Getting Fit the Leonardo Way
Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code jumped the shark when so many people thought much of what’s inside the book to be true that the Vatican had to assign an archbishop to rebut the book. In a few months the book finally comes out in paperback and the movie starring Tom Hanks will be in theaters.
In his desparate attempt at a marketing hook Joseph Mullen put out The Da Vinci Fitness Code. With it you will have “the exact fitness and exercise guidance to get into your best shape, and to achieve maximum fitness and health in minimum time.” And it can be done by working out once every four days. Going through Mullen’s life story of how a “skinny and self-conscious” boy became contest judge handing out titles like “New England’s Strongest Man,” “East Coast’s Strongest Man,” and “New England Arm Wrestling Champion” I felt I was missing something. Oh yeah, Leonardo da Vinci. He got left out of the story. No mention of the artist, Jesus, the Holy Grail, or a Catholic conspiracy to keep Americans flabby. Hell, I would have given Mullen a pass had he at least mentioned Dan Brown or Opus Dei. Such a let down.
The sole Amazon.com review of the book is a doozy:
Has no value whatsoever Tells you little to nothing, no charts, programs, a rambling collections of useless information. save your money, I would like mine back.
He gets to the point and without all that proper punctuation getting in the way.
Did you pay actual money for that thing?