Monday, November 23, 2009
So after my post about F/M/K I played a few games with friends.
The problem: I didn’t know my friends as well as I thought because their replies were…um…
Example one:
Me: “OK, F/M/K: Ghandi, Mother Teresa, Idi Amin”
Not-Me: “Can I kill them all?”
Me: “I changed my mind. We aren’t playing this. Let’s drink.”
Example two:
Me: “OK, [...]
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I found an old chat log that was created a few years ago. It was called Budgeting IM – Key Budget Factors and had several hundred lines regarding serious business matters. It was hiding this wonderful diversion, nestled between discussion of depreciation, appropriate estimating procedures, and other gripping material.
The lesson: Budgeting [...]
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Friday, September 18, 2009
Once upon a time, I wrote about how I had a very bad idea.
The idea?
Teach a child that the telephone was called “a toilet” and the toilet was called “a telephone”.
In a way, it’s brilliant. In another way, it would get me put into jail and my child seized by authorities. [...]
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I’ve been pursuing the “100 push-ups” and “200 sit-ups” programs that I mentioned earlier.
I had to adjust to “just” doing “natural” exercises rather than using machines or weights.
There’s a ritual to lifting with gear – you have to change the weights, set the machines, and so on. Moving around the machine(s) becomes part of [...]
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Progress towards the marathon is slow. The main problem is not my body, it’s my brain. Keeping focused, getting to the gym, and just getting it done has been tough with my work schedule and all the other things happening in life…
Still, progress is better than nothing. The marathon is a goal, [...]
