Coffee+vitamins. The crappy ghetto Pubilx by me had no house-brand chewable vitamins (which I liked, once I figured out to keep them refrigerated), nor the Sundown omega-3 formula I liked last time. I ended up with Flintstone vitamins with extra vitamin D, and a different Sundown omega-3-plus-extra-D formulation with slightly more omega-3 per cap, all for quite a bit more than I'd expected to pay. No breakfast, wasn't particularly hungry and any appreciable meal would weigh me down. Still need to figure out something economical and light for breakfasts. I'm still keen on the scramble-wrap concept but maybe the shebang needs to be wrapped around a turkey dog to pump up the protein index.
Out the door to get cash for rent and hit the gym before 10, but realized halfway there I'd forgot my office attire. So I had to double back and didn't actually get on the 'mill until 10:15-:20ish. 3.3mi / 48m0s, 197# weigh-in (down 3# since I got back on track, lookin good), 535? kcal burned, figure 2605 kcal cost for the day. Plenty of leeway for a glass of wine or 2 with my turkey-beans-chili-rice later.
Started at 5.3mph, and decreased speed by .1mph each 1/4-mile lap. I got 2 miles solid at speed that way, and I might have missed a step-down in the last few laps.
Brunch: Subway 12" on italian herb+chz bread, dbl roast chx patties, shredded cheddar, spinach, tomato, blk olive, pickle, nanana pepper, vinegar for 88g protein / 980 kcal. Or 44 / 490, because I don't think I can cram the entire sandwich at one sitting. Either way, index .0898, firmly in the health-food range, better than a naked egg.
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Castle Age's last "Arena" event was over a year ago. The latest incarnation (season 6, "Battlelust") began Wednesday and will run continuously through Jan 3. Holding fairly steady in 1st-2nd rank without spending every waking moment Castle-aging. Helps a lot that I have a real PvP build now.
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The other day I stumbled across an article about some engineerly guy who is basically inventing highly economical DIY kits to build machines like backhoes. How practical is it build your own backhoe? For most people probably not very; because even if it costs only say $250, what do you do with it when you're done with whatever project you needed a backhoe for? You can probably rent one for less. But in some impoverished areas where labor-saving machines can have a truly crucial impact, where rentals are unavailable, and where capital is unavailable to finance owned machines even at second-hand value, then a maybe a DIY kit becomes a meaningful option.
And in the same timeframe I also noticed an article on FB about $50 community water filters that would limit the transmission of waterborne disease in impoverished areas that lack clean water. (e.coli, cholera, giardia, cryptosporidium, tapeworm, dysentery etc.)
So I got to thinking, I like the benefits of civilization - what are the tools that would make wilderness life bearable? Is it possible to profitably extract and refine trace metals from backyard-quality soil? How did mankind make the leap from stone-age tech to bronze? Could modern civilized man learn something from those early leaps?