Behind the Lines: by David Heiller

David Heiller I wonder if Albert Einstein ever went on a diet. Losing weight might have led to his discovery of the theory of relativity. The exact same weight going up looks a lot different coming down. Take the number 217, for instance. When my bathroom scale first showed me the number 217, oh so many years ago, I looked at it in shock and embarrassment. A conversation like this took place: “Two hundred seventeen? What’s wrong with this scale? Cindy, have you checked this scale lately?" David didn't feel so  good at this weight. My wife, Cindy, is always checking the scale. She has it calibrated to within a sixteenth of an ounce. She could weigh gold dust on it. “Yes honey, the scale is right,” she answered in a patient voice. I quit weighing myself shortly after that. But that didn’t stop me from gaining weight. I don’t know what I peaked at. I don’t want to know. I think 230. Cindy thinks quite a bit higher. Now the numbers are heading back down. ...