Workout – Running
Today’s run – 4.8 km/30 min
Week 1: 8.8 km [current week] – [8.8 km for Feb (Total)]
Mood: Pretty good run today
Workout – Running
Today’s run – 4.0 km/untimed
Week 1: 4.0 km [current week] – [4.0 km for Feb (Total)]
Comment: Nice run day!
Awesome Super Bowl game – well deserved champion – New England Patriots!
The World's Greatest!
Very few artists have the gift of putting to words and sounds, the emotions of the soul as does R Kelly – he really stands atop the word in my book at least – he is truly the “World’s Greatest”
Now, I suppose there’s lots to be said about the private life of R. Kelly, and I am not so naive to believe that he doesn’t have a few misgiving, but I am also one who knows that – 1. in society celebrities are scrutinized a bit more than others and envied as much, 2. we all have our little skeletons so what?
So yeah….R Kelly is ma boy and as long as he doesn’t go overboard and keep his game tight, he will be alright with me.
Damn the D's
Long ass day – chasing friggin’ D’s. Well, you really don’t want to know what the heck Ds are – suffice to say it was a really…really long day.
I have a throbbing headache right now too – lack of sleep and improper eating…not to mention working out schedule. Tomorrow starts the Month of Feburary, the month I will get on the roll and get back in top shape. I know I said that earlier this month, but now I have to force myself to do some of the unpleasantries…
Anyway, I just got to center and I am starving so let me go eat…..Adios!
By the way if anyone is looking for James Brown – I heard he is doing time for beating his female – aint that some shizzile….James in the “Big House” with a perm….oyay! go ahead JB with yo bad self.
Now bubba will be beating up on you….
What Da…?
Absolutely wrong – can’t believe I did not talk to my blog in the last couple of days. Blog, am sorry, I have transgressed against you….can you forgive? Well, if I may explain – I have been on the press for the last 2 days so that should explain it.
At any rate, I have one more day and then the schedule flips – night push for an entire month. Must keep positive and push thru this.
Lots of big busy stuff lay ahead. Pretty exciting, but at the same time a bit depressing. Well, what’s a man to do….just keep pressing that’s all.
Adios!
Day 3 of 3….aaaaahhhh
Title: The Millionaire Next Door
Author: Thomas J. Stanley, Ph.D. and William D. Danko, Ph.D.
Date: 25-Jan-2004
Who are the rich in this country? What do they do? How do they invest? How did they get rich? Can you ever become one of them? Get the answers in The Millionaire Next Door, the never-before-told story about wealth in America. You’ll be surprised by what you find out.
My thoughts: Very interesting read. Really see some similarities in my life with this, in terms of frugality and drive. Hopefully there is a millionaire in my future too…smile! – will let you know..
Title: Holy War, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama bin Laden
Author: Peter L. Bergen
Date: 25-Jan-2004
On September 11, 2001, the world in which we live was changed forever. The assault on the World Trade Center was the most sophisticated and horrifying in a series of operations masterminded by Osama bin Laden and his Jihad group – an organization that CNN’s terrorism analyst Peter Bergen calls Holy War, Inc. One of only a handful of journalists to have interviewed the world’s most wanted man face to face, Bergen explains the Jihadist network that operates globally and in secrecy.
Immense in scope and unnerving in its findings, Holy War, Inc. reveals:
How bin Laden lives, travels, and communicates with his “cells.”
How the CIA ended up funding – to the tune of three billion dollars – radical, anti-American Afghan groups allied to bin Laden.
How the attacks that foreshadowed the destruction of the World Trade Center – among them the bombings of the American embassies in Africa and the warship USS Cole in Yemen – were planned and executed.
What we can expect from Islamic extremists in the future.
Holy War, Inc. helps us to see bin Laden’s organization as a veritable corporation that has exploited 21st century communications and weapons technologies in the service of a medieval reading of the Koran and holy war. This is essential listening for anyone trying to understand the militant Islamist movements that could determine the fate of governments – and human lives – the world over.
My Thoughts:Pretty insightful read. The author had pretty good inside access to Bin Laden which makes it pretty intresting.
Just Doesn't Matter
The Grind Continues…
Got so caught up in coding yesterday, I missed my entry – oh well…
First day back to the grind – 1 of 3. Today really wasn’t that bad at all. Stressful yes – but manageable. I think I have finally figured how to look at this – but I will save that for another time. It is now 9:45pm and my eyes are closing. Let me go get some tea and head off to bed – have another 16hr day ahead of me.
Adios!
Coding/Hacking My Life Away
Got a good couple of days worth of coding/hacking done. Working on a script for a site that I am thinking of putting together. The focus is on “goals”. Not sure what I want to call it yet tho. Got the idea from several sites while surfing the other day. I couldn’t believe that people actually charge for that crap; and pretty good money too. Don’t think I could tho.
The idea is to build a community of goal-oriented folks, they get their own webpage to upload pics, list their goals and interact. The intent is to keep it relatively small, otherwise you have a bunch of dead-goals sitting around not being attained.
Anyway, I have been spending quite a bit of time at the keyboard lately on my days off. Find it to be good therapy.
Missed the President – “State of the Union” last night bummer. I like to watch it each year, just to see the pomp and circumstance, the forced laughters, hugs, and handshakes….what a friggin group (man… when did I get so cynical…grin!).
Anyway, I have been at my keyboard long enuff, plus I missed my posting yesterday, so let me get off now and change the senery.
Long Day…
Simply too tired to post…will pick up tomorrow
Pretty Good Day Today…hmm
Okay, pretty good day. Just wanted to drop a couple lines before taking off to go watch the games. Not really a New England Fan, but it seems that they may be the runaway favorites this year. Then again, the Panthers are kicking a** so you can’t count them out as well.
At any rate both these teams are playing big time teams so whatever…
Long day…no complains here
Compare to how some of my other days have been, I really needed a day like today. It was not exactly relaxing, but it was free of alot of the regular distractions.
This weekend is MLK Day weekend. Great!, since I am working and most other people aren’t , then I suppose won’t have to deal with much in the way of dealing with other. Not that I mind, but ….well, you just have to know the folks in my neck of the woods.
The World Needs Love…I Mean it!
The World Needs Love…I Mean it!…[click to Listen]
We need love to set up free
To strenghtened us when we are weak
Cause I know love can bring us Peace
Love can make all wars to cease
The world needs love
For us together today
War brings destruction
But I know love brings unity
Now for us to come together
To build a happy family
We need love to set us free
To strenghtened us when we are weak
Cause I know love can bring us Peace
Love can make all wars to cease
The world needs love
For us together today
War brings destruction
But I know love brings unity
Now for us to come together
To build a happy family
We need love to set up free
We need love to care on
Delivering us from hatred’s arms
The world needs love
For us to come togehter today
War brings destrecution
But I know love brings unity
Now for us to come together
to build a happy family
We need love to set us free
To strengthen us when we are weak
Love can bring us preace….oooh
The Dumbest Shit I have heard in Years!
Is it just me or are we just one damn stupid and arrogant country? Woke up this morning to the news that the president is thinking about spending billions to put man back on the moon and ….yeah…Mars await.
Okay. When I was like friggin 5 years old, that was a very appealing story, but the state of affairs here on Earth (and by the way, I think we still live here) is such that billions of people are wallowing in unforgivable miserable poverty. And the grandest thought we can come up with is ….yeah…why don’t we go to the damn moon. And by the way, who cares about the deficit anyway?…jobs…smobs.
There is no politics here folks….this is straight up dumb-ass shit!
Here is a novel idea….brace yourselves – why don’t we, so called rich country, genuinely set a course to eradicate Malaria around the world…no…no….no..let’s start with getting everybody clean drinking water or maybe friggin’ food for crying out loud!.
Why is it that some rich folks, without a care in the world, always come up with some of the dumbest shit humanly possible? Maybe someone needs to take Mr President down to Louisianna or Southern Mississippi, not to mention Namibia, the Congo or the Phillipines and show him how barren prosperity is there.
Sure, it is not just America’s problem to fix the world, but such thinking shows how far some of us who inhabit this little piece of rock in space is from what’s actually going on here.
Tracking Along – Still Neutral!
Neutral Day
Not really an up day or fully a down day – meeting this morn was fine – no major bufaw…pretty tired tho. Need to go get some rest. Have to workout later too.
Oh by the way – still have not gotten my friggin’ car after 3 months – that’s a pisser.
Workout Day 4 (Pitifull!)
This is really sad. I really hosing myself by not spread out the pain…
2004 WORKOUT CHALLENGE
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Year’s Running Challenge:
[Running Target: 1000 miles] | [Completed: 3.85miles] | [To go: 996.15 mi]
Year’s Push Up Challenge:
[Pushup Target: 25,000] | [Completed: 100] | [To go: 24,900 pu]
Year’s Situp Challenge :
[Situp Target: 30,000] | [Completed: 400] | [To go: 29,600 su]
Upside Feeling
So Jazzed!
I feel so jazzed up today…. I really feel pretty luck to be me today. Everything will be aaaaight after all. Just wanted to tell ma diary that.
What's your Political Twist Dude?
Being a cynic at heart, I really don’t Profess any one Particular Preference for any Political Party over the other. I have voted for both parties in the past, but in general I have become jaded over the years. I have realized that regardless of one’s individual preferences and thoughts, the dominant parties in our society espouse, reflect, (sorry I am on a big word run) very little differences.
I believe in the democratic principles on which our country was formed, but our system (financial, governmental, etc..) is now so perverted it’s ridiculous. I think I talk for most American, when I say, it really doesn’t matter who sits at the top of government.
Now, there are core issues that the parties like to take up as their battle songs – the Democrats are all for social programs and helping “the man”, while the Republicans are all about moral constraints and bootstrap ideology to achieve. I am all about both of those so no sweat. What I think I have a problem with is how we are going to resolve issues such as racism, abortion, mercy killing, cloning, etc… Obviously there are extremes on how to approach these social issues in either party, but I think that these issue are what most Americans care about…well, besides making sure they have a job of course.
Financial Milestone
At the rate at which this economy is moving – jeez…..it is really scary. I feel like we are about to hit a bubble again, if not in one. With all the people currently out of work, I am quite sure most would think that I am on drugs or something. I won’t complain tho….knock on wood. So far, I’ve met a few financial goals. Pretty much have recovered from the bubble bust a few years ago and back in the black albeit slightly.
My saving grace, I suppose, was to continue buying through this whole thing. Motorola has been really good to me and has really carried my financial sack for the most part. Feeling really positive now.
Will be looking into some Asian stock a friend of mine just gave me to check out. He told me that he bought Philip Morris (MO), you know those guys who sell cigarettes, and put out ads on the harm that smoking can cause?….well, apparently they have a foothold in China and the Chinese are smoking up a storm….hhmmm….could this be the 3rd Opium War…..hhmmm.
Life Gives You What You Give it
A son and his father were walking on the mountains. Suddenly, the son falls, hurts himself and screams: “AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!”
To his surprise, he hears the voice repeating, somewhere in the mountain: “AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!”
Curious, he yells: “Who are you?”
He receives the answer: “Who are you?”
Angered at the response, he screams: “Coward!”
He receives the answer: “Coward!”
He looks to his father and asks: “What’s going on?”
The father smiles and says: “My son, pay attention.” And then he screams to the mountain: “I admire you!” The voice answers: “I admire you!”
Again the man screams: “You are a champion!”
The voice answers: “You are a champion!”
The boy is surprised, but does not understand. Then the father explains: “People call this ECHO, but really this is LIFE. It gives you back everything you say or do. Our life is simply a reflection of our actions.”
If you want more love in the world, create more love in your heart. If you want more competence in your team, improve your competence.
This relationship applies to everything, in all aspects of life; life will give you back everything you have given to it.
Comment: I got this from a website I visited….pretty cool huh?
Just Plain Busy
Read this line the other day; it just had me cracking up thinking about it. This guys was giving some friends a reason why he wasn’t able to do something because he was busy. He said –
“Man…I have been busier than a one-leged man in an ass-kicking contest”
The visual was totally off the hook….I am cracking up as I write this.
Coming Back to Center
Didn’t write anything yesterday, just used the entire past day and a half to clear my head. I was so torqued the other day when I got in, I just want to fly away….to a peaceful place. Well, that the reason for this blog right.
I really have to push myself to use my words a bit more. This will soon come to pass, but when you are in the thick of it..it is really not fun. Then again – walking thru the valley of the shadows never is fun for anyone.
I am considering changing from b2 over to WordPress. In fact I am pretty sure I am going to do it. It is just a matter of getting the theme to my liking.
I am really starting to like the simplicity of this mode of communication. After dealing with the complexities of Nuke and PostNuke for all these years, I think most folks are coming back to a simplier time. I think this is it. I for one am impressed thus far. Just a bit torn if I want to open it up to anyone tho. But what’s the use….if you just keep it to your self anyway.
Miffed Off!
Workout Day 3 Only!
Still haven’t gotten a good workout. Will have to pump hard over the next 3 days…
2004 WORKOUT CHALLENGE
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Year’s Running Challenge [Running Target: 1000 miles] | [Completed: 000] | [To go: 1,000 mi] ————————————————————————————————————
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Year’s Push Up Challenge [Pushup Target: 25,000] | [Completed: 100] | [To go: 24,900 pu]
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Year’s Situp Challenge [Situp Target: 30,000] | [Completed: 200] | [To go: 29,800 su] ————————————————————————————————————
Another Day in Paradise – Day 91
Yeah: Day 2 of 3 on Nights – kinda sucks, but kinda cool in a bizzare way.
Much better day – can’t believe how funny this game sometimes get. I probably won’t punch good on this trip, but I swear, it will be memorable.
Didn’t really get some of what he was saying at the close this morning. Sounds as though he was getting ready to cave under pressure. I really hope this guy is not weak spined as a lot of them usually are. My luck these day he is tho. I guess we will just have to wait and see.
I am in a rather good spirit really…I kinda just have that…you know…who gives a rats ass. Just do what to do, try to eeek out a bit of fun and keep punching. Oh shoot…it is month 3 in’t it? Sure is…should celebrate. Nope got to go to bed.
Workout Day…Arrgh!
Pretty hard to get a good workout in with only 4 hours of sleep.
2004 WORKOUT CHALLENGE
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Year’s Running Challenge [Running Target: 1000 miles] | [Completed: 000] | [To go: 1,000 mi] ————————————————————————————————————
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Year’s Push Up Challenge [Pushup Target: 25,000] | [Completed: 000] | [To go: 24,950 pu]
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Year’s Situp Challenge [Situp Target: 30,000] | [Completed: 100] | [To go: 29,900 su] ————————————————————————————————————