","date_gmt":"2003-01-22T11:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/?p=252"},"modified":"2003-01-22T11:46:00","modified_gmt":"2003-01-22T11:46:00","slug":"get-out-the-whip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/2003-01\/252-get-out-the-whip","title":{"rendered":"Get out the whip!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font COLOR=\"##FF0000\" SIZE=+2>I&#8217;ve been a <b>Bad Boy<\/b>, and need to be disciplined!<\/font><\/p>\n<p>I <b>definitely<\/b> need to get back into the discipline of my diet plan. I thought I was doing so well, having gained a mere two pounds over the December Festive Season. But then I got on the scale again this morning, and was justifiably appalled by what I saw! I won&#8217;t tell you what the numbers were, but let&#8217;s just say I&#8217;ve gone back to being <b>Old, Fat, and Ugly<\/b> again, and leave it at that.<\/p>\n<p>I know exactly what has been happening&#8230; the dreaded <b>Snacking Habit<\/b> has returned, and with a vengeance it seems. It has to be that, because generally speaking my actual meals have been relatively healthy. I will probably keep a closer eye on the portion size of those, as well as changing my snacking habits. This morning, instead of snacking on crackers, cookies, or mixed treats, I&#8217;ve got a nice LITTLE bowl of <b>black cherries<\/b> and <b>baby carrots<\/b>. Yes, I know they have sugars in them, which translates to carbohydrates, but they are a little bit healthier than the <b>other crap<\/b> I have been snacking on of late.<\/p>\n<p><b>So wish me luck!<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In other news, I found this interesting:<br \/>\n<font COLOR=\"#003399\">Every day the Toronto Police Service Property and Evidence Management Unit acquires <a HREF=\"http:\/\/members.ebay.ca\/aboutme\/toronto_police_auctions\/\">seized and found merchandise<\/a> from across the city. Previously, this merchandise has been sold off periodically at an <a HREF=\"http:\/\/members.ebay.ca\/aboutme\/toronto_police_auctions\/\">auction event<\/a> held at a specific location. Now, the <b>Toronto Police Service<\/b> in conjunction with <b>eBay.ca<\/b> are moving their <a HREF=\"http:\/\/members.ebay.ca\/aboutme\/toronto_police_auctions\/\">highly successful auctions<\/a> into your home!<\/p>\n<ul>Here is a sample of the stranger items in the list:<\/p>\n<li><a HREF=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.ca\/ws\/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&#038;item=2908176465\">Box of Asst. Christmas Wrapping Paper <\/a>&#151; 15 boxes of 8 rolls each&#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a HREF=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.ca\/ws\/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&#038;item=2702293041\">Job Lot of 10 Assorted Bikes<\/a>&#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a HREF=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.ca\/ws\/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&#038;item=2908177233\">Job Lot of Misc. Items<\/a>&#151; Seagull Pictures Frames, Rembrandt Pastel Kits, Plaid Paint Brushes, etc&#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a HREF=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.ca\/ws\/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&#038;item=2302924786\">New Moen Tub\/Shower Combination<\/a>&#151; 2 Sets of Touch Control by Moen. Washerless, Fast, Easy Hook-up. In Original Boxes. (I thought it was going to be one of those tub surround kits, but it&#8217;s just the taps!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n<p>And speaking of <b>eBay.ca<\/b>, I&#8217;m thinking of using it to sell copies of the two <b>chapbooks<\/b> that I have published: <i>Blue Devils<\/i> by the Toronto Dark Writers Group; and <i>Buy My Chapbook &#8230;one more time<\/i> by Timothy Carter. <b>If you have any hints, suggestions, or recommendations from your experiences with eBay, please let me know!<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been a Bad Boy, and need to be disciplined! I definitely need to get back into the discipline of my diet plan. I thought I was doing so well, having gained a mere two pounds over the December Festive &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/2003-01\/252-get-out-the-whip\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}