Mark Juddery's Overrated

I’m getting all bitter and cynical in my quest to expose all the OVERRATED things in this world. If you have any ideas, please let me know… and on days when I think that all is fine and just with the world, I’ll include someone else’s choice for The Most Overrated Thing (or one of them at least). Just post your victims (sorry, suggestions) below.

I know it’s short notice (it was only confirmed yesterday… and I was out of town), but I’ll be on ABC News 24 at 8:45am this morning, on the Weekend Breakfast show, to talk about the Most Overrated Curses (as seen on The Huffington Post).

Photo by o5com (www.flickr.com/photos/o5com/5081595200/)

Walking is good for you. That’s true. Thomas Jefferson, the wisest President in America’s history, regarded it as the best form of exercise. But now, according to dietician Susie Burrell, we rely on it too much. “There’s a perception that going for a walk is getting good exercise,” she says, “but we’re now so sedentary, walking is just compensating for all the sitting we do in out daily lives.” Her solution? Working out more intensely. Sorry about that. Naturally, she explains it a little more…

But of course, not everyone can go running or do hour-long abs sessions, so here’s a link to encourage you to walk a few steps (which is better than sitting around).

Click here if you want an explanation of this photo.

This is something I noticed on the Sydney Morning Herald website about a trendy, “happening” restaurant that relies on pretentious patrons who don’t mind being treated badly, as it refuses people for various dumb reasons. Yes, a bit like an “exclusive” night club. While I haven’t been there, so I couldn’t vouch for the review, I’ve seen enough places that fit the description. Though I don’t usually bother reading comment on a Web story, I thought that this one summed up such places.

Arrogance like this works only in that narrow window when they are the “it” place. After that, when relationships and a loyalty built through good experiences really starts to count for everything, places like this will wither and die quickly. And no one will mourn their passing.

Fickle businesses bread fickle customers.

Oh yeah, here’s the link.