Monthly Archives: July 2009
Week 32 in the Program
Weight this week | Change since last week | Total change 260.8 | -4.0 | -112.2 I’m maintaining my 2 lb/wk rate, more or less, though it’s been a little erratic — for example, almost no loss last week, four … Continue reading
Media Idiocy
{Edited to spell Mr. Fineman’s name correctly.} Here’s one reason why political discourse in this country is so messed up. I watched the Presidential press conference on MSNBC. (Normally, I would not, but the remote wasn’t working and I hit … Continue reading
Annie-versary
This is the one-year mark for Annie and me — one year ago we started going out officially. It’s been an adventure, one I wouldn’t have missed for the world. I have never felt the kind of love I feel … Continue reading
Joking about Science
I regret the simple me-too-ism of just posting a link to an article, but this piece over at Project Syndicate is a nice, short reflection on how jokes scientists make (about their own profession) illuminate the two distinct views we … Continue reading
Online Obscenity
In this online review, Joe Brown of Wired waxes eloquent about the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport, a new ultra-high-end sports convertible. The Grand Sport costs a cool 2.1 M$ and boosts appropriately over-the-top stats like a top speed of … Continue reading
“We are not a people who fear the future. We are a people who make it.”
In general, I’m not overly impressed with the Presidential Saturday radio address (now of course really a YouTube address). But I liked today‘s, probably because it resonates with something I’ve said before (twice, even). Happy Birthday, America.
Week 29 in the Program
Weight this week | Change since last week | Total change 267.0 | -1.4 | -106.0 Not much of note here. I’ve really given up predicting the details of my weight change. I don’t know why it dropped off some, … Continue reading
