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Diet revisited
After a two week trip where I ate whatever I wanted without concern for health, I weighed in this morning at 215 pounds. While the unfettered eating was certainly enjoyable, five pounds in two weeks feels like a pretty big hit given how long it took me to lose it. I don't think I've pushed myself very hard with the previous diet so I'm going to ( Read more... ) -
Experiment update - dieting conclusion
Experiment: http://latenightcoder.livejournal.com/49705.htmlRead more... ) -
Single sentence relationships.
There is a challenge going around where you try to describe all of your relationships with a single sentence each. I thought it would be interesting to try, and included both romantic and non-romantic relationships. They were thought up in a certain order, but have been shuffled before being posted here ( Read more... ) -
Experiment update - dieting
I've managed to keep to my experimental diet, and weighed in this morning at 213 pounds. That is 7 pounds down from my April 8th weigh in. If I can keep at this for the remaining period (about a month) I have a good chance of breaking another restriction I'd placed on myself ( Read more... ) -
New experiment (dieting)
So my last experiment was living for an extend period on a very limited budget. It was a success in that I was able to stay within the budget, despite the increase in difficulty for even day-to-day activities that resulted. It wasn't fun, but it was informative and I was able to prove to myself that my limits lie beyond that threshold ( Read more... ) -
Cops and neighbors
So, it's about 2 AM, and I awake to hear a loud slam. I live in an apartment building with a front "security" door that is on a spring and tends to slam if people don't purposefully close it quietly. I hear the noise again shortly after, and then a few more times at odd intervals. Without hearing any other types of commotion, I assume someone is ( Read more... ) -
Market update - unnerving
The Dow closed today at 6,594. Low, but by itself not panic worthy ( Read more... ) -
Bump in the road.
Main computer down (suspect failed motherboard). Primary backup down (suspect failed hard drive). Secondary backup online, but very old and not fit to do much with (but emails, news, and blogging I suppose). Replacement ordered (Alienware ( Read more... ) -
Monday humor - colds
"Colds never just go away, they depreciate exponentially until you don't notice them anymore."
The casual use of geeky vocabulary is one of the many joys of working at my office.
-LNC