Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for March 08, 2020

With that much body, he should have great expectations.

If you scale your expectations back far enough, you may be facing reality.

Undoubtedly a short-lived flicker of hope as he remembers the results of his last physical.

Hmmm. apathy just isn’t cutting it, he realizes.

Just tell yourself that the guy in the mirror is somebody else.

Do that and you’ll break the scale.

Remember the old diet soda commercial asking if you could “pinch and inch”?

How ‘bout you scale back about three feet away from the bathroom window, we can all see you and it ain’t pretty.

Tom has got a handle on his love handle.

Twang! Thatsa lotta flab….

That “flicker” is pretty faint.. in fact it’s more of a figment of a flicker.. Sorry Tom, you need plan B.. or are we up to ~W

I can’t unsee that…

Tom? He looks like Sylvester Stallone to me.

Meh, it’s better than being scaly…

Earlier in life you try to manage your physique; later on you settle for managing your expectations.

way way WAY back

Worked for me.