Who are the idiots that think anyone considers a war “popular”. The very idea of a “popular” war is really retarded and whoever came up with that needs to be tied down atop a fire ant hill, soaked with honey. Think about that for a moment.

For the past year, I’ve literally dumped all available resources into building my business (with a good deal of success this time), so the food budget got slashed along with everything else. The fact of the matter is that you simply cannot maintain a 1500 calorie diet on a tight budget without skipping meals. And I don’t have the time to be active enough to counteract a 2000+ calorie diet. So, the belly is back.

I’ve just about turned the corner, though. By mid-winter, I should be able to resume a healthy lifestyle.

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Now, I’ve voluntarily met with Marine recruiters twice in the past decade, so I’m not surprised that I’m on their list, but a quick look at my demographics would show that they’re scraping the bottom of the barrel. Last time I walked in there was almost 5 years ago. Even when I was in shape, I never had much in the way of upper-body strength, so my zero pull-ups put me in the “needs more PT first” category. I ended up walking away because they couldn’t make any promises about my MOS and, being pretty qualified with computers already, I wasn’t about to spend four years doing the digital equivalent of peeling potatoes.

So here I am, a computer specialist who’s 6 weeks from being 27 with a track record for being weak and demographics that correctly suggest that the trend continues… and the most prestigious of the regular services still thought I was a good enough bet to justify $4. Take the Iraq War out of the equation and that never would have happened.