The GREAT Midwest

We keep hearing about "obesity in America"... media hype, or truth? Americans as over-indulgent, pig-headed, superior sloths. At least that's how the world would like to see us. But dig a little deeper and see that there is some truth to every unfair, prejudiced stereotype. On my way home the other day, I witnessed a woman flag down the bus, make the driver halt halfway into the intersection and usher her daughter and rather large self (not to be judgemental, but simply an observation) onto the bus. Okay, so she did have a grocery bag that looked like it had eggs in it. And she did hightail it across the street in a virtual jog to get on the bus. And yes, I was on the bus as well, having pooped out 1.5 miles into my walk home and laden with Whole Foods bags. And all would have gone unnoticed-- just someone partaking in public transportation with the rest of us slovenly slugs until she pulled the signal cable to stop the bus... HALF A BLOCK LATER. To get on the bus, she had to walk half of the distance in the opposite direction of where she needed to go... only to get off the bus at the very next stop... literally less than a block later.

So maybe there's A LOT more truth to the stereotype...