I Am Morbidly Obese

It was like two worlds colliding at one point when I was watching TV the other night. It was some documentary about the space race, showing newsreel clips from the '60s. Everyone back then looked so thin, healthy and athletic, especially the younger ones.

And then there was me on the other side -- a young man who modern life, food and conveniences had rendered so fat and lazy that he could hardly bring himself to reach for the remote.