2009-12-30
2009-12-04
Gym Frequency WAY Up
2009-10-24
How to live well. Help?
2009-10-22
Espresso report
2009-10-10
Desk
2009-10-06
5:30
2009-09-30
2009-09-29
2009-09-26
2009-09-16
2009-09-14
Highlights of visit to NYC so far
- seeing an on-foot police chase that led into a subway
- watching the sun go down from The Top of the Rock
- saw Sex and The City 2 filming in progress
- stood about 15' from Obama's motorcade as he drove down 6th and
Broadway (or there-a-about)
Currently googling for a good sushi place. We've walked about 15 miles
in the last couples days!
2009-09-03
Hotel Room Blog
have to say the GPS is making this trip much easier for me as
navigator and laminated maps with dry-erase markers are the best thing
ever.
I accidentaly broke the suction cup gps mount (long story) so I picked
up one that mounts on the air vent cover and clamps the device in. So
far I've been very happy with it after initially being concerned it
was too flimsy.
2009-08-31
Wedding done
tired. Lots of work but it all paid off. Everyone seemed to have a
great time and the catering was excellent. That is really all I
wanted. Looking forward to a few days/weeks of not having to make
decisions, spend tons of money, or be anywhere at a particular time.
2009-08-26
Movie review: Once Upon a Time in the West
the genre. It's long but I enjoyed every minute.
2009-08-23
Hurricaine Bill
We are one week out from the wedding so I hope the venue isn't damaged by the storm.
2009-06-03
Kitchen Renovations
2009-05-15
Jogging?
Didn’t really make it out jogging this week at all. In fact I barely got out for walks or did any other type of exercise. I don’t really have an excuse other than I haven’t been feeling well.
Anyway, I guess I just need a kick in the behind to get back at it. I am going to be at my uncle’s cottage this weekend. I’ll get some R&R there and try to start fresh next week. There’s lots of good walking/jogging possibilities up there too, so I’ll try to get some exercise in (there’s always manual labour to be done there too).
re: eating – doing way better… except for a couple of not so healthy dinners. Soy cereals, Bolthouse farm drinks, lots of veggies and fruits, and so on.
2009-05-09
2009-04-29
More jogging today
Got back into jogging after taking a week and a bit off. Did a little under 2km and jogged a fair bit of it (about 1/4 – 1/3 walking still). I know this isn’t much for most runners but for me it is better than nothing.
I had taken a bit of time off from it because of upper shin pain. Probably due to my being overweight and not having great sneakers. I got some inserts for my running shoes that I will put in soon (forgot to do it this morning).
Although I haven’t been jogging I’ve been finding other ways to exercise (helping people move, yard work, walking at work at lunch time with coworkers, etc). I will continue my daily walks at lunch with coworkers as every bit helps (it is also about a 1.7km route).
Anyway, lets see if the shin pain returns. One massive benefit of jogging is the dog still loves it and now WAY better behaved on the leash than ever.
2009-04-11
Weekend Activity Update
Did a goodly amount of gardening yesterday (shrub planting, yard clean up, etc.); enough to leave me feeling like I got some exercise (a couple of hours, anyway).
Going to try to go for a jog later today even if it rains and will be helping to unload a large trailer full of house contents as well.
2009-04-07
Jogging again, wow
OK, I did my basic little jog again. According to Google Maps, it is just about 1.2 km or so… NOT exactly a killer run but I am not exactly jogging the entire distance. I am probably jogging 50% or maybe a little more now. Once I can jog 100% I’ll extend the route or just extend it naturally as I feel like it.
My usual walk is about 1.6 km which I do in about 20+ minutes at a walk. I hope to be jogging that without stopping fairly soon and extending it using the “loop through paths” method I mentioned in an earlier post.
Lukie, my dog, is really enjoying this and is currently lying at my feet as I type this. :)
I have never seen him as well behaved on the leash as when we are walking during the cool down at the end of the jog. He is a very energetic dog so this is a real treat.
If you want to see how far you have walked or jogged, check this site out: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/
The only thing is it doesn’t seem to do "off road” (e.g. paths in parks). If anyone knows how to do this, please let me know. I am going to try Google Earth and see if that works.
2009-04-05
Jogged again!
Actually went for a second jog. This one went a little better than the day before but I am obviously not in shape. :) In my neighborhood there is a series of “blocks” (but residential) and each block has a path in the middle, between streets.
You can use these paths to kind of loop around and really extend the distance you walk/run without leaving the area too much (great for getting back into running since you can just keep going but still get home fast when you’ve had enough).
2009-04-04
Jogging – who knew?
WOW! I just went for a JOG! See I used to love running and at several points in my life have run regularly (daily or so) for months at a time. Every time I got into it, though, I would get injured or move or change jobs and it would get me off my routine. Then I started having health problems that made running uncomfortable to painful (back, hips, etc… I won’t go into details).
Anyway, the other day I jogged between the two buildings and noticed there was NO pain. I mean, yes, I am out of shape but there was no joint pain. So today I took my dog jogging… Run for a minute, walk for a minute (or until I caught my breath), etc. Sweet. I am really looking forward to getting back into running. Keep your fingers crossed for me!
Doodling – had coffee, can’t sleep
Tonight I wanted to spend some time with old friends who I don’t see much but I was tired. So I had a coffee around 9:30pm. A large coffee. I don’t really drink coffee much these days so I can’t seem to sleep.
Doodling instead.
Please note I am not “on something”, I just can’t draw very well, especially with a mouse in OneNote.
2009-03-14
Speed drawing on a tablet PC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61V801WV7Dw&feature=related
I wish they weren’t so pricey!
2009-03-08
One Week (2008)
One Week (2008) was a heavy movie but exceptionally well made. A thought-provoking movie that asks questions people should ask of themselves and others while also being a Canadian road trip love fest. Amazing soundtrack, great acting, wonderful scenes.
2009-03-01
The Red Baron
I just watched The Red Baron (2008).
I have to say this was a pretty excellent movie. I have always had a love of WWI aircraft and of course know the history of what a horrible war it was (really, is any war not horrible?).
As a child and later as an adult I read the Biggles books so I had a pretty decent layman’s knowledge of what this movie was going to be like. Airmen have always seemed to do things their own way (at least in the movies) so I expected a lot of material in the movie about the plans, fighter tactics, and their activities beyond flying sorties. I was not disappointed.
I am happy to say this was a suitably complex story about a persons evolving attitude toward war: from glorification to abhorrence. The love story, criticized by many as “unnecessary” provided the needed conflict that Richthofen’s family life did not --- conflict created by the desire to live a life beyond that of a fighter ace.
To sum up: if you like historical action/war movies check this one out. Also, see it if you are a bi-plane enthusiast… the flying is incredible.
2009-02-28
Testing Twitter Notify
Just testing twitter notify plugin for Windows Live Writer.
Worked well!
Testing Windows Live Writer
I have been using OneNote a bit lately (really starting to like it) and thought I would look for some integrations between it and blogger. Google searches turned up Windows Live Writer…
I just did a publish with this and it worked well! The photo got uploaded correctly, etc.
2009-02-04
Shoveling
2009-01-29
Exercise: snow removal
2009-01-28
Cool product - traveller's doorstop
2009-01-27
Work
2009-01-25
P90X?
2009-01-20
Eating poorly is easy
I have been slipping on my eating lately. This morning I actually went to McDonald's for breakfast (2nd time in two weeks). On both occasions (last week and this morning) I was in a hurry and so on and so forth. Still, no excuse.
After I ate and got to the office I decided I needed to read the nutritional amounts of what I just stuffed into me (and is currently making me feel gross). I think I might start doing it before I go --- I'd like to stay I am never going again but realistically I'll probably go back.
Because they screwed up my order again I got a basic egg mcmuffin and I actually only got ONE hashbrown intentionally (takes a LOT of self-control for me, alone in a car, starving, to just get one).
Anyway, calories from JUST that 490, 23g of fat, 1110mg of SODIUM. Wow.
OK, I think I am done with going there for a "quick breakfast".
My "usual" of a sausage egg mcmuffin and two hasbrowns basically adds 280 calories, doubles the fat, and adds another 600mg of sodium (I used to eat that and an ADDITIONAL sausage egg mcmuffin probably twice a week, I guess).
I am currently reading Fast Food Nation and hoping it will put in some solid blocks against getting fast food on anything but a very occasional basis for social reasons or for expediency when it is really appropriate (e.g. 8 hours of hard physical labour preceeded it).