Bike odometer: 1046
Weight lost: 60 lbs.
Hours of sleep last night: 8
Hours billed last week: 40.5
Current reading: 2107 Curious Word Origins, Says & Expressions by Charles Earle Funk, The Book of Totally Useless Information by Don Voorhees, The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, CSS Web Design for Dummies by Richard Mansfield
Recent listening: DrugMusic, Broken Boy Soldiers by The Raconteurs, John Prine
Recent viewing: Mythbusters, NBA Playoffs First Round, The Simpsons, Medium
Recent playing: Virus 2
Recently accomplished: Groceries, Scout bike ride, camping, paid bills
Imperative To Do: RMA old Tivo drive, backup Thomas, backup Graham, backup Tina, bank deposit, renew BTA membership, sift through inbox, cat box, mow lawn
Vital Statistics
Bike odometer: 964
Weight lost: 59 lbs.
Hours of sleep last night: 5.5
Hours billed last week: 41.5
Current reading: 2107 Curious Word Origins, Says & Expressions by Charles Earle Funk, The Book of Totally Useless Information by Don Voorhees, The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, CSS Web Design for Dummies by Richard Mansfield
Recent listening: DrugMusic, NPR Story of the Day, Science Friday, Collision Course by Jay Z with Linkin Park
Recent viewing: NBA Playoffs First Round, Medium, Full House
Recent playing: Virus 2, MotorStorm
Recently accomplished: Recycling, cat box, weeding, learned 10 or more knots, trimmed dead wood from rhodedendrun, hauled gorilla racks from work, shifted junk around in garage
Imperative To Do: RMA old Tivo drive, backup Thomas, backup Graham, backup Tina, bank deposit, renew BTA membership, sift through inbox, prepare for bike and camping weekend
Sitting cross-legged on the floor
Last weekend Thomas and Graham competed in the district pinewood derby races. Graham didn’t place, but Thomas came in 3rd in his division. He was actually disappointed at not doing better. There were also a number of other activities that we did in between races, including CO2 rockets. What fun those are!
Graham continues to get seriously into listening to music. Mostly he listens to They Might Be Giants and The Bobs, but he still asks me for a Song of the Day every few days. He’s proud that he has learned the words to many TMBG songs.
Thomas is still very interesting in learning how to program computers. He found a bug in one of the examples in the Logo book I got for him and has decided that fixing the bug will be his first test. He spends a lot of time in his room playing Runescape, an online role-playing game, with his friends. Occasionally, he’ll move over and play his bass for awhile. I love that he does it for enjoyment.
Tina and I have gone back to Phase I of the South Beach diet and have started losing weight again. Last week I lost 4 lbs. and feel confident that I’ll be up to 60 lbs. lost soon. Tina’s already there. We’ve decided we’re not celebrating until we get to 75 lbs.
This weekend Thomas and I were supposed to go camping with his Boy Scout troop, but somebody messed up on the reservations. Instead, they are having three consecutive day camps at a nearby park. The next weekend, Thomas and I are biking out to adjustable dumbbells Oxbow Park with the troop for another weekend of camping. It’s about a 14 mile ride, so it will be interesting to see how all the boys handle it. They’re young so they should be fine.
In a few weeks, Critical Path is moving offices. The new office is just across the street from us.
Vital Statistics
Bike odometer: 919
Weight lost: 59 lbs.
Hours of sleep last night: 8
Hours billed last week: 44
Current reading: 2107 Curious Word Origins, Says & Expressions by Charles Earle Funk, The Book of Totally Useless Information by Don Voorhees, The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, CSS Web Design for Dummies by Richard Mansfield
Recent listening: Coverville
Recent viewing: Gothika, MASH, NBA Playoffs First Round, Saturday Night Live, Mythbusters, CSI: Miami, Heroes
Recent playing: Boomshine
Recently accomplished: Sprayed weeds, more CSS & website upgrades, recycling, cat box, new chain from Bike Gallery (tire gone), paid bills
Imperative To Do: RMA old Tivo drive, backup Thomas, backup Graham, backup Tina, bank deposit, renew BTA membership, sift through inbox
Vital Statistics
Bike odometer: 905
Weight lost: 59 lbs.
Hours of sleep last night: 7.5
Hours billed last week: 43
Current reading: 2107 Curious Word Origins, Says & Expressions by Charles Earle Funk, The Book of Totally Useless Information by Don Voorhees, The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Recent listening: NPR Story of the Day, Science Friday, Stardust by Willie Nelson, Europe ’72 by Grateful Dead
Recent viewing: The Simpsons, Sportscenter, CSI: Miami, Man vs. Wild, The Omen: The Beginning
Recent playing: Jelly Jumper, Boomshine
Recently accomplished: Mowed lawn, re-organized book shelves, downspout repair, learned CSS, website upgrades, trash, recycling, Flickr futzing
Imperative To Do: RMA old Tivo drive, backup Thomas, backup Graham, backup Tina, bank deposit, renew BTA membership, pickup tire at Bike Gallery
Vital Statistics
Bike odometer: 884
Weight lost: 55 lbs.
Hours of sleep last night: 9
Hours billed last week: 40
Current reading: 2107 Curious Word Origins, Says & Expressions by Charles Earle Funk, The Book of Totally Useless Information by Don Voorhees, The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Recent listening: Coverville, DrugMusic, Corinne Bailey Rae by Corinne Bailey Rae, Collision Course by Jay Z with Linkin Park, Chicago IX by Chicago, Randy Holden
Recent viewing: Suns at Spurs, The Office, War Wrecks of the Corral Seas, Sportscenter, Masters Sunday, Nickelodeon Kid’s Choice Awards, Without a Trace, CSI: Miami, South Park, Countdown
Recent playing: Spikey’s Bounce Around, Clue (Simpsons edition), Chicken and Egg
Recently accomplished: Paid bills, cleaned cat box, caulked SE downspout, turned and harvested compost, weeded and planted new grass, groceries
Imperative To Do: RMA old Tivo drive, backup Thomas, backup Graham, backup Tina, mow back lawn, bank deposit, renew BTA membership, pickup tire at Bike Gallery
Old and Geeky
PC World has named the 50 Best Tech Products of All Time. Sadly, I am old enough and geeky enough to recognize every item on the list. I’ve used and even owned many of these products. I’d argue some of their choices (seriously, Lotus but not VisiCalc?) if I thought there would be any point.
Vital Statistics
Bike odometer: n/a
Weight lost: 54 lbs.
Hours of sleep last night: hardly any (coughing all night)
Hours billed last week: 40
Current reading: 2107 Curious Word Origins, Says & Expressions by Charles Earle Funk, The Book of Totally Useless Information by Don Voorhees, The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Recent listening: Gotham by Bauhaus, Randy Holden
Recent viewing: Rockets at Lakers, Charlie Rose, The Dead Zone, Stunt Junkies, March Madness: Final Four, Heat at Pistons, Mavericks at Suns
Recent playing: Spikey’s Bounce Around, Pipi the Jumping Bubble
Recently accomplished: Cleaned cat boxes, recycling, garbage, swept garage, rechargeable battery plan, fixed bathroom sink, cleaned gutters and roof, mowed and trimmed the front lawn, cleaned and lubed bike
Imperative To Do: RMA old Tivo drive, backup Thomas, backup Graham, backup Tina, mow back lawn
Vital Statistics
Bike odometer: 813 miles
Weight lost: 54 lbs.
Hours of sleep last night: 6
Hours billed last week: 29
Current reading: 2107 Curious Word Origins, Says & Expressions by Charles Earle Funk, The Book of Totally Useless Information by Don Voorhees, The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Recent listening: Collision Course by Jay Z with Linkin Park, Broken Boy Soldiers by The Raconteurs, Science Friday, The Rising Tied by Fort Minor, Fresh Air
Recent viewing: Sportscenter, Pardon the Interuption, Countdown, The Dead Zone
Recent playing: Spikey’s Bounce Around, Pipi the Jumping Bubble
Recently accomplished: backed up my hard drive
Imperative To Do: RMA old Tivo drive, fix bathroom sink, backup Thomas, backup Graham, backup Tina, implement rechargeable battery plan, mow lawn
Vital Statistics
Bike odometer: n/a
Weight lost: 55 lbs.
Hours of sleep last night: 8
Hours billed last week: 29
Current reading: 2107 Curious Word Origins, Says & Expressions by Charles Earle Funk, The Book of Totally Useless Information by Don Voorhees, The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Recent listening: Abbey Road
Recent viewing: Van Helsing, The Daily Show, Sportscenter, The O’Reilly Factor, Stunt Junkies, High Stakes Poker, The French Connection, Lost Highway, The Colbert Report, Heavy: The Story of Metal, March Madness (regional finals), Big, Suns at Kings, 24, Full House
Recent playing: Donut Games, Wii Sports
Recently accomplished: Foam recycling, paid bills, started Flickr page
Imperative To Do: RMA old Tivo drive, fix bathroom sink, backup everyone’s computer, implement rechargeable battery plan, mow lawn