Using the post (or varying services that bring goods to your home) has largely been relegated to the business sector and for those who still use checks to pay bills. The mailman typically brings me what I ‘d consider to be junk. Sale papers for local businesses that I don’t frequent, pizza coupons I never [...]
So I took a trip to Mt. St. Helens yesterday. My traveling companions and I decided to go to the crater side, something about being able to see what nature can do when it’s on the more destructive side of the scale was too good to pass up. Besides, it’s been 32 years (I was [...]
Today we, the American people, live in a world where we each trust that the world should revolve around us. There is a cultural expectation that we’re handed what we think we need. We should be loved for who we are regardless of our actions. We should be happy regardless of the choices we make. [...]
Just some higher resolution shots of the whiskey – mainly a test for my new camera.
Welcome to my Thursday night. I watched the Blues beat the Sharks and go up 3-1 in the series. Prior to that I worked out nearly two hours and destroyed my stress with weights. Somewhere in between I had dinner with an out of town coworker and discovered this song (which made me happier than [...]
Huey Lewis Wednesday may be the greatest idea ever. You see about 21 years ago I was spending time with one of my favorite uncle’s. My uncle, aunt, sister, and I would do very cool things around central Florida. (Disney, Wizards Castle, water parks, beach, hiking, Dairy Queen, etc..) The soundtrack that powered a lot [...]
So in an effort to fight this weight loss plateau and “be kinder to my body[1]” I’ve been instructed by my trainer to change my eating habits. I typically skip breakfast, eat at a restaurant for lunch, and either skip dinner or eat a few PB&J’s, few slices of pizza, etc.. With the workouts that I’ve been [...]
So I’ve been doing the Lent thing for the last five years or so. Questions I am regularly asked: Are you Catholic? (No) Why do you do it? (Answer coming up) What kind of stuff do you give up? (It varies year to year) See, Lent for me has a wide variety of meanings because it’s ultimately, [...]
Today has been a blur, cleaned my weapons, cleaned my house, completed the task of washing clothes, taken my guitar lesson… I forgot my gym bag in all my guitar excitement – so I’m back home to grab my boxing gloves and sexy LSU workout clothes. I came into a song that makes me both [...]
So this is what I did tonight… after being stretched out like pretzel dough. Go ahead, watch it. Learn about cobras and downward facing dogs. Now close your eyes and imagine my fat goofy ass doing that. (It’s ok to laugh) This was session two with the flexibility specialist. We worked hamstrings, shoulders, arms, and calf muscles. I’ve [...]
I start lessons for my blues guitar on Friday (Feb 10th) right after work. I picked up some finger/thumb picks today and a proper slide bar – I’m going lap steel style on it. I’m up to 25 situps and 20 pushups. Nowhere near 100 consecutive but it’s a start. Considering the weight I’m still pushing I’ll [...]
A positive revelation in my little world today. It was a simple statement: “I will not be running tonight” Do you realize how much of a light year away that statement is from the previous statements: “I can’t run a mile” “I wish I could walk a mile without being winded” “I’m really ok with [...]
This is my resonator. It’s a Recording King; brass body, nickel plated, tri-cone design. This is for one of my 2012 resolutions. I’ve got it tuned to an open G so that I can play some music like this (by January next year I want to be able to play this song). I got [...]
So we’re into 2012. Could be the last year before the ghost of the Mayans come and kill us all. In the spirit of not making it to my next birthday (thanks Mayans) I made a different sort of resolution list this year. Historically it’s always been things like “lose fifty pounds”, “travel to Amsterdam”, [...]
Just signed up with my 2nd personal trainer and her specialty is flexibility. I’ve never been so terrified of a 5’4″ 100lb woman ever. I watched what she did to this 6’5″ bulked up dude and he told me I was going to hurt for days after. I don’t have days to hurt… I meet [...]
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