Archive for November, 2003
Friday, November 21st, 2003
Gym Update
According to the logs, today was my 50th visit to the gym. I’ve put in 22 hours and 30 minutes of Cardio time, worth 19,001 calories. And 6,224 reps on the weights, for 372,843 pounds of lifting. Those numbers seem impressive to me, as well as the 4″ of waistline and one shirt size I’ve [...]
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Monday, November 17th, 2003
Critical Thinking
My kids impressed me, again, the other night. We were working on a perfect time waster tailor made for kids. All of our CDs were in the front closet, and finally needed to be moved back to the den. So I waited in the back as they ferried the CDs back to me, and got [...]
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Monday, November 17th, 2003
Flashback
I was the last kid in kindergarten to learn to tie his shoes. I remember because I held up a pizza party for everyone once the whole class was on board. Conventional wisdom is to get behind the kid and show him how to tie his shoes. Since I was left handed, I just couldn’t [...]
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Monday, November 3rd, 2003
Acceptance
There was a very fidgety man at the bus stop today, attempting to bend time to his will. Not a minute passed when he didn’t check his watch. Or jog out into the street for a better view of the bus that aparently would never arrive. All the while mumbling abaut his lot in life. [...]