Thursday – 15 November 2007
Three down, one in the chamber and one to go.

Today has been pretty good. There were a couple of small fires (tiny things, really) to put out when I got in. Other than that, it’s been pretty quiet here in the south forty. Today’s workout was a bit painful – I apparently tweaked my shoulder in the past day or two:

  • Bench Press: 225 lbs / 2 sets, 8 reps; 205 lbs / 1 set, 12 reps
  • Standing Curls (dumbbell, hammer grip): 25 lbs / 3 sets, 10 reps
  • Decline Press: 155 lbs / 1 set, 12 reps; 165 lbs / 2 sets, reps
  • Cable Fly (Nautilus): 95 lbs / 3 sets, 10 reps
  • Reclined Curls (dumbbell): 20 lbs / 1 sets, 10 reps; 25 lbs / 2 sets, 10 reps; 20 lbs / 1 sets, 10 reps
  • Bench Dips: 3 sets / 15 reps

Eric and I tried to do a rep at 300 lbs today – neither of us made it – and we noted something about Tuesday’s workout: We left two (2) ten-pound weights off the bar, so we only did 280 lbs. I also neglected to list the Decline Press in Tuesday’s workout. We did three sets of 12 reps at 135 lbs.

Stray Toasters

  • I found out that a coworker was worried – for weeks – that I would be horribly offended by something he said. I remember the situation, total case of “no blood, no foul.”
  • Of course, that didn’t stop me from toying with him this morning.
  • Drew Barrymore as Edie Beale
  • I brought in Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word for Eric. I’ve had two other people ask if they can read it when he’s done.
  • To err on the side of caution, I told the mangers about it… so that if someone saw the book and came to one of them, freaking out about it, they would already know the score.
  • This happened at the V.I. where we usually go for late-night breakfast.
  • By way of : The Real Voice of Darth Vader
  • A coworker asked if I had a version of The Girl from Ipanema in my mp3 collection. I told him that I had three. He browsed my mp3s and found them. He told me, a little later, that he wasn’t aware that Sammy Davis, Jr. had been anything other than a comedian. *jawdrop* He had never heard of The Rat Pack, either. *FLOOR*
  • Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, one of my all-time favorite movies.
  • I want to drive this.

Namaste.