After a large-ish sushi lunch which I didn't really finish til around 2PM, my client closed up for the Easter/Passover weekend early at 3PM. So in light of where I was, digestively speaking, when I got on the 'mill at 3:30ish, 3.3mi in 38m10s isn't bad at all. First mile at 6.3mph, a bit over 2.5 laps cooldown, and the rest (i.e., ~1.75mi) at 6.1mph.

From an allrecipes.com recipe, via a FB friend, Brandy: Baby Doe's Beer Cheese Soup (not "Baby Does"... nobody doe's baby in a corner) 2 large bottle of Cheese Whiz 6 oz. Cornstarch 8 cups of milk, reserve two cups to mix with the cornstarch. ½ oz Worchester sauce ¼ oz Tabasco sauce 1 lb bacon, diced, cooked, drained, about 16 slices. ½ cup red onions sauted, two small or one large. 12 oz beer 6 tabs of chicken bouillon 1) Heat 6 cups of Milk in a double boiler warm, not boiling 2... (...more)

Had an ADHD sort of morning and ended up giving any sort of breakfast a miss, other than coffee and vitamins. Had a few slugs of V8 before hitting the gym for session 95 part 1: a couple of sub-optimal Cybex circuits. Checked my PO box (empty) and got an egg+cheese and a big unsweet iced tea. I was never an iced tea fan until this year, but I wanted to cut back on my two-a-day caffeine habit, yet I'm manifestly incapable of driving thru Dunkins without getting a drink. So here we are. It's significantly ch... (...more)

re: made in USA steel can opener I remember sparking the dinner-table conversation with Dad a long time ago, when I was young and naive, with the question: obviously everybody needs some basic tools and utensils, so why doesn't a consortium of manufacturers get together and hammer out standards for things that will last a lifetime? And Dad, being Dad, proposed planned obsolescence. Later I would have a parallel conversation with a workplace associate, regarding a line of PBX phones which are still in us... (...more)

Sunday brunch: microwave burrito trio. Got to the gym around 5:45 or 6PM , and it was mostly empty -just like I like it. Not thrilled about their changing hours: opening 5AM instead of 6 weekdays, which does nothing for me, and closing 6PM intead of 8 weekends, which cramps my weekend style. They'll be open til 2 Easter Sunday. It was a bodybuilding session, 3 passes, with multiple sets punctuated by short breathers at most stations. Arm curl: 10x 30#, rest, repeat, rest repeat. 10-12x 70# row, 10-12x 3... (...more)