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Thursday : 16 November 2006
Four down, one to go. It was a good day. I had a little bit of irritation with a system at work, but that was the only bit of grey in the day. For today’s workout, I broke away from my coworkers and returned to an old routine: Back and triceps. I didn’t push some of the exercises as much as I could have, but it was a good, solid workout. It was a pleasant change of pace… and a return to something familiar, at the same time.

Post-work, I had dinner with and her boys. Watching kids “eat” and then race off to play in the climbing area was amusing. I say “eat” because it was often:

• Take bite of Food Item A.
• Run into play area for a few minutes.
• Run back for bite of Food Item B and a few sips of Beverage C.
• Run into play area for a few minutes.
• Lather, rinse, repeat.

The boys ran and climbed and jumped (and beat each other with the swinging pads). They played with the other kids. Bottom line: They had fun. And that’s a good thing.

I came home and took a hot bath. For the previous few hours I had been cold. Not horribly so, but enough to be a little less than comfortable. I didn’t – and don’t – feel sick; it just seemed like a nice way to relax. It was. And it was doubly pleasant as a way to relax my back and arms after today’s workout.

Stray Toasters

• Anyone whose read my journal for a while knows that I enjoy finding free magazine subscriptions. Now, there’s a syndicated feed that keeps me abreast of many offers: .
• By way of (and Gearlog): Marshmallow Blaster
• Video interview: Alan Moore Discusses V for Vendetta
• Internet Bumper Stickers
  (I just typed that twice and both times, I typed it as “bumber” *sigh*)
  

• Aerosmith’s Shut Up and Dance. Goofy, mindless song… but it makes you want to move around.
• Star Wars or Web 2.0 Quiz – I got a 34.
• From Broken Frontier: Don’t call them ‘X-Babies!’
• : One-Shot Hero, a Legion fan film. It’s a little cheesy. It’s a bit rough. But, it’s… oh, you’ll have to decide for yourself.
• “Yoink!”
  

Quote of the Day
From a conversation with …

(2:58:26 PM) : Oh, I discovered the… third… useful thing about hover a few days ago.
(2:58:33 PM) : oh?
(2:58:38 PM) : It’s the mother of all “air brakes.”
(2:58:42 PM) : hah!
(2:58:43 PM) : Flying along….
(2:58:47 PM) : Hit hover….
(2:58:49 PM) : *bam*
(2:58:52 PM) : Stop on a dime.
(2:58:57 PM) : AND give change back
(2:59:01 PM) : wtf is a dime doing floating in mid-air?
(2:59:11 PM) : Telekinesis, I guess.
(2:59:22 PM) : There are a lot of heroes in Paragon City.
(2:59:23 PM) : TELEKINETIC DIMES?!
(3:03:19 PM) : Stranger things have happened.
(3:03:35 PM) : After all, there’s a ghost ship that floats through 2 zones…
(3:03:42 PM) : A giant octopus…
(3:03:51 PM) : A “Nessie”-like monster….
(3:04:11 PM) : Telekinetic dimes just don’t seem so far-fetched when compared to those.
(3:05:16 PM) : point.
(3:05:26 PM) : Shoot.
(3:05:32 PM) : *click*
(3:05:37 PM) : I don’t have pictures of the ship or of Sarah.
(3:05:59 PM) : I do have some up Lusca, the octopus, though.
(3:06:00 PM) : 🙂
(3:06:11 PM) : I need to take more screenshots of random stuff.
(3:06:24 PM) : Make a scrapbook like Martha Kent used to make about Clark.
(3:06:27 PM) : giant octopi only make me think that i need to roll up my katamari and stick them to it.
(3:06:30 PM) : HAH
(3:07:15 PM) : At that point, does it go from Katamari Damarcy to Calamari Damarcy ?
(3:07:28 PM) : bwahahahahahah!

“Goodnight, Mr. and Mrs. America and all the ships at sea.”

Namaste.

(And, as it’s now 17 March 06: Happy St. Patrick’s Green Lantern Day!)