motivation

A friend from my law firm days is on a creative diet that I think he designed himself. He has to lose 50 pounds in some period of time (I think he has 40 days left to lose the last 20), or else he has to donate $250 to Sarah Palin (whom he despises). He has been tweeting about his progress, so I think the combination of public accountability and his opposition to supporting Palin in any way are as good (and funny) a combination as I've seen for dieting. I hope it works, partly because I would love to see him reach his goal, but also because I do not want to see Sarah Palin getting more money.