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Friday – 25 September 2009
Another weekend draws to a close. It’s my “on” Friday.

The background image on my secondary monitor (the 42″ one at work) is this one:

I occasionally watch videos – usually concert video or Fantasia on it, as it’s off my normal workspace. A couple of days ago, someone made a comment about the image and I quipped back that I was just waiting for Christopher Reeve to fly by and smile at the camera. (It hasn’t happened yet.) And that got me thinking…

I haven’t watched Superman: The Animated Series in a long time. That’s doubly sad, considering that I own the DVDs. So, this morning, I went about righting that wrong: I have a small window set in the starfield of Desktop 2… playing Superman: TAS.  Current episode: “The Last Son of Krypton.”

Last night, I joined SaraRules and Melissa for a workout:

• Calf Raises: 2 sets/10 reps, 120 lbs
• Leg Curls: 2 sets/10 reps, 80 lbs
• Leg Extensions: 2 sets/10 reps, 80 lbs
• Squats: 3 sets/10 sfdreps, 50 lbs (two 25 lbs weights, per hand)
• Flys: 3 sets/10 reps, 110 lbs
• Reverse Flys: 3 sets/10 reps, 70 lbs
• Reverse Punches: 2 sets/15 reps, 15 lbs
• Sit-ups: 3 sets/20 reps
• Tricep Extensions: 3 sets/15 reps, 70 lbs

Post-workout weight: 185.0 lbs

Stray Toasters

• This weekend, the Ravens take on the Cleveland Browns.
  

  Cleveland Browns at Baltimore Ravens

  Unfortunately, I can’t do quite as many penalty shots as I normally would, because we’re watching Kate and Perry’s kids for them later that afternoon.

• Top 10 Unanswered Questions in Geeky Movies
• Up to 9% of a Company’s Machines Are Bot-Infected
• Smarter Travel had a couple of interesting articles this morning:
  • Get Me Off This Plane, Now!
  • Would You Pay More for Fee-Free Travel?
• From the “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot…?!” file: British Airways adds a “fly next to your children” fee
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• Al Franken Reads 4th Amendment to Department of Justice Official
• Storm sewer-dwellers of Las Vegas
• Idaho Tops America’s Most-Spammed States
• PGP… GPG… grr.

Namaste.