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| Sunday, September 23rd, 2007 | | 7:13 pm |
running - went
Well I went for a mile and a half run. I survived. Kept going. | | 6:45 am |
Hello world, Well I got in some exercise (or abuse) to this old fleshy container yesterday. Went to the big E "super shopping mall" all day. My SO somehow has the energy to go from booth to booth for ten plus hours. OMG!! My legs were killing me. All healed and well this morning though. I guess the Tylenol kept the blood flow to the joints, so I did not injure myself. | | Friday, September 21st, 2007 | | 9:24 pm |
broke sweat running for ten minutes. hey it is an effort at least. | | Tuesday, September 18th, 2007 | | 8:56 pm |
exercise - WTF
well I did thirty situps and only five pushups. I will keep going, but watching my body carefully. Man I need this. All you lazy LJ folks. Work out with me right now. Lets go!! Do something, anything. Just get off the computer. | | Wednesday, November 8th, 2006 | | 7:35 am |
ADF
Trying to get going on the ADF dedicants path. | | Saturday, August 5th, 2006 | | 12:16 pm |
Diversity of music
For the last couple weeks I have been investigating the diversity of music. My likes have been a historical path in "musicology". When I was a child I only liked classical music with no human voice. Then strangely around twelve I somehow picked up a like for some popular rock & roll (as long as it was mostly instrumental). Looks like I carry the love of instrumental pieces to this day. Finding good classical music is relatively easy. There are always books, and lists, and reviews of classical music. But when I branch out into other genres of music I start having a harder time deciding what is worth a listen, and what is worth adding to a collection. The flavor of the week (what I am interested in) in music is Pagan themed based on the playlists by a variety of streamimg online radio stations. Look at http://www.witchvox.com/lx/lx_radio.htmlBut where does one find good (everyone likes this) opinions about what particular music is good (even within a single artists collection) versus what is not that interesting (bad/terrible/boring/junk). Obviously I know that I can listen to it all, but crap that will take forever. So does anyone know of any pagan music blogs that seem to know what they are talking about? | | Tuesday, June 6th, 2006 | | 11:18 am |
healing - sort of
Well well long time no notices. Just to be quick with a note. Sally is healing as she has ended chemotherapy (hopefully forever). Now we travel the path of radiation therapy, and maybe some otehr drug therapies to reduce the chance of cancer recurance. Restoration procedures are still in the future. I am developing an attitude that you have until the age of 40, and then all systems start to have problems. So yes I have a little attitude for the under 40 years of age folks out there. GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER NOW!! You will not have another chance to get a career, or another chance to get healthy, or another chance to seaze an opportunity/experience. Maybe I am just an early grumpy old man. GOOD!! But my attitude is to just prod the cattle along when they need a little prodding. (and to not let them know they are being prodded) | | Friday, February 10th, 2006 | | 8:29 am |
Enhance the freedom in your life
First I wish to ask any who read this, to turn off your attitude. Open your mind. Think about who owns your life. Do you own your life? Or are you just renting it, while others take full advantage of your talents. Second, these comments in no way reflect on my own personal situation. I am way more complex than this. ON TO THE TOPIC: Can you have freedom as a member of society? Will you be labeled a bum? Will you be spurned (ignored) by friends, significant others, family, acquantences if you choose to have less STUFF in your life. What if you have no savings? No medical insurance? A minimum wage job (or just above it because you don't want the stress of more)? You can not travel because you have no car? What if your significant other has none of these things, and has you provide all to them? Will you think differently? Do they enhance your life, or slow your life (take away from your freedom) because of the lack of these life things? Well its a thought. Maybe someone will think this is just a wild rant. Let me know. | | Friday, February 3rd, 2006 | | 11:15 am |
I am cursed or blessed with a new video ipod. Take your pick. Oh it works great, for a geek like me. And it can work for all those other owners. But I tend to like to optimize my technology. Here is what I learned for all your potential owners. 1) You must have one, period. Else you will not be a part of the rest of us POD folks. Once you get a video IPOD you can stop listening to radio, you can stop watching TV, you can stop reading newspapers. You will worship the IPOD. It is your destiny, becuase once optimized, it be all these media stream sources for you. 2) The software ITUNES front end (from apple) for this gets better and better and better. 3) There are alternative software tools you will need, after the first month of getting to understand how ITUNES and the IPOD work. You will need these tools to organize your many many songs that you get. Some of the tools are: ITUNE LIBRARY UPDATE, and ANAPOD, and PODUTIL. A few others too, to convert movies to what you want on your IPOD. Do not believe the reviews saying that videos do not look good on your IPOD. It takes a lot of knowledge to know how to transcode movies into the best format to watch on your IPOD. I watched Matrix II, and it looked great. 4) Batteries internally, do not last when watching a movie. maybe 4 hours (lets just say one movie only, after fully charged). | | Tuesday, January 17th, 2006 | | 8:16 am |
Pay it forward day!! This is monday, many have had at least one fun thing happen yesterday. Either with a loved one, a friend, a relative, or even a stranger. TIME TO PAY UP!! You are required today to pay it forward twice, to do two good selfless deeds. Make it simple. Just send a couple notes (or three or more) to someone that you know could use good karma. | | Tuesday, December 27th, 2005 | | 8:52 pm |
Saga of cancer - the care giver
Well I can honestly say that my beautiful new wife has gone through a lot of pain, stress, risk, and fear. Much more so than me, but I definately feel it all. Chemotherapy seems to basically be a major way to hurt yourself enough to mess up your immune system, and then finally recover. Did not realize the pain that a person would go through even with pain killers. Of course we need to look forward to major surgery, radiation, more chemo, and reconstruction. I am shocked that so many do as well as they do. The hospital treatment is okay, but just okay. Some caregivers are experts, while others just barely are qualified, as we find out from staying under hospital care for weeks on end. Me.... Well I just deal with it all. The spouse, the son of someone going through cancer at the same time (mom is in chemo too). Not looking for pity, or concern, and empathy. Just trying to find understanding of life, and focus on what is important. Trying to maintain some sense of self worth, and self control, and a life, as my loved ones get the attention they need at this risky time during treatments. Did go rock climbing at the gym with my son. and did an audubon christmas bird count and found a Snowy Owl (which was great). | | Saturday, November 5th, 2005 | | 6:20 am |
food again
ate: bunch of vegitables in a snack tray, with the good dip half bag of potato hips. bad boy!! drank vodka twister. that was supper | | Friday, November 4th, 2005 | | 4:33 pm |
food & other not-good stuff
Okay ate for lunch: 1) Baked fish 2) Spinach 3) Beans all CORE food for the weightwatchers program. So doing good so far. ***************** Not sure who reads this but the other stuff is true bad fortune, and tough times (not trying to be a drama queen). My wife has cancer and is in chemo, and my mom has cancer and is in chemo, all discovered within a couple weeks of my honeymoon. So please everyone cherish your own good health while you have it, cause it can be fleeting. | | 9:18 am |
Okay so I slipped up already. at least I will be honest. 1) Evil dunkin donut pumpkin kind 2) Supper was --- Half full size plate of rotini pasta and tomatoe sauce 3) 1 weight watchers ice cream stick According to the weight watchers mantra and their programs I may still be okay for yesterday. **************** This morning weight 210 lbs still did 1 mile on the treadmill at about 4 or 5 miles an hours. Slow but okay. did 15 pushups, and then ten knee pushups. dont laugh. it is a start. Gotup late. for breakfast a pint of oatmeal. it was good!! | | Thursday, November 3rd, 2005 | | 2:14 pm |
More health entries
Food for today: 1 English muffin, with peanut butter. Evil carbs, but it was good. 2 packages of apple oatmeal instant. 1 Salid with four strips of chicken. salid has mustard dressing. Looked for a diet soda but found none. | | 6:07 am |
Health Entry
210 lbs 74 inches 20 pushups 30 situps 1 mile treadmill | | Wednesday, October 19th, 2005 | | 4:21 pm |
Someone please explain this EIGHT HOUR WORKDAY lie to me please?? I talk to regional managers who take pride in the fact that they work 10 to 12 hours every single day. It is like they expect that of similar managers at a certain level of reponsibility. It is required. That is on top of the need to prepare to go to work every morning, dealing with a commute from hell, and then going back and decompressing from work. The old nuclear family does not exist, and no one is home to help you recover from it all. In fact some (me included) are the primary household managers, that need to manage the house with children in it. That is a life? That is a lifestyle for 10 hour days? I am supposed to look to these type of people for leadership and mentoring and guidance? This is scaring me a lot. It is like I would have been better off as a plumber. Yes, I know. Be happy you have a job, that has benefits, that is interesting, and really has a direct impact on peoples lives (I work at a hospital). Maybe my work ethic is tarnished. We are all damn lucky to even be alive, and able to work (so many get injured). I am fighting that I need to live a life while I am young, because health issues soon override the ability to work. | | Tuesday, October 18th, 2005 | | 7:57 pm |
running
went for a run today. about 1.5 miles. I was able to do it without falling apart. | | Monday, October 17th, 2005 | | 10:57 am |
In order to provide for the common defence, promote the general wellfare, and establish justice, and ensure domestic tranquility. I provide the following comment: DO NOT TRUST EMAIL TO BE DELIVERED AND READ!!! When I have sent email it sometimes gets filtered automatically, and that prevents it from getting to the intended person. I is hard to say what the trigger is, but something will do it. | | Saturday, October 15th, 2005 | | 1:36 pm |
new pictures. maybe peps can recongnize me |
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