The day was Saturday. The place was Target. The wife and I were wandering the aisles aimlessly after being unable to find either of the things we came for. The entire trip was a bust. Yeah, we had managed to find her a tank top and me some clearance earbuds for the gym, but they just weren’t going to make up for the wasted trip.

As we perused the store, at this point more interested in finding the exit than continue to be disappointed by this “store,” it occurred to me that we were in the workout section and I had been internally entertaining the idea of getting us a workout ball for the house. Now, I know what you’re thinking. “What self respecting man buys an exercise ball?” Well, this guy does. And you might want to just move on if that’s too much for you to handle. It gets better.

Doing my usual cheapskate price comparisons I see that the Reebok brand ball is $30 while the cheaper Embark brand is only $9. Not a tough decision for what is essentially a big plastic inflatable pool toy, but one that was about to get even easier. Being that I’m a man of the New Millenium, I’m an avid watcher of Project Runway and now its companion show Models of the Runway. Say what you want, but most of those crazy, eccentric designers have more talent in their tiny, calloused pinky finger than pretty much every other reality show contestant combined. Oh, and there are half naked models. So there’s that.

Will we buy the ball? Why am I talking about Lifetime shows? Is this question rhetorical?

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