I just had a WW weigh in and I am down over 4 lbs in the past three weeks. I promptly celebrated with some beef Negimaki and california rolls.
I need to consult my books, such as my Nancy Clark guide. I don’t think I should be following a WW plan for the next week; I want to [...]
This weekend I rode 23 miles, swam 1300 meters and ran just under 7 miles. It doesn’t feel like enough, but it’ll have to do the trick. I’m supposed to taper this week and be sure to be rested enough for the race.
I will definitely be able to run two more times and swim and [...]
Grey Gardens…well. Ya gotta love a show with lyrics in which “demur” rhymes with “poofter”–that’s genius.
Christine Ebersole was fantastic and it’s a great musical comedy role. As far as the show goes, it’s a gay man’s show in the way that Mommie, Dearest and What Ever Happened to Baby Jane are queer movies. It’s a [...]
Yesterday I went to Red Hook to swim when the sky opened up and it POURED. I managed to get on a bus to the homeland…and when I got off the bus I refused to huddle under awnings like everyone else. So I got wet. So wet, in fact, that I could ring my clothes [...]
The Philharmonic concert yesterday was a lot of fun. Especially fun were the people who were tumbling on it unexpectedly. The best was a Jamaican guy who spoke with my friend M:
Guy: What is this?
M: The Philharmonic
G: [Blank Stare]
M: The New York Philharmonic Orchestra
G: [sounding out the words as you do when reading an unfamiliar [...]
As expected, I am horrified by the W3ight Watch3rs attitude towards exercise, which is: do as much as you want and you can “earn” up to four points a day. Four…points. That’s approximately 200 calories. Um, yeah, when I run an hour or bike for 90 minutes, 200 calories “extra” is NOT enough to keep me [...]
Yesterday was a crazy day. I love the early summer days, when there is plenty of daylight, when the local outdoor pool is open and free of charge and when I’m feeling strong.
The great and generous R agreed to watch my bike, so I was able to ride 20 miles and run 3.3 miles. I [...]
1) Good bread is my favorite food.
2) I love to drink fresh juice, especially when they put ginger root in it.
3) I dropped out of High School and got a GED. The 7 sister’s coll3ge I attended wasn’t worried about that.
4) Straight hair amazes me in its beauty.
5) It’s hard for me to pee or poo in the [...]
I went to visit C this AM and the plan was to be there for an hour. They were hoping to keep her there and pr3gnant for 2 more weeks, but it was not to be. She went into labor so I waited around until her husband and aunt showed up. Her husband sent almost 30 minutes [...]
Both of the most senior people in my division at work were supposed to be away today. Instead, one of them is here licking her wounds. She was supposed to go to a wedding of her partner’s son. When she learned that she would have to sit behind her partner (because they aren’t married) she [...]
