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Published On: Dec 14, 2008 12:53 PM
Published On: Dec 14, 2008 12:53 PM
Sun - December 14, 2008
New Scrooge Rules
I propose that any future retellings of "A
Christmas Carol" need to make it known that Charles Dickens did not exist in
their fictional universe. Every time I see one of these movies I want to scream
at the screen, "Haven't you read Dickens? You know how this all works
out!"
Just little throwaway lines that reference other works, but nobody has ever heard of. Or maybe, in that world, were written by someone else. Just something to let us know that this whole adventure that they're going to go through isn't known to them.
So let it be done.
Just little throwaway lines that reference other works, but nobody has ever heard of. Or maybe, in that world, were written by someone else. Just something to let us know that this whole adventure that they're going to go through isn't known to them.
So let it be done.
Posted at 12:53 PM | | |
Sun - November 23, 2008
Weight Status
Of of the concerns I had when I was leaving the
nursery job mid 207 was that I'd start gaining a lot of weight. For 10 years I
had 5 acres to run around in, carry heavy items and stay pretty active. The new
job requires a lot of sitting and thinking. Just how would my body react to
that dramatic shift?
When I left back in May I started weighing myself to see what was happening. I started off at 146 pounds...and I pretty much stayed there. I fluctuated ± 2 pounds, but nothing as bad as I had feared. And after a few weeks I stopped doing the daily weigh in.
Then in May 2008 I picked up the Wii Fit to see what I could do there. I wasn't expecting magic, but I thought it would be fun. When I started I was 147 pounds. I slowly started dropping a couple pounds over the next few weeks much to my surprise. I really didn't change much else in my daily habits. Eating the same foods, maybe not as much but I didn't stay away from my favorites. Which as you all know, are not the best in terms of weight loss foods.
I was doing the Fit routine everyday until early July and we had a certain event in the store which took all of everyone's spare energy. I still did the daily body test (weigh in and little balance tests) I just stopped the full 30 minute training sessions. And to my surprise I kept dropping weight.
It was about this time that I I got below 140 for the first time in a long time, which (according to the Fit) is my ideal body weight. I wanted to get down to 135 (somehow that's what my drivers license has) so I still have a goal to shoot for.
So now, 6 months in, I haven't missed a daily test and I'm hovering right around my 135 goal. I've dipped underneath it a few times, but it pops back up. I've found that the weekends are when the trend is in the up direction. I've got to watch my snacking when cleaning up or just relaxing around.
I still go climbing once in a while. Not as much as I want to, and once holidays kick in I doubt I'll go much at all. The weather and short days are also conspiring against going out on the loop much either. I'm going to make an effort to start back on the Fit training sessions and see how that changes things.
So overall. In 6 months I dropped a little over 10 pounds. Not too bad.
When I left back in May I started weighing myself to see what was happening. I started off at 146 pounds...and I pretty much stayed there. I fluctuated ± 2 pounds, but nothing as bad as I had feared. And after a few weeks I stopped doing the daily weigh in.
Then in May 2008 I picked up the Wii Fit to see what I could do there. I wasn't expecting magic, but I thought it would be fun. When I started I was 147 pounds. I slowly started dropping a couple pounds over the next few weeks much to my surprise. I really didn't change much else in my daily habits. Eating the same foods, maybe not as much but I didn't stay away from my favorites. Which as you all know, are not the best in terms of weight loss foods.
I was doing the Fit routine everyday until early July and we had a certain event in the store which took all of everyone's spare energy. I still did the daily body test (weigh in and little balance tests) I just stopped the full 30 minute training sessions. And to my surprise I kept dropping weight.
It was about this time that I I got below 140 for the first time in a long time, which (according to the Fit) is my ideal body weight. I wanted to get down to 135 (somehow that's what my drivers license has) so I still have a goal to shoot for.
So now, 6 months in, I haven't missed a daily test and I'm hovering right around my 135 goal. I've dipped underneath it a few times, but it pops back up. I've found that the weekends are when the trend is in the up direction. I've got to watch my snacking when cleaning up or just relaxing around.
I still go climbing once in a while. Not as much as I want to, and once holidays kick in I doubt I'll go much at all. The weather and short days are also conspiring against going out on the loop much either. I'm going to make an effort to start back on the Fit training sessions and see how that changes things.
So overall. In 6 months I dropped a little over 10 pounds. Not too bad.
Posted at 09:16 AM | | |
Sat - November 22, 2008
Fri - November 21, 2008
Sun - November 16, 2008
Sat - November 8, 2008
Do Me A Favor?
In case you haven't heard, I'm heading to
Washington D.C. during the Inauguration in January. I've put in a request to my
congressman for a ticket, but I thought I'd hedge a few bets and get all you
readers of mine to put your own requests in, and should you be lucky enough to
receive tickets...well, maybe you'd give me
one.
I'd be ever so grateful.
I'd be ever so grateful.
Posted at 10:46 AM | | |
Sun - August 3, 2008
Bad Questions
I was setting up an account and they had the
worst security questions ever.
Here's question #1
Here's question #2
These have to be questions about facts that don't change. The only one that works is the spouse one, which doesn't work for me.
Here's question #1
Here's question #2
These have to be questions about facts that don't change. The only one that works is the spouse one, which doesn't work for me.
Posted at 12:50 PM | | |
Mon - July 14, 2008
7 Years Old
Today is Felix's 7th
birthday!
No party this year. I was going back and forth on it, but with the launch this past weekend I was too tired to get the arrangements made.
I had the honorary hot dog for dinner and went for a nice walk with him tonight.
No party this year. I was going back and forth on it, but with the launch this past weekend I was too tired to get the arrangements made.
I had the honorary hot dog for dinner and went for a nice walk with him tonight.
Posted at 10:16 PM | | |
Sun - June 8, 2008
Another Tuesday Fan
I went to the Freedy
Johnston show at the Folk Music Center tonight. I went up to him
after the show to tell him how I use his music at work and he seemed pleased
hearing that. He also commented that he loved my "Tuesday"
shirt.
That's it. I sent a tweet that said the same thing tonight, but I figured I'd put it here as well.
That's it. I sent a tweet that said the same thing tonight, but I figured I'd put it here as well.
Posted at 11:23 PM | | |
Sat - May 31, 2008
New Way To Follow Me
Since I'm not updating the blog very regularly at
the moment I thought 'd give you another way to stay up to date on what's going
on with me.
You can follow me on Twitter. My name there is Bobvious.
It's free and I update there much more regularly since my phone is nearly always with me.
You can follow me on Twitter. My name there is Bobvious.
It's free and I update there much more regularly since my phone is nearly always with me.
Posted at 05:17 PM | | |
Tue - May 20, 2008
One Year
It was one year ago today that I left the nursery
for my current gig. In some ways it feels much longer than a year. And
sometimes I can't believe that a year has passed
already.
I do miss it from time to time, but I'm extremely happy where I am now and what I'm doing. Though it would be nice to drive the New Holland and forklift around again. That was a lot of fun. I don't miss the super heat waves because there's nothing you can to do to escape it.
I do miss it from time to time, but I'm extremely happy where I am now and what I'm doing. Though it would be nice to drive the New Holland and forklift around again. That was a lot of fun. I don't miss the super heat waves because there's nothing you can to do to escape it.
Posted at 09:48 PM | | |
Thu - April 24, 2008
Conversation
I went to a co-worker's art gallery opening today
and he asked me to bring my new D300 to take some photos of the installation for
him. While I was there I was switching lenses someone asked if I was a
photographer. I said, "No. I just like to take pictures of things. I take a
lot of my dog." He responded, "That's an expensive camera to not be a
photographer." I replied, "I love my
dog."
Posted at 08:00 PM | | |
Sun - April 6, 2008
Reptile!
I don't know how it got in there, but this was in
my bedroom. It then came into my bathroom where I trapped it and set it free
outside.
To give you an idea of scale, the lid is the top of a CD cakebox stack.
To give you an idea of scale, the lid is the top of a CD cakebox stack.
Posted at 02:37 PM | | |
Sat - April 5, 2008
Sat - March 8, 2008
Shot While In My Car
I know. It's a misleading
title.
These are photos I took while in my car.
You need Google Earth to try it out.
It starts on photo 2479. Follow the path. Nothing too exciting. I'm just trying out a new piece of software that geocodes my images. I had the GPS alongside me and it puts the location on the image based on the time stamp. So far it works pretty well.
It knew which lane I was in for 2483. But off 3 lanes for 2494.
Mar8.zip
These are photos I took while in my car.
You need Google Earth to try it out.
It starts on photo 2479. Follow the path. Nothing too exciting. I'm just trying out a new piece of software that geocodes my images. I had the GPS alongside me and it puts the location on the image based on the time stamp. So far it works pretty well.
It knew which lane I was in for 2483. But off 3 lanes for 2494.
Mar8.zip
Posted at 08:06 PM | | |
Fri - February 29, 2008
Leap Day
I don't have anything really important to say
about it. I just wanted to have a post on the
29th.
See you in March!
See you in March!
Posted at 08:47 PM | | |
Wed - January 23, 2008
Feeling A Bit Like Flanders
Today is January 23rd and I just filed my taxes.
I think you can guess if I'm getting money back.
Posted at 09:15 PM | | |
Sat - January 19, 2008
Photographic Evidence
I was organizing my photo library earlier this
week and it's fun to look at how the numbers
grow.
YEAR TOTAL
<1997 1
1998 852
1999 46
2000 103
2001 528
2002 131
2003 553
2004 780
2005 2353
2006 4293
2007 2275
1998 was almost all plants
2001 was Oscar and Felix
2005 I got my new camera
2006 I went to Alaska for a week (2200 photos)
YEAR TOTAL
<1997 1
1998 852
1999 46
2000 103
2001 528
2002 131
2003 553
2004 780
2005 2353
2006 4293
2007 2275
1998 was almost all plants
2001 was Oscar and Felix
2005 I got my new camera
2006 I went to Alaska for a week (2200 photos)
Posted at 10:38 AM | | |
Sun - January 13, 2008
Eels Day
Today I somehow decided that it would be a good
idea to listen to everything I have by Eels. It works out to a bit over 10
hours.
Posted at 11:07 AM | | |
Sun - January 6, 2008
My Day
Today I worked on a spreadsheet...all
day.
It's for work, and this is the most complicated spreadsheet I've ever done.
Here's the main formula I came up with.
=IF(Data :: E20=0,"OFF 0",IF(HOUR(Data :: E19)=9,HOUR(Data :: D19)&"-"&9&" "&Data :: E20,IF(HOUR(Data :: E19)=10,HOUR(Data :: D19)&"-"&10&" "&Data :: E20,IF(HOUR(Data :: E19)=11,HOUR(Data :: D19)&"-"&11&" "&Data :: E20,IF(HOUR(Data :: E19)=12,HOUR(Data :: D19)&"-"&12&" "&Data :: E20,IF(HOUR(Data :: D19)=13,1&"-"&HOUR(Data :: D19)+(Data :: D20-12)&" "&Data :: E20,IF(Data :: E20>0,HOUR(Data :: D19)&"-"&HOUR(Data :: D19)+(Data :: D20-12)&" "&Data :: E20)))))))
It's for work, and this is the most complicated spreadsheet I've ever done.
Here's the main formula I came up with.
=IF(Data :: E20=0,"OFF 0",IF(HOUR(Data :: E19)=9,HOUR(Data :: D19)&"-"&9&" "&Data :: E20,IF(HOUR(Data :: E19)=10,HOUR(Data :: D19)&"-"&10&" "&Data :: E20,IF(HOUR(Data :: E19)=11,HOUR(Data :: D19)&"-"&11&" "&Data :: E20,IF(HOUR(Data :: E19)=12,HOUR(Data :: D19)&"-"&12&" "&Data :: E20,IF(HOUR(Data :: D19)=13,1&"-"&HOUR(Data :: D19)+(Data :: D20-12)&" "&Data :: E20,IF(Data :: E20>0,HOUR(Data :: D19)&"-"&HOUR(Data :: D19)+(Data :: D20-12)&" "&Data :: E20)))))))
Posted at 08:42 PM | | |
Sat - January 5, 2008
Traffic
I'm either getting older or people or driving
crazy...or I guess it could be
both.
I've been seeing so much road rage lately. Someone feels wronged in some slight way which means that they have to tailgate that other car to teach them a lesson.
Brilliant.
I've been seeing so much road rage lately. Someone feels wronged in some slight way which means that they have to tailgate that other car to teach them a lesson.
Brilliant.
Posted at 11:26 PM | | |
Fri - January 4, 2008
Finally
They've been talking about this huge storm
coming...it should have been here Thursday morning. It finally gets here Friday
night. Why can't I get a job where I can be so wrong and have no
consequences?
At least it ended up being a good rain.
At least it ended up being a good rain.
Posted at 10:35 PM | | |
Thu - January 3, 2008
Big Work Changes
Things at work are changing a lot...in a good
way. We're getting a lot more people to help and those people helping out are
getting trained before they start. Even better, I'll be one of the people doing
the training.
I just got back from an all day group session on how to facilitate the training and I'm really excited for the new people to go through this. I think it's going to make their job easier and get the customer even better, more consistent results.
As usual with work talk, I've already said too much. Just know that I'm very much looking forward to next week and seeing how this whole thing goes.
I just got back from an all day group session on how to facilitate the training and I'm really excited for the new people to go through this. I think it's going to make their job easier and get the customer even better, more consistent results.
As usual with work talk, I've already said too much. Just know that I'm very much looking forward to next week and seeing how this whole thing goes.
Posted at 11:07 PM | | |
Wed - January 2, 2008
Tue - January 1, 2008
Fri - October 19, 2007
Fri - October 12, 2007
Friday Felix Blogging
I missed a few weeks due my new computer arrival
(yeah!) but I'm back
now.
Posted at 10:24 PM | | |
Fri - September 21, 2007
Fri - September 14, 2007
Fri - September 7, 2007
Fri - August 31, 2007
Sat - August 25, 2007
Fri - August 17, 2007
Fri - August 10, 2007
Tue - August 7, 2007
Now's The Time To Say Goodbye....
Today marks 1000 days in a row for posting to
this blog. I've also decided that I'm stopping the every day posting to the
blog. I'll still be posting, but now it'll only when I find something I feel is
worth sharing.
Lately I've been feeling that I've been filling posts just to fill them. In the old job at the nursery there was a lot of time for reflection while watering or doing some other fairly repetitive task. With the job change I lost a lot of the time I used to have to think about life in general. And I really don't want to write about the new job since I want to keep it.
I started every day on November 12, 2004. It was at one of the store meetings that I found out that quite a few people were reading the blog so I felt an obligation to give them something to read. 1000 days is a milestone I didn't expect to get to, so I'm proud of getting this far.
I will keep up the Friday Felix Blogging. That was a regular feature before I went every day.
The best way to stay current would be to subscribe to the RSS feed.
Lately I've been feeling that I've been filling posts just to fill them. In the old job at the nursery there was a lot of time for reflection while watering or doing some other fairly repetitive task. With the job change I lost a lot of the time I used to have to think about life in general. And I really don't want to write about the new job since I want to keep it.
I started every day on November 12, 2004. It was at one of the store meetings that I found out that quite a few people were reading the blog so I felt an obligation to give them something to read. 1000 days is a milestone I didn't expect to get to, so I'm proud of getting this far.
I will keep up the Friday Felix Blogging. That was a regular feature before I went every day.
The best way to stay current would be to subscribe to the RSS feed.
Posted at 07:28 AM | | |
Postponed
I got my postponement for jury
duty!
I was worried that I was going to have to miss my lecture on the 21st, but I'm safe now. Now as long as I don't get on a month long case as I have to go up north for a week starting the 24th of next month.
I was worried that I was going to have to miss my lecture on the 21st, but I'm safe now. Now as long as I don't get on a month long case as I have to go up north for a week starting the 24th of next month.
Posted at 07:23 AM | | |
Mon - August 6, 2007
One Thing At A Time
I went out yesterday to the new Laemmle theatre
in Claremont. As I was there I thought how I don't usually do one thing at a
time a lot. At home I'm writing this, watching a Flight Of The Conchords
episode, checking some e-mail and I have a chat going.
Multitasking!
Tomorrow I've got big blog news.
Tomorrow I've got big blog news.
Posted at 08:06 PM | | |
Sun - August 5, 2007
Sat - August 4, 2007
Left Right Left RIght
The perfect tempo for walking a dog, or just walking
on your own if that's how you prefer to do things. Now I just need to find a
way to make it longer than 3:22.
Posted at 09:32 PM | | |
Fri - August 3, 2007
Thu - August 2, 2007
Better
Happy to report that I'm feeling much better
today. I had a bit of a Nyquil foggy morning, but I came out of it just
fine.
Posted at 11:27 PM | | |
Wed - August 1, 2007
Sick
I'm sick.
ugh
I haven't been sick in a few years, and really, this isn't too bad. I feel lousy and all, but things could be much much worse.
Luckily today was a semi-short day for me. I got out at 3 to make up for a meeting we had on Sunday night. So I came home and sauntered off into bed for a couple hours.
I've got my Nyquil to keep me company for sleep, but I'm hoping I'm all better tomorrow. I only have one dose left.
I haven't been sick in a few years, and really, this isn't too bad. I feel lousy and all, but things could be much much worse.
Luckily today was a semi-short day for me. I got out at 3 to make up for a meeting we had on Sunday night. So I came home and sauntered off into bed for a couple hours.
I've got my Nyquil to keep me company for sleep, but I'm hoping I'm all better tomorrow. I only have one dose left.
Posted at 10:23 PM | | |
Tue - July 31, 2007
Reset
I went to see "Transformers" the other night.
THe last movie I saw in the theatre before that was in summer 2005, "Batman
Begins". I should be able to get out to some movies a bit more often now that I
have just the one job. Now it's just dealing with the price aspect of it. I'm
going to be very sure I want to see something for $10.50.
Posted at 11:52 PM | | |
Mon - July 30, 2007
Show What You Know
Tonight at the gym the motto was "shows what you
know" in regards to knowing what you're capable of. We both were able to do a
move that we didn't think we could, but when we tried it we showed ourselves
wrong.
Posted at 10:27 PM | | |
Sun - July 29, 2007
Slighty Sad
Now that I have my new phone I miss out on the
joy of sitting down at my computer when I get home and seeing who sent me email
during the day.
It's a small thing, but I feel it every day.
It's a small thing, but I feel it every day.
Posted at 11:56 PM | | |
Sat - July 28, 2007
That Explains It All
This is the headline I just saw on CNN, "Cheney
having surgery to replace battery."
Posted at 08:11 AM | | |
Fri - July 27, 2007
Pro Shops
I went out to that new hugigantous Bass Pro Shops
tonight. I knew the place was big, but stepping in there I just wasn't prepared
to get overwhelmed as much as I did. Lots of displays, a pretty cool aquarium
with glass that appears to be 4" thick, and according to the map a pistol and
archery range.
I didn't really care for it though. Lots of things for sale, but it had a WalMart feel to it. REI (just down the street) just seems to have a better feel to it. REI isn't know for their incredible prices, but the service and product quality are more than worth it.
I might occasionally get somethings at the BPS, but I think my major purchases will still be at REI.
I didn't really care for it though. Lots of things for sale, but it had a WalMart feel to it. REI (just down the street) just seems to have a better feel to it. REI isn't know for their incredible prices, but the service and product quality are more than worth it.
I might occasionally get somethings at the BPS, but I think my major purchases will still be at REI.
Posted at 11:16 PM | | |