I dreamed about editing all night long. Aaarrrggghhh! I had a noon-ish workout today, and it being Easter Sunday, the gym was pretty empty. I listened to a podcast of this week’s This American Life, an episode called The Ghost of Bobby Dunbar, which was most interesting in two ways: This family story is actually … Read more
I love when technology does things like this: NEW YORK — And the winner for best music video: “Chocolate Rain.” Tay Zonday morphed from an unknown musician to an Internet superstar who got booked on national TV shows after his song “Chocolate Rain” – an amateur clip of his baritone crooning – went viral last … 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
Today, I faced my resistance to resistance training head on—or perhaps I should say shoulder, arm, and chest on. On Thursday, I received an electronic newsletter from WebMD (as part of IBM’s health plan), which was entitled: 9 Least Effective Exercises: Experts name their top picks for fitness moves that are best to avoid. Obscurely … 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
I met my friend Steve for breakfast and some wonderful conversation at Helios this morning. Both of us managed to remember, and adjust accordingly to, Daylight Saving Time [It’s Daylight Saving Time, not Daylight Savings Time!] arriving there at 9:30 as planned, instead of 8:30 10:30 had we not “sprung forward.” I had a Sesame … Read more
I logged in to work this morning, and did a quick 3-page edit. From 11:00–12:00, I connected in to the Tivoli Editors Council meeting, and “in the background” had a quick instant message discussion with the writer of that 3-page edit I had returned to him right before the call. He had questions about two … 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
Robert ran to Wendy’s this morning, where he purchased the aforementioned calorie collection for us for breakfast. I have to say that my initial reaction was that it was good, but not that good, which I guess, is probably tainted by my knowledge of its nutritional makeup. Oh well, it didn’t stop me from eating … Read more