(Food) Coma-tosis

Hot dogs, beef and turkey burgers, the occasional carrot stick, dim sum, a delicious cream puff, birthday cake, potato chips, a can of soda, maybe a piece of celery...that's a not-so-exhaustive list of what I have ingested in the past thirty-six hours. The worst part is, I still have one more large meal left this weekend--my mom's birthday party. I think I'll order milk of magnesia as my drink tonight, and order a dinner salad with TUMS.

Some quick-hitters:

- Damn Dodgers couldn't come back against Pittsburgh today. Even with chances in the eighth and ninth innings, we couldn't pull it off. Oh well, I'm still happy with a 13-6 record.

- I stopped watching the Lakers game for a bit, when they held a big second-quarter lead. Not long after, my dad told me that the Suns had tied up the game. At that point, I figured the Suns were going to win, and of course, they did.

- A man drowned in a moat after trying to flee casino security officials in Missouri. He ran after being questioned about an existing bench warrant. Talk about an overreaction! I figured he tried to attack the dealer because the dealer hit three consecutive blackjacks, or because the dealer put out an ace on the flop against his pocket kings. If any of those happened, then I would understand the guy's reaction, especially if it cost him a big pot.

(I could probably dedicate an entire blog to crummy casino-related jokes about this story, but to avoid sounding overly insensitive, I'll jump to another subject.)

- A South Carolina woman has smoking to thank for saving her life. Apparently, she took a smoking break outside her house when a tree fell through the roof. The woman's daughter, who was also home, managed to avoid injury as well. I wonder if Philip Morris will use this story as a PR campaign entitled "Smoking DOES save lives!" I really love how the article says the house is not inhabitable; yeah, I would imagine a tree crashing through your house would render your house so. On a serious note, thank goodness that the family avoided serious injury.

I had a few other things to blog about, but I have to go get ready for the par-tay. I may have to reserve a room in the hospital before dinner, just in case I continue this stretch of gluttony.

Happy blogging!