I stuck to my plan for the most part–everything except the writing and getting to bed at 8:30 PM. This is mainly due to logistics and I’m going to have to make some adjustments in order to get this worked out, but I was pleased with my progress today. I ate 5 meals today, none…
strausmouse will recall “existential bumper stickers” from high school. Yesterday, I ran into a new breed of bumper sticker, the hypocritical bumper sticker. The car in front of me had a large bumper sticker that read something like “Keep Earth Green”. There may even have been a reference to Kyoto on it. The car itself…
One of my co-workers brought by a copy of Ian Flemming’s Casino Royale today to let me read it. I liked the movie and I’ve never read an Ian Flemming book, but I’m told this is a good one to read (it also looks like a very fast read). When I’m finished with Hybrids I’m…
Today is the first day of my new plan for getting my act together that I mentioned earlier. I’ve been slacking off at the gym and at my meals. I’ve been very lazy and haven’t been doing much writing. This plan attempts to address all of these issues with two goals: 1. Be in the…
I went to see the new Denzel Washington movie, Deja Vu yesterday afternoon and I have to say that I was disappointed with it. The acting was good (it usually is with someone of Denzel’s stature) but the story itself was flawed in my opinion, enough so that it really took away from the movie.
I think my nadir of laziness has passed this weekend, as I suspected it might. I am turning things around. While Sunday’s are my day to just veg, I have spent this morning planning how to get back on the exercise wagon and stay there. I have set a personal goal for myself, and I’ve…
Whoa! Okay, here are the results. I compared 2 files of similar size, although they may be off by +/- a few megabytes: DSL: 43 minute long episode of Battlestar Galactica: 54 minutes to download. Cable: 45 minute long episode of Battlestar Galactica: 13 minutes to download. That is pretty damn impressive! All of this…
The Comcast guy got here at about 10:30 and it was surprising how easy it was for him to get my cable setup. There were two minor snags, one of which is resolved, the other of which is pending. I couldn’t get my computers connected to the internet unless I was directly connected to the…
I was up a 7:30 this morning and did a little bit of house cleaning while waiting for the Comcast technician to show up. They are scheduled to come between 8 and 11 this morning. I finally received a call at about 8:45 confirming the appointment and letting me know the technician would be here…
And another 900 words, bringing the total this evening to 1,400 words. And I know exactly where the story is going now!