April 4, 2008
FOUR FOR FRIDAY
Q1 - Dogs: Downward-facing dog is one of the most widely recognized poses of the ancient art of yoga. Some instructors are taking that pose literally by inviting canines into the yoga studio for classes with their owners. Do you think yoga can provide real health benefits for dogs, and if so, would you be interested in doing yoga with a dog.
Q2 - Money: If I gave you $175.00, what would you do with it?
Q3 - Life: In the United States, life expectancy is just 78 years, which apparently is too short for those of us opting to be cryogenically frozen after death. If having yourself cryogenically frozen gave you a 50/50 chance of being brought back to life at some point in the future, and you had the money to make it happen, would you go for it, or are 50/50 odds not enough for you? If 50/50 doesn't work for you, what if the odds were increased to a 100% probability of success in restoring you back to life?
Q4 - Odors: It's not just the fat and cholesterol in that sizzling bacon that will kill you: The irresistible aroma might too. A recently published study of fruit flies by a University of Houston researcher raises the possibility that even smelling rich foods may reduce the health benefits of dieting. How tempted are you by the smell of food?
Posted by Mikal at April 4, 2008 6:35 PM
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1. I don't have a dog, but it would be interesting to see how someone can teach yoga to a dog.
2. If you gave me $175.00, I'd probably use it to pay a bill.
3. I have no interest in cryogenics. Once a person is phyisically dead, the soul, which is the essence of who you are, leaves the body. You can't get that back by being "unfrozen". Sorry, Walt.
4. I love the smell of certain foods, and if I am hungry the smell may tempt me to eat more. Otherwise, I don't have any major food issues or eating disorders for it to make a difference.
Q1: Doggone it, no. I can't imagine a dog assuming the lotus position. In fact, the mere attempt at getting into the position could cause serious injury to the dog. I'm reporting you to the ASPCA and PETA for even suggesting it.
Q2: All my extra money goes into my health savings account to pay for my medical and dental bills.
Q3: I couldn't stand the cold. In addition, I think life is highly overrated. (If you're religious, death is probably highly overrated, too.) 78 years is plenty. By that time, I'll probably be praying for death.
Q4: When it comes to bacon, I'm very tempted by the smell of food. In fact, your mere mention of it makes me hungry. So much for that diet I was on. Thanks a lot, Mikal!
1. No. We treat our dogs too much like they are people as it is.
2. That would probably to toward the new TV fund.
3. I don't really have any interest in that kind of thing. If you could give me 100% chance of waking AND make it possible for a 78 year old to move like a 20-something, then you'd be talking.
4. The smell of food is a killer for me. I'm so attuned to the way food smells that I don't put anything in the oven with a timer, I just stay near by and wait for it to smell right.
Q1 - No, I'd be worried the dogs would be trying to sniff my crotch...or my butt......dogs tend to do that...... ;)
Q2 - I'd probably use part of it to do something fun for/with my kids, part of it as a splurge on something I really wanted but wouldn't normally do/buy, part of it would be put away.
Q3 - Nah, I don't think so. I am curious about centuries later or if the earth is coming to gloom and doom as quickly as they say, but I don't think that I necessarily want to be around to see it.
Q4 - Guess this is one of those instances where I should be glad for my defective olfactory senses. Should I not worry about mentioning this to the ENT in a few weeks?
q1: I strongly dislike the downward facing dog pose. I don't how people do it. I think we love to take things over board with our pets too often.
q2: Hmm...it'd likely go to a part of the new windows we want in our house.
q3: No interest.
q4: I love the smells of good food. If I were on a strict diet the smells would definitely make it harder for me to live by the diet. Mmmm bacon.
Q1 - Dogs: I know very little about yoga. A dog could make it more fun and relaxing ... I suppose!
Q2 - Money: Add it to my car payment, and/or maybe take my wife out to dinner.
Q3 - Life: I would like to see my kids grow up and then my grand kids, so I am betting on medical advancements that will help me live to a 150. I would entertain cryogenics at 50/50 odds if I had an incurable disease, but I would only get frozen at the last reasonable second.
Q4 - Odors: Biscuits and Gravy, Eggs, Bacon, Hamburger from Emmitts (Lehi) ... all of that and more would ruin my diet. The smell of good food is evil during a dieting process.
Q1 - Dogs: Uhh... yoga benefiting the health of a dog? I suppose it would. It works for humans, right? As to doing yoga with a dog, no, not me -- unless there is a "smacking dog on nose" pose.
Q2 - Money: Depends on my mood right at that moment. I might be inclined to say, "Well, I guess I owe you $175 worth of work now. What would you like me to do?" On the other (more likely) hand, I might just scream, "Sucka!!!" then take off running and not stop until I've reached Mexico.
Q3 - Life: I have an intense curiosity about the future, so on a 100% chance of revival, I might get myself frozen today! The only thing that might stop me is the idea that when I wake up, I'll be the butt of those, "So easy a caveman can do it" jokes. On a 50/50 chance, I'd do it if I were going to die anyway from some injury or disease, or if I were in such pain and/or misery I'd rather be dead anyway. Hopefully in the future they have pain meds that work better than morphine!
Q4 - Odors: When my stomach is empty, I'm easily tempted by food smells. When I'm not on empty, food smells have little affect on me. When I'm full, food smells can actually make me feel physically ill.
1- I'm not a vet, so I'm not sure if there are any health benefits for the pup. But if we are allowing them into yoga class, does that mean gyms will be adding doggy treadmills? Doggy leg weights? Get real. Take your dog on a walk for some exercise!
2- I would put it in my ING savings account. Go me go.
3-This life is hard enough, I don't think I want any extra innings at this point. :)
4-I am usually tempted as long as the smell of food isn't coming from a fast food place. I don't do the fast food anymore. Again, go me go. :P
1. I think when you are flexable to lick your own junk you are already a blackbelt in Yoga, so to go any further you need to take it on the road -- like david carradine in kung fu. Dogs are exempt.
2. Take yoga classes, because I just got an awesome idea - jk : ) I'd save that! we're in a recession bitch !
3. I dont think I would want to wake up in some old ass body and deal with everyone I know being dead probably. If I had the money to do that in the first place I would just pass it on to my daugher, or grandkids or whatevah.
4. Yeah, just having fatty rich food around doesn't work for cutting back. smelling it being cooked -- that shouldn't take a study to prove that's detrimental to your diet.
1. Having a dog-included yoga class would be the stupidest (and smelliest) thing gyms have ever had to deal with.
2. I would buy a cute pair of shoes, and put the rest into savings.
3. I am waaaaaay to stressed out to consider freezing myself. Though I would LOVE to wake up and it be some awesome future, I stress out just thinking about the possibility that I would never wake up because there was a global war or aliens killed everything, etc. etc.
4. I think that smelling fattening foods only reduces the health benefits because it creates a stressful situation for the dieter--which is also known to decrease your health. I am only very tempted by the smell of food if I am hungry or really feel like eating that specific item. And I'm pretty finicky about what I feel like from moment to moment.
1. I think having dogs do yoga would be pushing them farther away from the fact that they are animals, not humans. But, because some people treat them like humans (or part of the family) it might be a good business to get into. I think people would definitely pay to have their dogs do yoga. I would not want to do yoga with sparky right next to me.
2. I would save it.
3. The problem with freezing yourself is it would be freezing! You would have to put me to sleep first, but wouldn't want to be frozen. I wouldn't want to miss the opportunity to see my daughter grow up, and be there for her.
4. The smell of food is a deciding factor for if I will eat it or not, but I am one to stick with things I know already and like. But, fresh cookies right out of the oven will always end up in my tummy...regardless if I am too full to eat anything or not.
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