Kevin (av8rdude) and I hit the gym today, where I once again did a bunch of lower back and lower abdomen stretching exercises. After that, I ventured back onto the elliptical machine, which my knee doctor said would be okay to do. I used the manual option instead of the hill option, as I didn’t … Read more
Kevin (av8rdude) and I had a disconnect at the gym this morning. We were supposed to meet there at 10:00. I got there at 9:50, and left him a voicemail message saying I was already there and would be doing just lower back and lower abdomen stretching exercises in the front on the floor mats. … Read more
Kurt, Kevin, and I did indeed pay for last night’s sins this morning. Dragging ass. All of us. I had quite the affirming day from very different sources, for very different things, but all in e-mail or on the Internet. An e-mail from a wonderful lady I worked with many years ago, and with whom … Read more
I liked all three of the “good” items from this week’s Good week for… / Bad week for feature, so I’m just including those: Good week for… Chutzpah, after Blake Fielder-Civil reportedly demanded a $1.5 million divorce settlement from British singer Amy Winehouse, threatening to write a tell-all book about their relationship if she refused. … Read more
I made a grocery store run for some cranberry sauce, black olives, and turkey gravy. While I was out, I made a pit stop at K-Mart to get some half-price wrapping paper for next year, and then did a quick run to Ten Thousand Villages in Cameron Village, where I picked up a little something … Read more
While devising yesterday’s blog entry, and including all of the TED talks I watched last night, I listened to this one in the background: Steven Strogatz: How things in nature tend to sync up (21:58) Mathematician Steven Strogatz shows how flocks of creatures (like birds, fireflies and fish) manage to synchronize and act as a … Read more
After a late start, leaving Raleigh at about 9:20 instead of 8:30 like I wanted to, I had an uneventful ride to Greenville. I didn’t expect mom and dad to be there until 11 or noon, but when I checked in with my sister on the way, she said, “They supposedly left Jacksonville at 8:30; … Read more
Though my alarm was set for 7:30, I was awake at 7:00 and finally got up at 7:20. I had my first knee surgery follow-up appointment this morning, and that beautiful P.A., Jeremy, checked out my knee, which as expected, he declared making great progress. I told him about this recurring pain I’m having up in … Read more
A woman got on the bus this morning on Gorman Street, on just the other side of Western Blvd, and I’m not saying that her boot heels were quite at the sharpness of stilettos, but she had cleanly pierced a leaf that had become an unflattering, unbeknowst to her, part of her outfit—not unlike some … Read more
I walked with Sarah, Jen, and Bill for morning coffee, with an original destination of Dunkin’ Donuts, but Sarah and I ended up at Bruegger’s, while Bill and Jen stopped in Dunkin’ Donuts. I got a pumpernickel bagel with plain, lite cream cheese, and a small cup of coffee. On the way back, when we … Read more