People's Pops (TM) No-Fail Diet

My cousin recently saw this picture in Julia Moskin's recent New York Times story on shave ice and told me, basically, to stop, sit down and eat a sandwich.

It's true. While I haven't exactly been mistaken for Kate Moss yet, I am definitely channeling a Giada-big head in the pic. And yesterday when I left my apartment in a big rush (as usual) I had to make a U-turn a minute later to change my pants, which were literally falling off my hips.

In fact, we've all lost weight, partially because we're racking our brains over what the hell to do this winter. So that's why we have decided to market, once the ice pop season ends, the People's Pops No-Fail Diet (TM). It goes like this:

1. Work every single day from dawn to midnight.
   
2. Work every single day from dawn to midnight.
3. Work every single day from dawn to midnight.
4. Work every single day from dawn to midnight.
   
5. Work every single day from dawn to midnight.
6. Work every single day from dawn to midnight.
7. Work every single day from dawn to midnight.
   
8. Work every single day from dawn to midnight.
9. Work every single day from dawn to midnight.
10. Forget to eat.
    

Between freezers on the fritz, vans on the fritz, and employees on the fritz....as David put it in a text message last night, "We're really pioneering new ways to lose money."

It's okay, New York City. We've still got the essentials: two arms, two legs and a nicely toned set of asses from all the heavy lifting. And as Joel responded to David's text last night, "I like making lifelong friends the hard way."

Awww.