How did I miss this the first time around? I am positive I would have written the best letter to Anna. I wouldn't have been able to keep the calendar though.

Bored?

Bored at work? Need something to do? Got some time on your hands? Read a book. For free. Online.

The world is coming to an end as I know it.

And I am kinda perplexed about what to do about it. There are other people with dire situations, I know; but to me my impending doom is all consuming.

I can't decide if this is inspired art or sacrilege. It is a little frightening. The book of Revelations always trips me out.

My theory on weight loss

I have been trying to slim down a little lately. I am going for the lean, hungry look. The problem is that my appetite usually gets the better of me. While my brain is busy counting calories and gauging the nutritional benefit of each meal, my empty stomach usually succumbs to the siren call of the worst possible food item available. I am so hungry at meals I can't think straight long enough to figure out what to eat. Obviously this is a problem. While eating my most recent meal, I got to thinking about how God engineered the human body. The human body was built to withstand extreme privation. Even now the majority of the world does not live in the abundance found in a typical American household. WIth privation in mind, the foods that would sustain the body for the longest time for the least amount of effort are the most desirable for survival. The foods that deliver the most calories for the least amount of effort are fats, sugars, and to a lesser degree carbohydrates. Naturally, these foods are what our body craves of us. In a survival situation, when every meal is won by sweat and blood and food is chosen with maximum calorie return in mind, eating a juicy steak, baked potatoes, salad with ranch dressing, iced tea, corn on the cob, baked rolls, and a hot apple pie with ice cream for dessert is a wise choice. (Assuming you could find such a meal.) The natural God-mandated tendency is that human beings (and animals) should gorge themselves when they are hungry. This is a problem when you are trying to lose weight since most diets rely on cutting down portions and eating less. Humans are hunter-gatherers by nature and the easy aboundance we have now has perverted us. Our bodies are designed to eat continuously, when you wait too long in between meals the body's natural mechanisms go haywire and demand that the brain allow the body to indulge. You can never allow yourself to get hungry.
Now, if you eat continuously, it cannot be junk. Eating ice cream and potato chips on a 24/7 basis would result in a physique similar to that of the Blob character from Marvel Comics' X-Men comic book. So that said, hopefully tomorrow I am going to snack a lot. The problem will be keeping food handy.

Hey look at my other blog! This is a project near and dear to my heart and I am funding it out of my own pocket thus far. I hope to get it up and running very soon.

Juggled the soccer ball 33 times and then 36 times in a row this morning. For non-soccer players who don't understand the terminology, juggling is using your a part of your body other than your hands to keep the ball airborne. I used my feet. (I may have cheated and used a thigh to save it once or twice.) Skilled players should be able to juggle the ball using only their feet for long periods of time keeping the ball below knee-level. Requires a lot of ball control, or touch. it's a good drill for improving your touch too.

The music industry is sweating the mass expiration of their European copyrights. They even want to block the import of cheaper European copies of their music. A music industry executive claimed in the article that 9 out of 10 recordings failed to make money. As sophisticated and long-lived as the music industry is, I am shocked they haven't been able to do better. I am perturbed anytime someone seeks to use law to maintain an advantage they could not get by their own effort.

You can't do great things until you aspire to great things.

Is this what the world is coming to? The article argues that abortion and cloning is all part of a slippery slope that leads to (God! This is almost too horrible to even talk about.) eating babies!

V10! On a motorcycle! Good God...

Quote of the Day

This was in the LA Times, spoken by a woman forced to evacuate her home in a brush fire -

I have an extra leash for my dog, and I have my bikini.

If that is all she wears, imagine how much money she saves on laundry!

V16! Good God...

You know the problem with having close friends read your blog is that occasionally they want to discuss what you wrote in the blog. Suddenly your mind reels: "What did I say? What incriminating fact did I reveal? Is he going to tell everyone what a freak I am?". I still think that anonymity is a crutch, a screen. I also know that I am not brave enough to reveal everything. I am not ready to be completely naked and bare before the world.

The Cowboys aren't in the playoffs but they're still entertaining. Who knew the Niners and the Steelers had it in them? Who knew that Lambeau Field isn't magical after all? Wow.
In other news, my good friend Ed, made me an offer that I couldn't refuse, so I am not teaching today after all. Oh well. I bought all those shirts for nothing.

Whoa... I have been away at a friend's house since Friday night. I am bushed. I'll tell you about it later.