I had a good night’s sleep. I’ve had almost no back pain in the last month or so. Perhaps those crunches strengthening my abs has helped in that regard. After fasting for 12 hours, I had a 10:00 appointment to have blood drawn for lab work. Four observations from my visit: My doctor’s office has … Read more
I picked up Myra at CECE, and drove us down to Finch’s for breakfast. Of course, we sat in “Ann’s section,” and of course she started off with, “How ya doin’, baby?” I thought like a fat person and had their sausage and cheddar omelet, which came with hash browns and toast. At least I recognized that I … Read more
Stolen, and morphed a little, from a comment posted to e-musings‘ request for jokes: Did you hear about the cowboy to whom everyone kept saying, “Get along little dogie.”? He bought a Dachshund. Today was a TurboTax day in the neighborhood. I was up at the crack of dawn, since I went to bed at … Read more
I met Kevin (av8rdude) at the gym at 9:45, where he greeted me in the parking lot with, “I almost called and canceled this morning.” “Why’s that?” I asked. “I’ve had a meeting reschedule and need to be back for 11:00 now, so there’s only time for working out or a bagel, but not both.” … Read more
My day started off with a very funny telephone survey conversation. The survey was about video- and movie-watching habits, and after asking me how many movies anyone in my household had seen in the last 30 days (1, on 03/08/08) and how many movies from a video rental store anyone in my household has seen … Read more
I had every intention of editing some today, on my day off, but it didn’t happen. A couple of developments on my Technical Communication Professional Delegation to The People’s Republic of China trip planned for October: I called them today to change my payment schedule, which I was going to pay monthly between now and … Read more
Look at the floor of this bathroom… and the ceiling of this smoking area… I met Kevin (av8rdude) at the gym this morning, where I did the upper body machines and cardio today. Today’s statistics: Exercise Type Type Minute Duration Calories Burned or Area Worked Warm-up (Elliptical) 7 60 Resistance 30 Upper Body Cardio (Elliptical) … Read more
Today was the deadline to complete the judging of the entries I had for the STC Newsletter Competition. I’ve had them since the end of January, and the fact that I spent several hours completing them on the day of the deadline says all I need to say about the task. Done with it. I … Read more
Straight men beware! Oh yeah, and you “straight-acting” gay men? You too! Where no man’s hand should wander An Italian court is trying to overturn human nature—or at least male nature, said Simon Hattenstone in the London Guardian. In a case that should cause men everywhere to shudder, Italy’s highest appeals court has ruled that … Read more
Okay back on January 12th, I graphed my water usage over a period of two years, with the final point on the graph showing an average use of water for me at 58 gallons per day for that billing cycle. Since then, I have really cut back on flushing my toilets (every third or fourth … Read more