I am forced to beg.  For the love of God, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, please, no more stories about Patrick Deuel, the former morbidly obese dude from Valentine, NE.

I do not need to know that he has lost the equivalent in weight to two Minnesota Vikings.

I do not need to know that he has an agent to sell his life story of eating himself into his own bed.

I and I for gol durn sure don't need to know what a panniculus is (eeeewwwwwweee!) (See below.)

Memo to Argus Leader: please do not further inflict Mr. Deuel and his problems on the rest of us in the Sioux Empire.

His story is not inspiring.  You have helped to turn this poor man's life into a freak show.  ENOUGH ALREADY!

Here's their excerpt of today's latest corpulence saga, if you must know:

467 pounds and still losing weight
Oct. 24, 2005
VALENTINE, Neb. - Sixteen months after he checked into Avera McKennan Hospital weighing half a ton and near death, Patrick Deuel has dropped the equivalent of two National Football League linemen. Now the 43-year-old Valentine man, who has taken an agent to help sell his story, would simply like to lose the massive paunch drooping over his belt. Called a "panniculus," the mass of sagging skin, fat and fluids weighs between 70 and 100 pounds and hangs past his knees, particularly on the right side, impeding his ability to walk.