Monthly Archives: December 2009
Drive-By Carnivores
Posted December 30, 2009 – 10:10 pm in: JournalYou vegans out there might want to avoid the intersection of Illinois Rd and Scott Rd in Fort Wayne. If you pass through that intersection (or, heaven forbid, have to stop for a red light there), you will most assuredly become a carnivore.
I should qualify that statement. You will become a carnivore if Burger [...]
Fitness Update
Posted December 29, 2009 – 9:47 pm in: JournalI continue to marvel at how many times my muscles can be sore. You would think that exercising several times per week over a period of months would eventually tend to get most of the muscles to a state where they would no longer react by making me ouchy. But, sadly, that’s not the case.
I [...]
The Real Rain Man
Posted December 25, 2009 – 12:53 pm in: JournalKim Peek passed away on December 19. Mr Peek was the inspiration for the main character in the film Rain Man starring Dustin Hoffman (as the “Rain Man”) and Tom Cruise as his brother. Kim Peek was classified as a “mega-savant.” A savant is a person who has extensive knowledge. Someone with savant syndrome has [...]
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Posted December 22, 2009 – 6:31 am in: FitnessMy exercise session last night was dynamic. I use that word because it denotes energy, action, and power. I was involved in all three, and then some. We were all over the floor, striding from one end of the room to the other, carrying weights, trying to step in unison. I felt a bit like [...]
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Posted December 21, 2009 – 7:04 am in: JournalWe lived in the Pointe Inverness Apartments in Fort Wayne for a few months in 2007 while waiting for our house to be built. During our stay, the first of the two Hunt Club Apartment fires took place. We heard many sirens and went outside to see what was going on. I stood on the [...]
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Posted December 16, 2009 – 6:54 am in: FitnessI felt pretty good yesterday after Monday’s exercise session. Today, however, I’m experiencing discomfort bordering on PAIN.
Erin Long introduced the exercise platform into our routine. I had not yet used that device. It adds another dimension to certain exercises. Standing on its edge, I performed something like toe touches except that I held a 10 [...]
Animal Story
Posted December 15, 2009 – 9:39 pm in: JournalEarly on the morning of November 7 I was putting seed in the bird feeders when I heard leaves crunching in the woods on our side of the railroad. Several deer were walking through the area. The first, a doe, walked gingerly up the bank of the tracks and glanced back toward the west before [...]
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Posted December 10, 2009 – 6:31 am in: StillwaterIvan Stetler has confronted Delmar Stephens in The Barn. After a shouting match and a facedown, Stephens walked out, leaving Ivan and the boys to themselves. I revised this scene to take into consideration Ivan’s mangled leg. My first draft or two was rather bland, with nothing more than minor insults flung back and forth. [...]
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Posted December 8, 2009 – 8:30 pm in: FitnessI attended the Monday Open Training session at the Kachmann Mind Body Institute, hosted by my favorite trainer, Erin Long.
We used bars during the session; I don’t think I have used a bar since I started the program. We placed the bars across our backs and, grasping the bars with our hands near the end, [...]
Ice
Posted December 6, 2009 – 5:41 pm in: JournalI looked out the window this morning after springing out of bed with gusto and what did I see? A pond completely coated with ice. I was surprised but wouldn’t have been had I thought last night about what was in the realm of possibilities for this morning. Ice had formed along the edge of [...]
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