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Some good news
I've been sticking to the Couch to 5K thing, and should start Week 4 tomorrow. I'm now going to physical therapy twice a week as a pre-emptive strike, and it seems to be helping, even if my PT looks disturbingly like the preacher from There Will Be Blood and has a Skippy-the-Cruise director optimism to him that is downright unsettling ( Read more... ) -
They call her Wheezing Hedgehog
Soooo, in an attempt to find an exercise program that is flexible enough that I can actually stick to it, and not boring, and doesn't cost me an arm and a leg, I'm starting up the Couch to 5K program. It's three sessions of walking/running per week, for nine weeks, working your way up to running 30 minutes straight by the end.
I haven't run since I ( Read more... ) -
THANK YOU
I have about two brain cells rattling around inside my skull, but I wanted to give a heartfelt thank you to everyone who helped us move on Sunday, despite the oppressive heat, and the fact that we were short handed due to some unavoidable last minute cancellations. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Bonus points for wearing your very loud shoes ( Read more... ) -
Groucho Glasses Emergency
So I need a pair of groucho glasses - you know, like these - for a video shoot on Monday. After unsuccessfully hunting around for some, I rush-ordered a set from a seller on Amazon; the listing said they'd arrive in 1-3 business days. I've checked the UPS tracking number, and it seems they're using some obscure dialect of English in which "1-3 ( Read more... ) -
punch punch punch punch punch
Went back to Krav Maga for the first time in years, and brought along adrsta . The instructors remembered me, and Karen commented that I seemed to slip back into form quickly. She also told me I need to focus more on punching faster, not harder, since I just don't have the mass to throw a single devastating punch. But, "I love your aggression," she ( Read more... ) -
Yuppie Sports Bar Food
A topic that just came up over an impromptu late night dinner of improvised nachos: we should totally do a dinner comprised entirely of the most yuppified interpretations of middlebrow chain restaurant sports bar snack food possible. For instance:
Chili cheese fries - Yukon Gold steak frites topped with melted raclette, serrano ham, and cornichons ( Read more... ) -
Everybody calm down, have a cup of tea, and do some math.
Readers, a gentle reminder, which comes out of a discussion with my father, a developing world public health consultant ( Read more... ) -
Costuming: advice/hiring help
Had a quite enjoyable weekend this event at Endgame. I'm hoping someone out there can help me with a vague costume idea I've had.
I want to make what can basically be described as a mecha vest for my mad scientist character. I'm hoping to create something that creates the impression of a wearable futuristic weapon, with various technological metal ( Read more... ) -
A thought
Has anyone written a piece of speculative fiction about a culture in which women are oppressed and reviled (something Taliban-esque), and then one day, the women all vanish without explanation?
I've read about tongue-in-cheek proposals for "Day without a [insert disadvantaged group here] protests, in which the members of the group in question are ( Read more... ) -
Need advice
All right. I've been looking for houses now for a while, and I'm starting to think I'm just not going to find something decent in the right neighborhood that I can afford. (Keep in mind my definition of "decent" basically means "structurally sound;" I'm happy to live in a tiny house with shagadelic carpeting.) The only possibility that *might* ( Read more... )