Friday – 09 November 2007
Going to bed at 3:30 isn’t terribly unusual for me.
Getting up at 6:40… and staying awake, that’s a little more rare.

But, that’s how the day started. When I got up and started moving, I had the “Get your sexy on….” line from Sexy Back running through my head on what seemed like an endless loop. It was almost as annoying as when I had the Pina Colada Song stuck in my head. Almost. Fortunately, it didn’t last very long. Up, ready, out.

Work has been good. Answered a few questions. Put out a few small fires. All-in-all, not a bad way to wind up the week.

Today’s workout was decent, as well. I tried doing a rep or two at 300 pounds today, despite the fact that I had done sets of dips just before attempting my bench press. My triceps were shot; I couldn’t get my upper arms much past parallel to the ground. Oh, well… another day. The rest of the workout was good, though:

  • Leg Raises: 3 sets / 20 reps
  • Dip: 3 sets / 20 reps
  • Bench Press: 3 sets – 1 set: 225 lbs / 5 reps and 155 lbs / 8 reps; 2 sets / 12 reps, 155 lbs.
  • Dumbbell Pull-overs: 3 sets / 15 reps, 45 lbs.
  • Row: 3 sets / 12 reps, 120 lbs.

Tyranist brought in Infernal Contraption. While looking at it, I was reminded of the online CCG, Chron-X… which I hadn’t thought of in many, many moons. I apparently still have the old version of the game on ‘Nine.

Stray Toasters

  • I have a slice of Turtle Cheesecake.
  • In an after-story item from yesterday’s Human of the Day section: I now have the name of the “unknown Apple Store worker!” It is Lisa. I am drafting a thank you/commendation letter to the store for the associates’ help in what turned out to be a precarious matter; it would not do to simply refer to her as “unknown Apple Store worker” in the letter.
  • One of the Coworker Marks told me about Steamtown.
  • Mark also asked if I knew the origin of “The Real McCoy.” I didn’t. He, making a tie-in to Steamtown, pointed me in the direction of Elijah McCoy.
  • Brief History of the Salem Witch Trials
  • For the first time in a while, I had the opportunity to chat with lj user=”janietrain”. Along the way, we had the following exchange:

    [11:25] : So, I demand info.
    [11:25] : heh
    [11:25] : Who is SaraRules?
    [11:25] : Is this a new chick of interest?
    [11:25] : “Lord Praetor, on my ship, you don’t demand. You ask.”
    [11:26] : hahaha
    [11:26] : Ahh, dorky and evasive.

    I could remember where I got the “Lord Praetor” line – an issue of Uncanny X-Men – but I couldn’t recall the specific issue, nor the exact quote. A short search later, I found it: Uncanny X-Men #167:

    Cyclops and Corsair, having recently reunited for the first time in nearly 20 years, are having a talk… which is soon interrupted.
    Raza: Corsair! *arrives on the observation deck on a hoversled with Hepzibah and a member of the Imperial Guard*
    Corsair: So much for tender moments. What’s up, Raza?
    Raza: We have a guest, Christopher.
    Cyclops: That’s Gladiator, head of Lilandra’s Imperial Guard! What’s he doing here?
    Corsair: *to Cyclops* Good question, considering he swore never to walk these decks until he’d seen the Starjammers dead or enslaved. He isn’t a man to lightly break an oath.
    *calling down to Gladiator* You’re a long way from home. Is this a social call, or business?
    Gladiator: Pirate, I demand to see the Majestrix — Empress Lilandra — at once!
    Corsair: On my ship, Lord Praetor, you do not “demand” of me… you ask.
    Raza: Thou hast been ill-mannered, cousin.
    Gladiator: Have a care, renegade.
    Hepzibah: We like you, too, Imperial. Care to argue point?
    Gladiator: Another time, Lady Hepzibah, with pleasure. Corsair, I crave an audience with my empress.

  • Is Apple Cashing in on iPod’s Missing Feature?
  • From the “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” file: Toilet sign in Korea warns to be on the lookout for sickos

Gone, baby… gone.

Namaste.