Was today the day I finally turned the corner on strength training ( Read more... )

How’s my resolution to keep writing in LiveJournal working out? Ha. Don’t worry, I’m about to make it up in volume. This is probably my longest post ever. This is what I’ve been up to for the past six months ( Read more... )

The guy in the condo across the hall is a pretty cool guy. I've run into him in the hall a few times. His name's Gere... which I only know because it's written on his mailbox. I completely forget his first name. I just know it's not Richard. Richard Gere is someone else. Whom I also saw in the hallway this week ( Read more... )

I spent seven days around Reno and Lake Tahoe and a day in San Francisco this month. I hadn't skipped work for two consecutive days in over a year, so it was time for the longest vacation I've taken since college. I owed it to myself. And I also owed myself six, yes, six visits to In-N-Out Burger ( Read more... )

This Saturday will be my sixth anniversary with the Full Body Cast ( Read more... )

We closed out our broomball season last night with a doubleheader ( Read more... )

So last Wednesday I figured I'd go play some poker in New Hampshire after some half-made and ill-remembered plans fell through. I got there in time for a rebuy/addon tournament. I almost didn't play, because I've never really learned what proper rebuy and addon strategy is.[1] But I entered... and I lost most of my stack with KK against AA... but I ( Read more... )

I haven't posted about a fun-filled weekend in a long time. It's not as if my weekends haven't been great - I've just been lazy. But sometimes I go read my old writings, and I enjoy recollecting some of my adventures past. It helps me to appreciate the prior years in my life - because sometimes I have the tendency to think of the years as lost ( Read more... )

What's the best ski area to drive to? How small is too small, and how far is too far? What's the best mountain, in terms of height versus distance?

Here's an answer. I just made a list of all New England ski resorts with a vertical drop of 1500 feet or more, and ranked them by the ratio of vertical drop to distance, in minutes according to Google ( Read more... )

Okay, I still like sardines, but only the small ones. I've tried four or five different brands now, and so far it seems the cheaper brands actually give you the bigger fish. That sounds like a good deal, but it's not, because the bigger fish have more perceptible bones. The meat starts feeling chalky in your mouth. (Chalky is the right word, ( Read more... )