Finished the Fat Loss I workout of New Rules of Lifting today.
Decided to give myself a major challenge as well. Went for a new PR on/in deadlifts.
Pulled 3×10 at 225 with only 30s of rest. Follow that with evil things like Bulgarian Split Squats and the like…
To further mark Israel’s creation, today was apparently the marking of the naqba
As part of the celebration, Bin Laden is also supposed to be releasing another tape (yawn)
The sister and I have a coffee table. Naturally, that necessitates a coffee table book.
Anyone have a/any recommendation(s) of books? It can even be a book about coffee tables!
Sorry about the light posting but I had to finish building one last piece of furniture today. I now have a real bedroom and a real apartment! (Okay, a bit of touch-up decor is needed, but that’s minor)
Also did a 2 mile run today, through Carl Shulz park to Gracie Manor and home.
Normalcy to hopefully return tomorrow?
Tonight I built a desk and a chair, and tried to cook some fish in the oven all at the same time. Need to work on the oven cooking of fish though.
Personally, I like things structured and in a schedule. Perhaps it’s a bit OCD-ish, but it works.
My sister decided that instead of letting me work on my schedule, it was start building Ikea stuff time.
As much as I love building, this was a curve ball to me.
Hopefully normalcy returns tomorrow?
Some thoughts on today’s experience at Ikea.
First off–what’s their secret to their low prices? Even the food in the restaurant is inexpensive!
Second–my sister almost had a breakdown in the marketplace section (downstairs) trying to find “the perfect decor items”. All the while, all I wanted to do was sigh/groan and get a move on it.
Third–High praise for their customer service. They were able to exchange a part for us that we’d gotten in a previous order (which arrived damaged) right then and there.
Fourth–I still dislike furniture/decor shopping as a whole, but since my sister and I accomplished so much today, it looks like I’m spared going through this again for a while.
Fifth–my favorite part of Ikea is getting to build the furniture when it arrives. That’s the fun part for me (it’s probably a guy thing)
Survived a day at Ikea with the sister.
Wasn’t too bad there, probably cause it is also mother’s day.
Sort of felt like being on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy…just replace the “Queer Eye” with a female eye.
Since the sister has moved in to the apartment, things are now getting all nice and decorated. In other words–shopping–and not the good guy kind either.
We hit Bed Bath and Beyond this afternoon. After spending virtually half an hour for my sister to scour for a specific bed sheet (which was discontinued and thus unavailable), we headed back upstairs to get a trash can for the place. [Those of you not from Manhattan probably don’t realize that a lot of our stores, especially the big-box ones are built significantly below ground].
The trash cans are located behind the registers, so the two of us left our cart full of merchandise and went to look at cans. When we turned around (2 minutes later)…our cart was gone. Poof! It just disappeared.
We asked the managers–they didn’t know what happened. So ultimately, my sister and I split up, each of us taking a floor. Finally, back in the comforters section–I saved the day, and found the cart. Apparently the an employee took it and wanted to go back and restock the items. Sigh
Shopping sucks…
Another sign that under Putin and his hand pick successor, things are slowly sliding back towards the way they used to be: Military parade across Red Square
On an unrelated note, how come we never have cool military parades like this here in the US? Sure we have air shows, but why not some cool artillery parades?
The IHT wonders if Olmert’s Political Career is done In my opinion, it’s been a long, long ending. Sort of like Hillary’s primary campaign.
Alas, Olmert should’ve been shown the door long ago.
So the sister has begun to unpack her items. Damn, the girl owns so much crap…and for what?
Or a conversation we had this evening:
Her: “Where are your shower supplies” Me: “Bar of soap, bottle of shampoo” Her: “That’s it?” Me: “uh, yeah….plus I shower at the gym most days anyway”
Oh this is gonna be fun
So the sister spontaneously moved in this evening–bringing with her lord only knows how much stuff.
Including her bundt pan. Now what the heck I’m going to do with a Bundt pan is beyond me. Anyone got any health recipes?
On both coasts no less!
In NYC: Sharpton Plans another Protest
On the other coast, in Berkley: Code Pink Protesters Try Witchcraft at Anti-Marine Rallies
“If you will it, it is not a dream To live as free people in our land In the land of Zion and Jerusalem”–Theodore Herzl Altneuland
It is a dream come true, as the Modern State of Israel turns 60 today!
On this day 60 years ago, in Tel Aviv, David Ben Gurion read the Proclamation of Independence [English; audio also available].
The modern Jewish State was born–and there was much rejoicing!
On this day, we celebrate the State of Israel and all of its accomplishments over the past 60 years!
Happy Birthday Israel!
Sen. John Kerry*, yeah him, the guy who ran for President in 2004, seems to still have a bit of a grudge when it comes to Rush Limbaugh.
Kerry, on explaining Hillary’s win in Indiana, is quoted as saying:
“Rush Limbaugh was tampering with the primary,” Kerry said “If it was not for Republicans taking Democratic ballots, he would have won,” he said of Obama.–Politico
*Kerry is still French looking
More for the neuroscience crowd, but the Lancent Neurology next month will have one of the first long-term studies of the efficiency of the Ketogenic Diet
Just what the UES needs…it’s 10th Tasti-D-Lite outpost
Starbucks still has the lead with 13 locations.
The mere contemplation of the idea that Rush Limbaugh could have a crush on Hillary Clinton
(runs off to vomit in garbage can)
At the 57th N/Q/R/W street station early (6am) this morning, there were no real signs of yesterday’s train derailment.
The one thing that stood out on the platform however, was a camera man and a reporter. Thankfully, they were on the opposite end of the platform from which I exit daily.
I can only imagine how crummy of an interview I would’ve been–since my mind was only thinking about the gym.
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