Bike odometer: 2307
Weight lost (in pounds): 35
Hours of sleep last night: 10
Hours billed last week: 47
Aches & pains: sciatic
Current reading: The Book of Totally Useless Information by Don Voorhees, Rocket Ship Galileo by Robert A. Heinlein
Recent listening: Chicago IX by Chicago, Broken Boy Soldiers by The Raconteurs, Essential Ten Years After by Ten Years After, Chrome Dreams II by Neil Young
Recent viewing: The War, Countdown, High Stakes Poker
Recent playing: foosball, Guitar Hero III (Wii)
Recently accomplished: cat boxes, cardboard recycling, completed RMA for broken Tivo drive, final build of soon-to-be-released product
Imperative To Do: Sift through inbox, post office (Sunleafs, Seagate, Kent, Sue), freecycle gorilla shelf parts, sunglasses, InstantCake
Jigsaw Falling Into Place
Vital Statistics
Bike odometer: 2268
Weight lost (in pounds): 40
Hours of sleep last night: 6
Hours billed last week: 24.5
Aches & pains: right knee, sciatic, right hand, left wrist
Current reading:: The Book of Totally Useless Information by Don Voorhees, The Rolling Stones by Robert A. Heinlein
Recent listening: Chrome Dreams II by Neil Young, Coverville, DrugMusic, Pure Pod For Now People
Recent viewing: The War, The Simpsons, Eagles at Patriots, Dolphins at Steelers
Recent playing: Guitar Hero III (Wii)
Recently accomplished: cat boxes, raked front yard, cardboard recycling, fixed sitting room speakers, paid bills, called Kent
Imperative To Do: RMA old Tivo drive, sift through inbox, post office, freecycle gorilla shelf parts, sunglasses
Christmas Plans for Iowans
If you are free on any of the last days of December, I strongly urge you to go see House of Large Sizes at a venue near you. HoLS is the best Iowa band ever and one of the best shows I’ve ever seen. Here’s the four concerts they have scheduled for late December:
- December 28: Iowa City
- December 29: Des Moines
- December 30: Minneapolis
- December 31: Cedar Falls
Seriously, this band rock like nobody’s business. Go see them!
Thanksgiving It To You
Nothing like a little sexual innuendo to make you thankful.
Vital Statistics
Bike odometer: 2155
Weight lost (in pounds): 43
Consecutive South Beach days: 4
Hours of sleep last night: 8
Hours billed last week: 37.5
Aches & pains: sciatic when I stand for too long
Current reading:: The Book of Totally Useless Information by Don Voorhees, The Stupidest Angel by Christopher Moore
Recent listening: This American Life, Kid Rock by Kid Rock, Dead Prez
Recent viewing: Patriots at Colts, Countdown, Pushing Daisies, The War
Recent playing: foosball, Guitar Hero III (Wii)
Recently accomplished: Cleaned roof, gutters and downspouts; picked up and delivered apples, pears & cider; cleaned cat boxes; swept garage, voted
Imperative To Do: RMA old Tivo drive, sift through inbox, post office, freecycle gorilla shelf parts, sunglasses
Run DMC
Run DMC was the first rap group I ever heard and the first concert I ever attended without my parents. This picture comes from one of my favorite blogs, The Etcha-Sketchist
Vital Statistics
Bike odometer: 2092
Weight lost (in pounds): 45
Consecutive South Beach days: 4
Hours of sleep last night: 7.5
Hours billed last week: 46
Aches & pains: sore throat, sciatic
Current reading:: The Book of Totally Useless Information by Don Voorhees, Death By Black Hole by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Recent listening: Dead Prez, History of Rock by Kid Rock, Fresh Air, Coverville
Recent viewing: Into The Wild, Countdown, Colts at Jaguars, Dancing with the Stars, Grand Theft Parsons
Recent playing: Guitar Hero II (XBox 360), foosball, Guitar Hero III (XBox 360 demo)
Recently accomplished: cat boxes, groceries, returned bottles and cans, paid bills
Imperative To Do: Vote, RMA old Tivo drive, sift through inbox, post office, freecycle gorilla shelf parts, sunglasses, clean gutters and downspouts
Vital Statistics
Bike odometer: 2061
Weight lost (in pounds): 40
Consecutive South Beach days: 10
Hours of sleep last night: 7
Hours billed last week: 41
Aches & pains: low on energy (lack of carbs)
Current reading:: 2107 Curious Word Origins, Says & Expressions by Charles Earle Funk, The Book of Totally Useless Information by Don Voorhees, Death By Black Hole by Neil deGrasse Tyson, The Tin Prayer by S.H. Semken
Recent listening: This American Life, The Mixup by Beastie Boys, In Rainbows by Radiohead
Recent viewing: Planet Earth, The Daily Show, Larry King Live
Recent playing: Guitar Hero II (XBox 360), foosball
Recently accomplished: Can & bottle recycling, cardboard recycling, mowed/edged/trimmed lawn, cleaned and swept garage, cleaned catboxes, lubed & cleaned bike, unstopped kitchen drain
Imperative To Do: RMA old Tivo drive, sift through inbox, post office, freecycle gorilla shelf parts, sunglasses, groceries, clean gutters and downspouts
Careful to all animals
A few interesting items I came upon in the last few days:
- Radiohead has released their latest album via the web. The price? It’s entirely up to you.
- The Portland blogosphere is abuzz with news of Google Streetview adding Portland to the list of cities it supports.
- Last night a documentary called Crystal Darkness aired on every station in Oregon. Unfortunately, we didn’t know about it until it was over.
- A cyclist survived being run over by a Max train but is still in critical condition.