My Concept II rowing machine is getting a lot of use these days. I think it is a relatively safe way to get my exercise without too much pounding. I’ve been rowing every day and changing it up as I go with some intervals and longer sets. I’m feeling pretty good to be honest. [...]
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Meditation on day 24
Wow, so far winter has not arrived in Kingston. I thought this was supposed to be the coldest part of the year? It is 4 degrees celcius today. What gives? But I digress. A big part of mindfulness is arrived at via meditation. Hmmm. So I am attempting to learn to meditate. Easy right? Nope. [...]
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Mindfulness. What is it? So far it is a concept, a topic for books and blogs, a popular catch-word. I hope it will be more though. I want to de-stress, to be happy, to find some peace. So finding some perspective and balance would help. That’s a lot to ask maybe. But I am the [...]
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I needed two weeks to recover from numbness in my fingers from shitty ergonomics at my workstation. I also needed sleep. Not one or two nights but two weeks worth. Stomach issues are improving. I needed the opportunity to take stock. Today will mark 20 consecutive days that I have either rowed or run. I [...]
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So now it is becoming a “sustained effort”. This will be day 18. DAY 18. Yesterday I rowed 12k at a sustained high (for me) pace. Now I am wondering how long it will be before I’ll start to feel like I am seeing a benefit to this “discipline”. It is too cold to run [...]
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I’ve been trying to get back in shape. Life kinda got in the way of fitness so now the wagon is miles in front of me and I really need to work to catch up. This is day 13 of my attempt to get back in shape. Days 1 through7 were baby steps. 30 minutes [...]
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After an illness, family issues, work induced hiatus from my favourite sport, this 48 year old is back on the mats (with his hulking 16 year old son in tow). Hallelujah. On Thursday and Friday Chris had us working on a deep half-guard with options to: Grab the foot for an old school sweep Come [...]
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Moammar Gadhafi choose his actions and thought he’d get away with them. And he did. For a long time. Who wouldn’t love to have as many years as he did. Some of us who live deserve death, some of us who die deserve life. Now in the media, questions are being raised about the manner [...]
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I haven’t blogged for a while. Life intervenes with little challenges. Right now I’m dealing with getting my son through the first term in university. It’s a struggle. He’s up to the challenge but there have been some substantial road blocks. Epilepsy being first and foremost on the list. Our health care in Canada may [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Say “NO” to 3g/4g for your tablet
Article first published as Say “NO” to 3g/4g for your tablet on Technorati. Sometimes being cheap works out for the best. Actually I’m not cheap. I’m poor, which is sort of the same thing. In any case, when I was in the market for a tablet, I was shopping based on price first. Enter [...]
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