~Wednesday~ At the Planet Fitness I go to, I've been observing, what are at once called "sanitation stations" and "cleaning stations," depending on who is giving the tour to prospective new customers. Each station consists of a paper towel dispenser, a caddy holding two spray bottles of disinfectant cleaner, and a trash can. Here's what … Read more
~Thursday!~ Well, it was day 3 of retirement, and so far I just keep thinking it’s the weekend. I had quite the “productive” morning, as I did a load of laundry and wrote out 5 sympathy cards and 12 thank-you cards to put in the U.S. mail. It actually took me a couple of hours … Read more
~Sunday~ I know I should work harder at not getting my blood pressure up (not in a bad way, at least) at the gym, but on and off, there are a few really annoying things that happen there. I’ve given a couple of examples in the past, one of them being people who sit on … Read more
~Sunday~ Welcome to the fifth installment of The Alphabet Workout, which, actually started with the letter K, and then jumped back up to the top of the alphabet. Now down to the letter “D,” here’s what the playlist ended up being today: Song Artist D-I-V-O-R-C-E Tammy Wynette D.W. Washburn The Monkees Daddy Come and Get … Read more
~Friday~ Welcome to the third installment of The Alphabet Workout, which, actually started with the letter K, and then jumped back up to the top of the alphabet. Here's what the playlist ended up being today: Song Artist Boulder to Birmingham Emmylou Harris The Boxer Simon & Garfunkel The Boy Next Door Barbra Streisand Brand … Read more
~Wednesday~ Started by accident during my previous visit to the gym, today I sorted the music on my iPod by song and then scrolled down past a bunch of classical songs starting with an A, but that I didn’t want to listen to while working out, and I picked one to start with. Evidently the … Read more
~Tuesday~ Today at the gym, before starting my workout, I wanted to hear a song on my iPod that I recently downloaded, and for some inexplicable reason it was not in the “Purchased” playlist, so I selected the “By Song” sort and found it. Once it started, I decided to just let it move to … Read more
~Friday~ The prodigal porker returned to the gym today. My fatted calf—and my fatted thigh and other parts, for that matter—were like, “WTF?” I had the following short conversation with myself at about 6:00: Superego: How are you going to feel if you don’t go to the gym tonight? Ego: Shitty; down on yourself. Superego: … Read more
~Tuesday~ I stepped outside at 8:20 with every intention of hopping in my car and driving over to the Wolfline stop, but decided to take a chance that the city bus was destined to arrive at its mode, 8:22. Not that the concepts of “bus” and “destiny” should ever be conflated. The bus arrived at … Read more
~Saturday~ I was up at 8:30 after eight hours of sleep. I pretty much avoided looking outside with Hurricane Irene lingering on the east coast today. I went into the office for a good chunk of the day, where I caught up on a lot of work tasks, as well as taking care of some … Read more