Alright, so a couple nights ago (Thursday night) kyoki_tenchi and I joined a local World Gym. The monthly fee is actually pretty reasonable, and they cut my rate by %10 (cops, firefighters, EMTs, etc) so it works out to roughly $30 a person/month. I will say that I hate signing long term contracts for anything, and this one is a 2 year. Such things always ( Read more... )

So today the chiropractor put me on this water jet thing. I'm not really sure how to describe it except to say it feels very nice. I almost fell asleep. He also did some work on my upper back and neck, which was good since my neck has been sore since Friday's visit. Bad enough that it sometimes make sleeping uncomfortable. Whatever he did to ( Read more... )

So I've been thinking off and on about trying out a SCUBA program ( Read more... )

Well, today I finally resolved an ongoing dispute with my bank. The dispute itself has been "in process" since the tail end of June of last year. After 8 months of calling and getting nothing I finally spoke to someone who actually seemed to know how to do research. The problem, it appears, was an error on my part. The deposit in dispute was, ( Read more... )

Well, folks, the weather has been pretty crappy for the last two days. Cold, rainiy, some icing...which is normally a bad thing, except in my line of work. Bad weather apparently scares the criminal element more than we do, so they stay inside. Normally what we deal with on such days are limited to traffic accidents. Of course that means we ( Read more... )

Yesterday was another first for me, one of those daily resolution thingies. I had my first of several appointments with a chiropractor. Sure sure there's all sorts of controversy about them, but I happen to know a lot of people for whom they do a lot of good, so I thought I'd give it a try. Besides after contacting my insurance I found out they ( Read more... )

So kyoki_tenchi took me (I almost typed dragged) to see Tristan and Isolde, or perhaps it's Tristan + Isolde, or whatever. I staged a rather feeble protest when it was first suggested, but the truth is I wasn't as opposed as I would have liked for her to believe. It's not that I had any genuine interest in seeing the movie, it's just that I didn't have an ( Read more... )

So Sunday night (into Monday Morning) was the last day for one of the guys I work with. He's moving on to bigger and better things outside of law enforcement and outside of this state, and I wish him the best of luck. Of course I'd also like to give him a swift kick in the ass, too. We're not assigned partners, really, but he's about as close to ( Read more... )

So I don't really make New Year's resolutions. Here's why. When I was 12 I made a New Year's resolution to never make another New Year's resolution as long as I lived. I've got a 16 year winning streak with this one, who can argue with that? Besides, I am of opinion that making any attempt at a life style change based on a New Year's resolution ( Read more... )

I don't know what to say ( Read more... )