My mother’s birthday is this month. I have the opportunity to share it with her to a degree that has been impossible for years — since I was in college, really. We are within easy driving range; popping over to Burnet for lunch is a real possibility. So I’m going to try to do it,…
The gym at Canada’s Carleton University has removed its scale. Some participants called it “triggering.” Seeing disappointing numbers appear day after day could lead people to be discouraged about their weight. I figured that’s why they were in the gym in the first place. But whatever.
Instead of yammering some more about political correctness, instead I would like to inject a bit of reality into the concept of measurements, …
