No News is...

In this case, no news is bad news. I’ve been sick for the past week so no working out for me. For awhile there, I thought I had successfully fought it but now the bug is back. I could swear I picked something additional up from the doctor’s office since I was there yesterday morning for a physical (and feeling pretty healthy mind you).

On a brighter note, the doctor said I am in great health. She said my heart is strong and as such could tell that I work out. Also, my cholesterol is very good (both good and bad) so I guess I can go back to eating the fat-filled cakes and donuts! OK, maybe not.

It’s weird though… part of the physical was that she examined my scrotum. Those are the only times that any woman has touched my private parts (you know, being homosexual and all). It does not bother me one bit. However, if the doctor was male, I think it would bother me (probably similar in line to my “issue” with the massage I had awhile back.

How screwed up is that?

Anyway, I hope to be over this crud by Monday so I can get back to staving off the invasion of fat.

American Football? or is it Soccer.

Gotta love this one...


Wildest football finish you'll ever see

Telemarketing Crime Scene

Singapore Airlines Suites Airbus A380

Airbus officially delivered its first A380 today to Singapore Airlines. It will fly their Singapore/Sydney route.



Check out the new accomodations! It's more like a cabin on a train than a seat in an aircraft. We will just have to see how long they continue to offer this amount of luxury before costs dictate they cram more seats into the plane.

You too can fly in luxury... it only costs around US$10,800 for a single roundtrip ticket; pocket change.

Breaking News! Fox News Tabloid

Oh you have to be kidding me. This just in from Faux News… "Humans could marry robots within the century. And consummate those vows."

It must be a VERY slow news day. Poor Faux Noise! They just have no credibility left in anything they say. Not only is it even on their news site, it is a "front page" headline!

Boys and Their Toys!

I have a new toy! Well not so new since it's used, but new to me nonetheless.

I visited my friend in Portland over the weekend and we got to talking about my continued desire to find a PDA that has a nice keyboard (the ones with the small buttons don't fit my fingers). It turns out that he still was up to selling off his old JasJar (pictured here) from i-mate.

The last time we talked about his selling it, I had a bit of a budget constraint so I passed. But this time, I was not so hard up for cash. After a bit of initial frustration, I am finding that I actually like the upgrade; even though I still love my old Dell Axim X5.

The frustration stemmed from the fact that the JasJar kept locking up on me and I had to do hard resets every time. It turns out that some of the programs I was trying to install were not compatible. After upgrading those programs, it worked like a dream.

Of course, since I’m so anal about customization, I have yet to get the entire thing up and running to a point that I can leave my Axim home. Carrying around two PDAs is a bit… cumbersome.

Silent Night

I finally broke down and ordered a new bed frame. The old one was a standard futon frame that folded into a couch. I figured it was time to upgrade since this was the last remnant of college-type furniture I had (futon pad excluded). Also the old frame was definitely showing (or should I say "sounding") its age. The wood was cracking to the point that there was a definite sag in the middle and the creaking when a friend and I are in the middle of mad, passionate... uh... I mean when I get out of bed in the morning... was getting annoying.

Well, the new frame (pictured here) was finally delivered tonight. It's a pretty cool platform bed. I tend to like clean lines and try to keep things simple.

And Then There Were Three

What a difference a week makes. Well, not that much difference; I got my lazy arse to the gym one additional day. It’s definitely like starting over. Though, my muscles are a bit bigger and I’m not as fat as when I first started working out.

Today was kinda fun working my chest and arms. It turns out that the shirt I was wearing had tight sleeves so my biceps seemed to show themselves off. On top of that, I’m seeing much more vascularity in my forearms while I lift. If only my stomach could be so good.

Anyway, the crud I had last week is almost all gone so I hope to do even better next week on the gym schedule.

Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

Last week my body decided it'd rather repair itself after a cold than repair (read "build") muscles after a workout. Anything it can do to avoid the gym; bastard!

Wednesday of last week it started out with a sore throat and quickly moved into the sinuses. I stayed home sick on Thursday but tried work on Friday. The entire weekend was spent at home, though I fell asleep Saturday night around 8:30 and didn't wake up until 10:00 Sunday morning; guess I needed the sleep.

To make a long story short, today was the first time back to the gym. I figured I needed to get back sooner than later; actually did legs for the first time in a long time (since doing the stairs in the summer was such an awesome leg workout I didn’t work them in the gym much).

Also, I had originally set my body weight goal to be around 205 lbs. When I passed that, I reset the goal to 200 lbs. However, now that I’ve been hovering around 199 lbs for a couple of weeks I think my new goal is going to be 195 lbs. I am not sure I’ll maintain that since I want to build more muscle; I'll just have to make sure I loose more fat to offset the muscle weight gain.

Call me Nostradamus (or Wacko)

Choose your own adventure:

Option 1:
The next president, Hillary Clinton, will be blamed for the massive unrest in the Middle East that will erupt soon after our troops are drawn down. Iraq will be broken up into smaller countries and countless thousands will be slaughtered. Turkey and Iran will annex parts of old Iraq.

August 23, 2009: the US will be hit by another major terrorist attack; this time a liquefied natural gas ship in Boston Harbor will be the target. The attack and decimation of Boston will be blamed on the Democrats. As a result, come the 2012 elections, control of what is left of the government will be given to an Imperialistic Party (most likely the Christian Republicans will offshoot from the main party and take control).

April 12, 2014: a nuclear bomb will be used on a populated area and World War III will start. Western Nations vs. Middle Eastern Nations (plus N Korea).


Option 2:
The next president, Fred Thompson, will continue the war and expand it into Iran. Soon thereafter, Iran will hold elections and a government friendly to the US will be put into power. The Middle East will be at peace for the first time in history after the US liberates them.

August 23, 2009: global warming will be officially debunked. Science will also determine that Ozone is not required to protect the planet.

April 12, 2014: The lord will return.


Option 3:
Somewhere between the extremes of the first two options.