Wednesday – 09 January 2008
This morning started early. 6:15 early. All things considered, that’s good for many reasons, not the least of which was that I was able to chat with Mom for a few minutes before I headed off to work. And when I stepped outside… I saw that it had snowed. And it continued to snow, intermittently, throughout the day.

The work day has been relatively quiet, allowing me to dive back into Win Server 2003 reading – which at this point includes a lot of going back and taking some notes on things I read before our Winter vacation. But, it’s proceeding apace.

Today was also Sushi Wednesday (Oh Sushi, the restaurant formerly known as Go Sushi) and Four-Color Crack Day. Due to the holidays – and some delays from Diamond – shipments for the past two weeks have been a little “off.” So much so that last week, Dr. Volt’s had two shipments: One on Wednesday (the previous week’s shipment) and one on Friday (last week’s intended shipment). Since I worked out of AF – and headed south – on Friday, I missed out on getting the second day’s haul until today. And even with the today’s new arrivals, the haul was fairly light. So, I made up for it by picking up this and this, after all…

  1. It’s a John Stewart figure. (If I need to ‘splain beyond this, just stop reading now.)
  2. They’re more X-Men Minimates for my “Sentinel Attacks!” scenario. ‘Nuff said.

I neglected to cover yesterday’s workout in yesterday’s post. Let me start off by saying that it hurt. A lot. Something about “not going to the gym for three weeks” comes to mind. The overall workout was light and more of a “getting back into the swing of things” routine:

  • Pull-ups: 3 sets/10 reps (on the last set, the last half were done with my feet braced against the back of the Roman Chair)
  • Leg raises: 3 sets/20 reps
  • Dips: 3 sets/15 reps
  • Bench press: 3 sets/10 reps, 135 lbs. (Like I said: “Getting back into it”)
  • Nautilus Cable Fly: 3 sets/10 reps, (2 sets at 95 lbs, 1 set at 80 lbs)
  • Seated dumbbell curls: 3 sets/10 reps, 25 lbs.

Like I said: It hurt. A lot. Yesterday. Today. And maybe even tomorrow.

Tonight, I think that I shall spend some quality time in Paragon City… or the Rogue Isles. I’m not quite sure “which” locale sounds more appealing.

Stray Toasters

  • Rather than going to bed at a nominally reasonable hour last night, I took time to set up my LEGO train alongside the Rokenbok Factory. I’ll have to take some pics of the “new” setup at some point.
  • Speaking of LEGO: SaraRules and I are looking at the feasibility of visiting LEGOland: California in a couple of weeks, while in Lost Angles.
  • Yes, I know “Los Angeles” is misspelled above.
  • My Favorite James Bond portrayers, in descending order:
  1. Sean Connery
  2. Daniel Craig
  3. Pierce Brosnan
  4. George Lazenby / Roger Moore (tie)
  5. Timothy Dalton
  • I went the high-tech route an text messaged (rather than call) my father to tell him it was snowing. Again. He asked that I keep the snow out here and not send it eastward. Again.
  • Falafel.  Black Ops.   Back, Crack and Sac Wax.
  • From Wired: Best Vintage Tech Commercials
  • For an as-yet unexplained reason, I had the chorus from Wake Me Up Before You Go Go stuck in my head this morning.
  • I’ve been spending time on the Rokenbok site. Sweet, sweet ‘bok goodness…
  • I got a call from this evening; she needed help troubleshooting a computer problem. A little mental “elbow grease” and a short time later, we sussed it out.
  • From Reuters: Election 2008 – The Latest on the Leading Candidates
  • By way of Craigslist: Halloween Observations
  • PokerStars makes a Mac client.
  • Yet another item to add to the Covet List.
  • It’s a REALLY quiet night in Paragon City.
  • Chocolate Jesus Crunchies.

*BAMF*