Results tagged “weight loss”

He's still big in the world of online comics, but in person Scott Kurtz has lost 150 pounds since last August.  Amazing, and as a fellow chair-stresser I envy him.  I've met Scott twice, once at The Source and once at Wizard World Texas in 2003.  Scott's a generous guy, and no, that's not a pun.  He's great to his fans and very kind.  But when I met him, I worried that he was not long for this world.  This was shortly after I'd met Bob Riley in person  at Wizard World and was amazed at how big he was, and a year later he was dead at 31.  I know tremendous weight isn't healthy (and despite this I grew to be a little less than Riley's size myself within a few years), and I've sometimes wondered if we'd all be hearing bad news about Scott someday all too soon.  Lord knows I don't want that to happen.  And now comes the news that Scott has had a diet success that is Stephen Furst-class.

Jeez.  If I'd started losing 10 pounds a month the same time he did I'd now be calling up the Air Force to say I finally met my ideal weight for the first time since I applied to join in 1992!   It's amazing to think about what can be achieved in a little over a year.

Scott Kurtz's picture is going up on my refrigerator!

(Oh, and don't ask me why you have to be at your ideal weight BEFORE the military will take you on, at which point they have a drill instructor scream at you about how flabby you are, and then they ship you off to run for your life in a sauna.  Seems like a weight loss solution, right there.  With America's obesity crisis, you think the military would be looking to offer weight loss as one of the perks of service.  If nothing else, guys like me could join and then participate in "Operation: Big Target" to lure out the snipers.)

For over 15 years, I've wanted a jacket like The Rocketeer wore. It was just an awesome jacket. I remember checking out leather jacket stores and never saw anything even close. Disappointed, I gave up the search and got a generic leather jacket (which I, ahem, "outgrew" a decade ago).

Of course, that was before the Internet. It just occurred to me tonight to Google "Rocketeer leather jacket".

BINGO!

This person sells Rocketeer Leather jackets, custom-made, for under $200! After you buy/win the auction, they take your measurements and make it for you. Awesome! And look how beautiful that jacket is. Oh sweeeeet! I am so there --

Oh.

Measurements.

Ahem, again.

I can think of nothing more pathetic than a fat comic geek in his late 30s getting a form-fitting Rocketeer jacket. I don't want to be that guy.

OK, this jacket just became my incentive reward for when I lose 80 pounds or more.

(I sure hope this guy's still in business in 2027.)