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An Awesome Christmas Present
I waited until to today to verify that it wasn't just a random
occurrence. I checked again this morning and it was the same as
yesterday.
I gave myself one of the best Christmas presents I've ever received. It
took me about nine months to accomplish it, but I gave myself a new
body, and more positive perspective on life.
As of yesterday, I have lost 101 pounds (45.8Kg for those of you who
prefer the metric system) and over nine inches (22.86 cm) from my
waistline.
A friend of mine told me tonight that, her doctor had told her recently
that people can live much better lives, with fewer ailments, if they
just made simple life changes. She said that having watched me over the
last year transform my body, my mind, and my life, she found me to be a
good model for positive changes people can make in their lives. As much
as hitting the century mark meant to me, her words meant even more.
I've been thinking about this for a while and I think I'm going to
become a motivational speaker. I want to help people change their lives
for the better.
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Season's Greetings
To my Democrat friends:
Please accept (with no obligation, implied or implicit) best wishes for
an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress,
non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice
holiday,practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious
persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with
respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of
others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions
at all. We also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling
and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally
accepted calendar year 2009, with due respect for the calendars of
choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make
America great (This is not to imply that America is necessarily greater
than any other country, nor that America is the only country in the
Western Hemisphere), and without regard to the race, creed, color, age,
physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wishes. By
accepting these greetings, you are accepting these terms. This greeting
is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It is freely transferable
with no alteration to the original greeting. It implies no promise by
the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for himself, herself,
or others. This greeting is void where prohibited by law and is
revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher. This wish is warranted
to perform as expected within the usual application of good tidings for
a period of one year or until the issuance of a subsequent holiday
greeting, whichever comes first, and warranty is limited to replacement
of this wish or issuance of a new wish at the sole discretion of the
wisher.
To my Republican friends:
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
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A Strange Encounter
Yesterday morning at work I was walking back to my cubical from the
cafeteria with a bottle of water in my hand and a woman from another
department stopped me in the corridor.
She said (roughly), "I've seen you over the last few months and you've
lost a lot of weight and I just wanted to tell you you look great."
To which I replied (roughly), "Thank you," and I smiled.
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It's snowing!
Okay, it's not snowing right now, but it was earlier. I took some
vacation time and cut out of work early today. I spent an hour and a
half driving 11 miles home. By time I got home the snow was already 3 to
4 inches deep and still coming down.
So what did I do? I put on my normal cold weather running gear, put on
sweat pants and a sweat shirt over that, and took off running.
After the first mile, I was a lot warmer than I thought I'd be. There
was a big difference between running today at 28F and running last week
at 20F. I took off the sweat shirt and continued running. Along the way
I got a lot of strange looks from people shoveling their driveways, but
I suppose that is to be expected.
I ran about 6K and while it wasn't my best run, it was good fun.
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Coding Soundtrack
Two albums that are great for background music while coding:
- The Matrix Soundtrack
- Spawn: The Album
The industrial/metal/techno mix on these two just fades into the
background. The music is repetitive enough to not require direct
attention, but not so repetitive that it draws attention to itself.
If anyone has any other good suggestions for background music while
coding, I'd love to hear them.
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