May 9, 2008
I just ran across an interesting site that features personal accounts of how people are spending their tax stimulus rebates. Some of the more amusing uses include:
- donating it to the Obama campaign (take that, W!)
- buying plane tickets to catch the New Kids on the Block reunion tour (seriously?)
- treating “a sudden and particularly messy case of giardia contracted by our puppy” (yuck!)
- installing a giant chocolate fountain in the backyard (yum!)
And with that, here are some articles that caught my eye over the past week… [more]
May 4, 2008
As some of you may recall, we renovated our house last year. Part of the renovations involved tearing out our deck and replacing it with a new, larger deck. Since that time, we haven’t gotten much use out of our deck because we haven’t had any patio furniture. But…
That all changed this weekend when we picked up a new 40″ x 84″ patio table (aluminum frame with with aged bronze powder-coated finish). Why so big? Because there’s six of us.
We also picked up six chairs to go along with it, as well as two matching benches for the front porch. While I had planned on setting it up this afternoon, I couldn’t find my tube of Loc-Tite so I decided to wait.
And with that… Here are some articles that caught my eye over the past week. [more]
April 27, 2008
This past week I finally gave in and joined all the cool kids who have a Twitter account. In case you’re not aware, Twitter is a “micro-blogging” service where you can make short (140 character max) text-based posts using a variety of methods (web, 3rd party app, IM, or text message). This is an interesting little service that provides an outlet for the sort of minutiae that you just have to share with someone, but which isn’t really worth bothering anyone.
If you’re curious, you can follow me on twitter by going here: http://www.twitter.com/fcn
And with that, let’s get to the roundup… [more]
April 20, 2008
A couple of weeks ago, I noted that we purchased a Concept2 rowing machine. We actually got it back during early March and, while I’m still not setting any speed records, I’m pleased to report that I recently broke through the 100 km mark in terms of lifetime meters rowed.
My goal for the next indoor rowing season (May 1st - April 30th) is 1,000,000 meters (1,000 km). In truth, this shouldn’t be terribly hard to achieve, as I’m already pretty much on pace — I just need to keep it up for 52 weeks. Anyway, enough about that…
Here are some articles that caught my eye over the past week… [more]
April 15, 2008
April 11, 2008
I quit drinking caffeinated beverages nearly six weeks ago. While caffeine was once a staple of my diet, it has become increasingly problematic for me, in that it was causing me to stay up until all hours of the night.
While I initially got a charge out of it, I was starting to feel increasingly rundown even with caffeine. Moreover, I was starting to get caffeine headaches even with caffeine in my system. And without caffeine? Forget about it.
So… After we got back from our Disney cruise, I decided to kick the habit once and for all. While it was a rough first week, it’s been great ever since. Unlike previous attempts to quit, I don’t miss it in the least. For whatever reason, water is suddenly just fine, thank you.
With that, here are some links to articles that caught my eye this week… [more]
April 6, 2008
Not quite a month ago, I decided to buy a Concept2 rowing machine. We’ll have had it in the house three weeks as of tomorrow, and I absolutely love it. It’s a very efficient machine in that I can get a full body workout in about 30 minutes, and it’s actually kind of fun (to me).
One of the nice things about Concept2 is that they have a fantastic online community, complete with discussion forums, an online logbook (you can upload your workout data automatically), worldwide rankings, and virtual teams with a variety of different goals. All in all, the community aspects of their online presence are very motivating.
Anyway, with that said, here are some articles that caught my eye over the past week… [more]
March 31, 2008
While we were out of town this past weekend, we had an opportunity to play a bit of Guitar Hero III for the Wii. Having never played it before, all I can say is… Wow! It was a ton of fun. So much fun, in fact, that we just picked up a copy for ourselves this afternoon. Now we just need to master it before the Aerosmith version comes out in June.
And now here are some articles that caught my eye over the past week… [more]
March 23, 2008
First of all, I’d like to wish a Happy Easter to everyone out there who happens to celebrate it.
Second, given the large number of people out there that are competing in March Madness basketball pools, I thought I’d share something that I heard on the radio the other day. Apparently, ESPN received 3.65 million entries in their online pool. Of these, nobody got all 32 first round games correct. Of course, given that there are nearly 4.3 billion unique combinations of results, this isn’t terribly surprising. But if you had a bad first round, don’t fret… You’re not alone.
And now for some articles that caught my eye over the past week… [more]
