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So the holidays have not been kind to the old knee. Or rather, sitting on my butt during the holidays hasn’t. It’s a new year and a new me and all of that, plus I keep telling myself I’ll eventually run the distance race I’ve always wanted to run, so there’s no time like the present to [...]
So NaNoWriMo is drawing to a close, and though almost two weeks of poorly-timed cooties kicked me 20,000 words behind schedule, it looks like I’ll hit the deadline. So rah, that, and all, but to do so, I’ve had to cut some corners, and even take some chunks out of the walls. I’m [...]
I can’t dance.
Stop before you start. Seriously. First, I didn’t say “I’ll never be able to dance.” I said “I can’t dance.” Present tense. Second, I’ve heard what you’re about to say. I’ve heard the “Everyone can dance” and “You just have to get past feeling stupid” before. For the record, “No, they can’t” [...]
Just when I think I’m done trashing the new society social media has unearthed or created, this happens.
The short version: Yesterday, before /ragequitting a LinkedIn group, I flamed a tool who was spouting utter nonsense.
The less-short version: Said tool (who seems to have no job–other than posting on LinkedIn) kept prattling on about [...]
I love me some Dilbert. Perhaps a little too much, in the eyes of friends to whom I forward strips all the damn time. More specifically, I love me some Scott Adams, since every one of his characters–from the PHB to the Elbonians–is just so perfect. I love Dilbert [...]
I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that “networking” is bad. It ‘s insulting, it lacks humanity, and–most of all–it’s dirty. And not in the sexy way.
Let’s start with the word itself. I’m generally suspicious of any verb that started its life as a noun. We create networks, invest in [...]
Afternoon, folks. The ramp-up continues. I got up early this morning and headed to the gym. Weight was one pound lower than yesterday–chalking that up to morning dehydration. The stair-stepping machine (one of these) had an argument with the knee, which was actually pretty achy at the start, cutting the warmup to 10 [...]
Aaaaaaaand, go!
It’s day 1, and I’m still feeling crappy from the last week of flu or whatever, and the pizza binge from yesterday probably didn’t help much. I don’t want to push it and wind up back in bed for a week, but something needs to happen.
If I look at this like the [...]
So tomorrow, we’ll actually be 181 days out from May 18, 2011, but it’s six calendar months, and that’s good enough. Also, I could probably use a day off in there.
In the classic tradition of procrastinators everywhere, tomorrow is the day it all changes. Tomorrow is the day I get back on track. Today, [...]
On May 18, 2011, I’ll turn 40. Roughly two months later, I’ll get married, with quite a lot of photographic documentation. I’d like to show up as a superhero. That gives me 6 months to do it. Here’s the plan.
Strategy
Eat better, move more. That’s about the only strategy that ever really works, isn’t it? More [...]
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