Monthly Archives: November 2009
Cousins
Posted November 29, 2009 – 8:54 pm in: JournalGenetics is one of the most interesting, and most promising, fields of science. It can also be frightening, especially when you consider that an examination of your genes can lead the examiner to possibly determine how you will die. Or who you are related to. Or whether you are wanted for doing some ghastly crime.
One [...]
Fitness Update
Posted November 24, 2009 – 10:31 pm in: FitnessOMG!
That’s all I can say after last night’s open training session at Kachmann Mind Body with Erin Long.
Several exercises taxed me to the limit, and will probably put me in the “sore house” tomorrow. I’m somewhat sore today, but know I will feel it even more tomorrow. I’m not sure what this exercise is called. [...]
The Neighbors’ Geese
Posted November 22, 2009 – 4:59 pm in: JournalWhen I crawled out of bed this morning, I looked across the pond and saw hundreds of geese in gathering behind the homes of two neighbors. This sight in itself is not unusual for people who dwell on ponds. What was interesting about it is that both hosts of the geese have gone out of [...]
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Posted November 19, 2009 – 10:03 pm in: JournalI’m about 12 months behind in reading through my stack of The New Yorker’s. It’s interesting to read what was happening a year ago as the election was taking place and the economy was spiraling out of control. I remember how I felt in those days and am having an interesting time reminiscing about life [...]
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Posted November 17, 2009 – 9:22 pm in: FitnessI attended my weekly exercise session last night with Erin Long at the Kachmann Mind Body center on the Lutheran Hospital campus. After our session started, I thought Erin was going easy on us because our first set of exercises did not include pushups. That shows what happens when I think.
As it turned out, we [...]
Mobile Post
Posted November 15, 2009 – 2:00 pm in: JournalI’m writing this blog post while visiting my son Pat and his family near Chesterton, IN. I installed a WordPress app on my BlackBerry that facilitates posting via a smartphone. I haven’t mastered the BlackBerry keyboard yet, so composing posts goes pretty slow. But it’s still a cool way to write silly stuff that [...]
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Posted November 10, 2009 – 9:05 pm in: FitnessDuring my exercise session last night with Erin Long, she recognized my back and shoulder issues when I was doing a sort of reverse crunch. On my back on the mat, I was supposed to bend my knees, feet on mat, then pick my legs up (with knees bent), swinging them up over my body, [...]
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Posted November 9, 2009 – 9:43 pm in: JournalThere are various forms of surfing available today. I’m not speaking of the water variety of surfing, made famous by the likes of Jan & Dean and The Beach Boys. I’m speaking of the forms associated with the gathering of information or entertainment, as in “surfing the Web” with a computer or PDA or “channel [...]
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Posted November 5, 2009 – 7:26 am in: StillwaterIt has taken me several weeks to make my way through Chapter 6 to Chapter 7. I’m still not entirely happy with 6 and think that I’ll have to return and make more revisions after slogging through the remainder of the story.
Chapter 7 begins in October of 1913. George Belt enters 10th Grade. He [...]
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Posted November 2, 2009 – 10:47 pm in: FitnessI had a physical exam this morning, performed by my primary care physician. He is a good doctor and I consider him a friend. We have a special relationship because I had an appointment with him on September 11, 2001. He has told me that I am the only patient he can recall seeing that [...]
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