Archive for August, 2005
Tuesday, August 30th, 2005
You learn something new every day
I had a follow up doctor appointment today. My cholesterol is good. 164. But my hdl is low (31) and my tryglecerides are high (179). More aerobics and less weight is the prescription at this point. My blood pressure had also been on the watch list over the last year or so, but at my [...]
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Friday, August 26th, 2005
Hard Hearted Harbinger of Haggis
A power washer (and nearly anything that says Briggs and Stratton) is a cool power toy you really want to play with. But after the 2nd hour of stripping paint it gets a little monotonous. In the 3rd hour you start playing tic tac toe with the stream. I’ve probably got 6 or 8 hours [...]
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Friday, August 19th, 2005
hit songs meme
The hit songs meme looks too time consuming. ;) I was surprised to not see The Doors on my ’72 list though. I didn’t realize their last album was in ’71. Number 99 on the list, “Good Foot, Pt. 1, James Brown”, I listen to at least once a week. “Layla” is also on the [...]
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Friday, August 19th, 2005
memeage
1. Go here. 2. Pass it on.
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Thursday, August 18th, 2005
Another Quote
This one a lot more thought provoking: Faced with the choice between changing one’s mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof. — John Kenneth Galbraith
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Thursday, August 18th, 2005
In lieu of anything original
Here’s a phrase that apparently the airlines simply made up: near miss. They say that if two planes almost collide it’s a near miss. Nope, my friend. It’s a near hit! A collision is a near miss. — George Carlin
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Monday, August 8th, 2005
Oops
A downpour. Severe thunderstorm. A tree. A satellite dish. A saw. Lightning. What could possibly go wrong? Nothing, it turns out. But this entry would have been a lot longer if I had been struck by lightning.