By experimenting on ourselves, my wife and I have determined why models and body builders are often so fucking stupid. It’s not because those professions attract people who are any less intelligent than, say, law or medicine.

It’s the dieting.

We had a long conversation about this in bed last night, only I can’t remember the details, which is just as well because it was probably a stupid conversation.

It boils down to, the brain needs glucose to function properly. And if you’re dieting right, you’re probably cutting down on the carbs, and that means no sugars, and that means not only talking to the diet angels, but talking to them about very mundane things.

We had bananas at breakfast today, and some shortbread cookies our kid brought back from Scotland with our coffee just now, and a couple slices each of this Easter lamb cake they have here, and we’re ready for a crossword puzzle.