I know I know. The good news is that I haven’t been posting because I have been busy spending time with friends, getting fit, playing golf, and keeping an eye on finances. So I will just link up some stuff and call it a post!
Read a pretty good summary of the political coverage of the Presidential race over at BryanDunn.com. Sounds like he’s had enough. Me too. No wonder we love reality TV. Pointless and Aimless at the same time.
I have been getting more exercise (instead of posting to the chop), and I read a really good, short article about Why I Love Running. Every time I go out, I find that I can run a little bit farther(or is it further), a little bit faster, for a little longer. It feels good. Thanks to GetFitSlowly for the link to the story.
Finally, I have embedded a couple of short and entertaining videos about “budgets”, from GetRichSlowly. The first is a really neat way to track your finances BEFORE you spend the $$. The second is just a funny step back in time to a different era. Enjoy!
Recently I have been on sort of a “new leaf” program with regards to health and fitness. I have been eating better and getting almost-regular exercise. I am by no means a health nut, but I could stand to lose a few, if you know what I’m saying. That said, I kinda fell off the wagon last night.
When it comes to the diet and exercise regimen, I am far from militant or rigid (see drinking, smoking, gambling) but the reason I’m bothered is that I just read this post over at GetFitSlowly about what Sumo Wrestlers do to NOT Lose weight. So, what do I do right after I read this post? I skipped the daily exercise regimen and vegged out with some sedentary visual stimulation (see television) for a few hours. Right around sleepy time, I got a visit from my old friend Insomnia , followed shortly after by hunger, resulting in eating half an apple pie well after midnight. So much for avoiding # 4:
4. Eat late in the day. Going to bed with full stomachs means that their bodies must respond to the huge flood of nutrients with a rush of insulin, forcing their bodies to store some of it in the cells as fat instead of in the muscles and organs as nutrients.
Not to beat a dead horse, but I have a hard time believing that you people don’t use an RSS reader, so I am posting a short video here from our friends over at CommonCraft about the Google Reader. Enjoy!
I have been flying more frequently lately, and I actually enjoy watching people travel through airports and hearing family and friends tell travel “horror stories”. I really enjoyed This One, so I am posting it here. Pretty good, but I am sure there are many more where that came from. Feel free to leave yours in the comments….
I read lots of blogs, watch pod-casts, and read the New York Times on Sundays. I watch less and less TV, and I can honestly say, I don’t feel like I am missing out on much. I think the two media/mediums (?), new and old, are converging, and this is the future (New media = web, wikis, blogs, pod-casts, etc. Old media=TV, newscasts, newspapers, radio, etc.).
I am starting to realize that the amount of content out on the web is either just enormous, or is growing at such an exponential rate, that it is impossible to keep up. Example: I read about a new book in the New York Times Book Review, called Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip–Confessions of a Cynical Waiter. It’s basically the war stories of a 30-something waiter, but what interested me is that he started out blogging, just venting probably, and somehow turned it into a book deal. How come I never heard about this blog, or his website? I ambled into Barnes and Noble, and after the 1st chapter (Hilarious!), decided I had to read this book and bought it for $26 ($10 bucks more expensive than Amazon).
I wonder what the title of the Suckchop memoirs book will be?
