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John Derbyshire gets a stand up desk (and other adventures)

April 17, 2014 By Kathy Shaidle

He writes:

I have to report mixed results. Sure, it’s healthier to be mostly standing. If you’re not used to it, though, it’s a bitch on your knees and calf muscles. Allow for a period—at my age (the largest even number that can’t be expressed as the sum of two nonprime odd numbers in two or more ways) it’s about a month—of getting used to the darn thing.

And face it: You’re never going to catch the zeitgeist. Just as I was congratulating myself on having caught up with all the bright young kids, I started reading news stories about treadmill desks. I give up.

 

PLUS:

My column on BoyfriendTwins hits the 100 comment mark.

 

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