There, embedded in gray, gritty snow: Snowdrift/snow hill partly melted and turning into black, as more salt and sun melts it during the day and snow (frozen rain) builds it back up at night. I pick the pair up and take it home with me. They're parked right by the door, a chance to defrost. A day later the washings begin. Dirty less and less with ( Read more... )

ab lounge 50
35 clap pushups
60 pushups
5 diamond pushups
ab lounge 60
.5 mile bike
50 pushups
(nap)
50 pushups
50 pushups
50 situps
ab lounge 60
50 pushups

Last night: For some reason, I felt like doing more pushups while watching Ender's Game. So I did. That only makes me want to do more, but common sense prevailed and the pushups machine was put on pause. More for tomorrow.

100 pushups. That is all.

Not the first time I've ridden a singlespeed, but this is a cow-orker's prefab storebought SS. And it's... not bad. Not pleasant either, since c-w is dimwitted YOLO-type and cares zero about bikes, thing's in awful shape. But ok, there's hope for prefabs! Meanwhile, let's hop on a multigeared touring and enjoy a perfect summer's day.

After my shift at the ykw, the fam's idea of relaxing is to go shopping. To this fancy, lovely place though, so it's all right. Big big crowd, lots of smiles. Fresh basil pesto snacks?!! Of course! I like this miniadventure. Then home, to a meal finally, and a beer: Angry Orchard apple ginger hard cider. Is that even a beer, really, or just some ( Read more... )

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Somehow I survived the usual terrifically terrible clusterfuck Friday without too much of a headache. "Better lucky than good," as the oldtimers always say.

Has it really been ~4 months? Seems more like 6. A retightened reslickened usable-again Firefox (latest Nightly ftw with all mods cons) is the browser of choice, if YKWYD, ykwim? That said, Opera hasn't been bad at all as a stopgap. Not the best, but, well.

"500 pounds."
One time?
"Everytime."
Wait... how?

My poor Dad doesn't know anything about what I do.