The Definition of Insanity

I'm sure we've all heard the quote, "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing again and again and expecting different results." (This quote is attributed to both Ben Franklin AND Albert Einstein. It was probably really spoken by some poor harried mother after she found the stack of clean clothes she'd asked her child to put away stuffed in the bottom of said child's closet and realized that she'd asked the same thing, with the same exact freaking results, just one too many times. And she went to fetch her flamethrower.) (Er, um, hypothetically speaking. Really. Because I don't OWN a flamethrower.)

(But if I could return to my ORIGINAL digression, I'd just like to point out that just about every wise thing that's ever been quoted by anyone, with the possible exception of that Steinem quote that "a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle," can be attributed to either Ben Franklin or Albert Einstein.)

(Although when I was just making sure that Gloria Steinem really said that fish/bicycle quote, I found a letter that she wrote to Time magazine, "In your note on my new and happy marital partnership with David Bale, you credit me with the witticism 'A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.' In fact, Irina Dunn, a distinguished Australian educator, journalist and politician, coined the phrase back in 1970 when she was a student at the University of Sydney. She paraphrased the philosopher who said, "Man needs God like fish needs a bicycle." Dunn deserves credit for creating such a popular and durable spoof of the old idea that women need men more than vice versa." --Gloria Steinem

(And then I also found a website where people were debating what U2 meant when THEY coined that phrase, which made me want to writhe around on the floor and perhaps stab myself in the forearm with a fork.)

(I hope you all are keeping track of the sheer brilliance of my digressions in this post. Because, honestly? I don't think I can hit these heights again without spraining something.)

At. Any. Rate.

SOMEONE once said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Which is why I am embarking on a new weight loss plan and doing everything exactly the opposite of how I've done things in the past. I'm NOT joining Weight Watchers! I'm NOT waiting until after the holidays! I AM going to write down every single thing I eat AND start taking a yoga class, if my physical therapist clears me for it. And also? I'm going to blog about it on THIS site: Fight the Fluffy and I invite you all to come read and throw things at me if I wuss out.

Contest News:

I am still mulling over the entries for my new tag line. So far, I think my favorite lines are:

Mother. Writer. Lunatic.

Mother. Writer. Keeper of Little Things.

Mother. Writer. Keeper of the Chocolate.
and

Mother. Writer. Herder of Cats.

I'll get back to you with the winner later this week. Feel free to weigh in with your opinions, though, because, honestly, this week, those hilarious comments kept me going.