Thursday – 13 December 2007
This morning started a bit oddly. My alarm went off at 6:20 and I promptly turned it off. I wasn’t in a rush to get up and on the way, so I laid in bed for a while. I drifted in and out of sleep for the next little bit. While zonin in and out, I had a dream wherein I walked out of the bedroom and turned the corner to find that I had left the front door unlocked and open overnight. And I couldn’t tell if someone had snuck in.

I woke up a little disconcerted. I also managed to drift off again…

…and had another – different – door open overnight dream.

…and, again, woke up a bit out of sorts.

Maybe I should rename the day from “No Bad News Thursday” to “No Bad Dream Thursday.”

I did some minor straightening up this morning, to make up for the complete lack of cleaning last night. There are still some things that need a little more attention, but at least I can see a little progress.

Today’s workout, after being out of the gym for a week, was… work. Like Big Daddy Kane, I got the job done, but it took considerable effort in a couple of spots:

  • Bench Press: 3 sets/8 reps, 225 lbs.
  • Cable Row: 3 sets/15 reps, 100 lbs.
  • Incline Press: 3 sets/10 reps, 135 lbs.
  • Bent-over Row: 3 sets/12 reps, 35 lbs.
  • Decline Press: 3 sets/10 reps, 135 lbs.
  • Push-ups: 2 sets, 15 reps/10 reps

Some of them were not pretty – and my arms were burning when I was done – but it was a good workout.
Stray Toasters

  • shockpuppet and I are having (too much) fun with Chocolate Jesus Crunchies. Click the link and check out the mock-up she did for the cereal box.
  • Road monkeys! BAH!
  • By way of : Discovering the Gifted Ex-Child
  • Finder + Cover Flow = hotness
  • <rant>

    I work with a number of HIGHLY intelligent people. Sometimes, however, I wonder how smart they are. Case in point: Either earlier this week or late last week, a couple of them informed me that we were out of engineeing/lab notebooks. I told them that I’d submit an order for them. As of this morning, they haven’t been delivered.

    Ordinarily, I would think that this is a non-problem: There are plenty of other sources of paper (other notebooks/pads, printer paper, etc.) in the office that can be used as tide-me-overs.

    But, what do I find in my email inbox as soon as I get in?

    “Both [monkey-yet-to-be-renumbered] and I are looking for engineering lab notebooks. Any word on these?”

    And I got the following email from monkey-yet-to-be-renumbered:

    “Can we place an order for them?”
    (followed by ordering information)

    I realize that people have affinities for certain items. But…

    • …if said item isn’t available/on-hand
    • …AND if someone has already said that the order would be placed for the item
    • …AND that someone hasn’t said anything about the item having been delivered

    …doesn’t it stand to reason that you should find a workaround until it gets there? Seems perfectly logical to me.

    But, maybe that’s just me. Maybe it’s Maybelline.

    </rant>

  • Knight Rider storms back, new K.I.T.T. showcased
  • UPS turns to software to cut down on left-hand turns
  • It’s snowing again.

Namaste.