Woke briefly 7:15ish, after being up a bit late listening to Gary's "Rock Labyrinth" interwebs radioprogramme. Rolled over and went back to sleep until ~8:30 after I defeated the alarm. Then I remembered some things I wanted to do today, and coffee was calling, and my mood had lifted a bit from yesterday. Fridge is crowded with portioned bean stew and chili. Now if I only had freezer space. Lots of frozen turkey fat pies, burritos and pierogi to plow through. So, breakfast was a pot pie. Made 2 cups ... (...more)

breakfast: the remaining half of yesterday's subway sammich (40g / 435 kcal). Pre-run snack: PB powersaucebar. Weigh-in 198#, ran 518 kcal worth for a total 2588 kcal spent today. Dinner: Wendy's double stack + lg chili. Topped 100g protein, but still ~150 kcal short of the 1000 kcal max safe deficit. ... (...more)

Per ez chili trial 2.1, a single recipe calls for 1# ground turkey 1/2 cup chopped onion 1 tsp jarred minced garlic 1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce 1 tbsp chili powder 3/4 tsp ground cumin 1/4 tsp salt 1/4 tsp pepper 1 (15-16 ounce) can kidney beans, rinsed and drained or 1 (15-16 ounce) can pinto beans, if desired* Sauteed 1 generous cup Bird's Eye frozen white pearl onions and 2 heaping tbsp jarred garlic in a splash of red wine, while I divvied up 3... (...more)

Woke at 7:30ish just long enough to buy in to guild battle and drop 10 tokens, and record my dream. When I woke again it was noon. Must be the running making me extra sleepy. A weak coffee, vitamins, started water heating for yerba mate, checked lotto picks. Sumbitches picked the wrong numbers again. Speaking of lotteries, last Wednesday's PowerBall jackpot was a record-breaking $550M. I caught the fever enough to buy a couple tix for that. (Which probably contributed to my urge to try the FL Lotto yest... (...more)

(day 12) En route back up, I had an interview at a weapons company. I was frazzled and disorganized, barefoot even; but the "application form" was hand-written in a 4x5 spiral notebook, so we exchanged apologies and carried on. My interviewer/hirer, Mike, said he expected me to "close a deal" Friday. I was surprised to see Phil there. When the intake meeting was over somebody said do you want to see the new weapon? She showed me how to fake my way past the security desk by pretending to be absorbed in my s... (...more)