Editing is worse for you than wing-hunting

Apologies for a recent lack of news. I am holed up in upstate New York editing. (So far I've logged 170 hours of tape and put together a rough cut of 1/5 of it.)

Oddly enough, I've noticed that editing a wing-hunting film is worse for one's health than wing-hunting. I consumed 3,000 wing calories a day on the hunt. I burned off most of these calories hunting, driving and rallying the troops from early morning to past midnight. I gained just five pounds in 16 days, 5-10 pounds less than estimated. More unexpected than a lack of weight gain was that I was alert and energetic for most of the trip.

Now I sit in an office chair, working at a computer and eating wings a mere 1-2 times a week. I haven't gained weight. But I haven't lost any either. And no matter how often I drag myself out jogging, I cannot seem to shake off a bone-deep sluggishness that has set in.

I think the lesson is that it is better to eat wings and be active than to sit on one's ass in front of a computer monitor or TV eating vegetables and dip and drinking tea.

On a personal note, I recently postponed my wedding to wing hunter Lucie Mayerova, from July 5 to an indefinite date sometime in August or September.  The U.S. government takes longer to process fiancee visas than we expected.