Stand up Desk

I've been reading about how bad it is for you to sit all day. People who sit all day at work, then go home and sit for more hours (independent of level of exercise) have higher risks for obesity and heart disease.

But stand up desks are expensive, and I'm not sure I'm ready for that kind of commitment just yet. I do know what sitting at my desk isn't amazing- I have terrible posture and I tend to sit on my legs, which my knees hate.

So I'm doing a kind of trial run.

That's a step stool and a few piles of books. If it works, I can look at a more permanent solution.

Cheers!

Macbeth

I'm supposed to be writing a response to a play I saw a few night ago to prove I saw it, but it came out snarky, so I'm posting it here instead of turning into my professor.

Okay, so Duncan is fighting this war. Macbeth, Macduff, Banquo and many more are fighting with him. Macbeth and Banquo are close friends, they are both kicking butt and taking names for the king, and are pretty happy with this. At the start of the play, neither appear terribly power hungry. In the first twenty lines, neither says to the either, man, “I really need to get me that crown.” So far, I get it.
Macbeth and Banquo meet three crazy sisters in the mud in the woods that tell them that Macbeth is going to be King, and Banquo’s sons are going to be Kings. Okay, I’m still with you. Everyone is sane, everything is great. Macbeth writes home to his wife about his awesome day. It went something like this:

Dear Lady Mac
I killed a traitor today, that was pretty cool. Duncan was pleased. He made me Thane of Cawdor. I don’t really know what that is but it sound really badass, so I knew you’d be pleased. I met some dirty sister witches in the woods with Banquo today. They said I’d be king someday. Cool, huh?

Love Forevah,
Macbeth

Lady Mac reads the letter, and then Macbeth walks in directly afterward because the postal service wasn’t all that great back then. Her reaction is: I’m so glad to see you, let’s kill the King.
Is it just me, or does that plan have a lot of holes in it? It does. First Macbeth, then Lady Mac, then Macbeth again, goes freaking insane, and then almost everyone dies. Including people who were barely freaking involved, like Macduff’s wife and children. So I’m going to go with yes on that one. I just don’t understand the leap. Maybe you do live in a time where dirty mythical swamp witches are the supreme authority onthe succession of the crown, but before you decide to off the king, you better take a good hard look at your ability to get away with it- both to the rest of the world, and yourself.

Now to edit this thing so I can turn it in. :p