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
Tag: Biking
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.
Bike Messengers Are On Crack
Don’t be intimidated by the length, this is well worth your time.
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