This was also my experience, except one person actually told me I was too old to be trick-or-treating. It didn't help that my grim reaper costume was actually scaring the smaller children.

It's not just that they sell, it's that their audiences aren't as discerning. The guns and football guys will always buy the next guns and football games even if it sucks, even if it's full of ads, even if it's made by child slavery. They just want to shovel shit to the shit-eaters and get paid.

I mean, she was a politician. She was probably experienced with suppressing her emotions and trying to remain rational in frustrating situations.

Physically, though, the waddle should have happened.

You left out the part where frodo got stabbed a couple of times and never really recovers. Even after the one ring is destroyed he falls ill every year on the anniversaries of Shelob and Weathertop.

These times will take their toll and forever change us.

It works for me. Been accidentally doing it since I was 13. Parents didn't give me an allowance, but they did give me lunch money, so if I wanted to buy games I had to skip lunch. Never went back and I've always been a healthy weight without much exercise.

Coffee for breakfast, water all day, and a double serving size of dinner. Lately, with the rising cost of food, I have been doing a lighter dinner and supplementing with a protein shake for lunch.