Insanity: Day 5

Pure Cardio

I finished today's workout almost an hour ago. And I almost can breathe again.

A Night on the Town

Sarah and I were a bit restless tonight, so we hopped in the car and drove around. We started off the night at Maggie Moo's, which is why I spent the rest of the evening with two chocolate blobs on the front of my shirt. From there it was a quick jaunt to Wal-Mart followed by Five Below. After that, we watched a lady driving a van run a red light and almost hit a car. We followed her to Barnes & Noble where we learned that not only is she a bad driver, she's also a bad parker.



You can't tell it from the photo, but the only thing she is good at is leaving a small child in the car while she and her daughter go into the bookstore.

Once we were inside, Sarah and I found a treasure trove of cool things, including a huge magnifying glass...





...and an entire shelf of non-existent encouragement for children.



When we finally arrived home, there were two police cars parked across the street and two officers were talking to  an old man sitting on his front porch and shirtless. When we got out of our car, we realized they weren't talking to the old man. They were taking turns yelling at him.

Bad Cop said, "This is ridiculous, two old men getting into a fight!!"

And then Badder Cop got in the old man's face, pointing a finger at him, and screamed, "We almost killed you when we got here!!!"

I wished we had been there when the police arrived. Sarah immediately turned to me and said, "We can never leave this block."

Insanity: Day 4

Cardio Recovery

After the last couple of days, today's rest/stretch was a break. Although I should have put sarcastic quotes around the word rest because I still ended up sweating like Katy Perry in a Quiz Bowl.

My Google Voice

I got my invitation to join Google Voice tonight and so far I'm pretty impressed. I'm just starting to tinker around with it, but so far I am loving the fact that I can set up a different greeting for each person in my Gmail contact list. So when Sarah calls, she'll hear one message, Dad will hear another, and everyone else will just hear something generic. Way cool.

I guess what I'm saying is, if you're still using Yahoo or Hotmail or Comcast or even Mac for your email....seriously?

Insanity: Day 3

Cardio power and resistance today.

As I was cooling down and taking off my heart monitor/wristwatch, I thought someone squirted me with a spray bottle. But then I realized I was the only one home and it was actually perspiration flicking off the wristband as I unhooked it and spattering me in the face.

So yea. I sweated a little bit today. Sweated? Sweat? What's the past tense of sweat?

Today I swat.

BP Spills Coffee

Truth in Post-Its

I got to work this morning and had some paperwork on my desk for a new series of on-air spots. There were a lot of instructions on the paper, including a list of names, song suggestions, separate air dates, the copy read by the voice work, and the deadline, all color-coded with highlights to indicate which goes with which spot.

The best thing about it, though, was the Post-It note stuck on top of the paper:



Sometimes something as simple as a Post-It note can make a big job not-so daunting.

Insanity: Day 2

Could only do....first 1/3...heart rate way high....heart monitor watch tells me I burned 425 calories... in 30 minutes....breathing deep... and heavy....

I see....a very bright light.....

BRRRRRAWWWWWWWWWWWRRRRRR

The gardeners have been running their leaf-blowers directly outside my office window for the past 3 hours straight. If whatever you're trying to blow away hasn't blown away yet, then why not try picking it up with your hand? In the meantime, thanks for the bold gasoline scent in my office.

Insanity: Day 1

Did the Fit Test today. Even my hair hurts.

I took a sneak peek at tomorrow's disc and kind of skimmed through to see what I was going to have to do. Just watching it gave me a headache.

I. Am. Going. To. Die.

They Just Rolled That Tarp Right Out

Tonight Sarah was to lead the crowd at a Lancaster Barnstormers baseball game in a Zumba routine during the 7th-inning stretch. Naturally, she was very excited (and I was excited for her!) and she brought some of her fellow Zumba instructors with her to help out. Our good pals Dustin and Janelle came along to join in the fun but unfortunately, the game got rained out in the sixth inning. Fortunately, I brought along the video camera and captured a few seconds of the evening and just happened to be rolling when Dustin uttered the Quote of the Day.

Why Is This Photo Moving And Making Noise?

I was browsing the 'net before going to bed tonight and ran across a website for an upcoming Christian Music Festival. I couldn't help but chuckle at this little gem on the front page of their website:

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Seriously? Are people actually confusing videos with photos? Was this huge explanation on the front of their website really necessary? This led me to jump to one of two possible conclusions:

1. The people who run this festival think the people who might come to the festival are dumb as rocks.
2. The people who might come to the festival really are dumb as rocks and complained about the fact the photos on the website had "big sideways triangles in a circle" in the middle of the pictures, and so an explanation was actually needed.

Either way, I don't think I'm gonna go. When you start explaining to me what a Youtube video is, you've gone way past condescending and entered into just plain frightening.

Happy Memorial Day

And thank you.

Gary Coleman...Gone?

What'chu talkin' 'bout?!

R.I.P., Arnold.

LOST: A Tribute

If you're like me, this last week you've seen about a billion different tributes to Lost: videos, original songs, photoshopped artwork...apparently people are gonna miss this show. I didn't really have the time to do something special to show my appreciation and I'm not much of a songwriter. So instead, I've gathered all of my Lost-themed doodles I've done over the last few months into one convenient Lost-y post. Enjoy!

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Eject!!

Sarah's been out of town for a few days and I thought I would pass some time by playing Mario Kart on the Wii. I popped the disc in and navigated to the main Wii menu. I waited a few seconds and grew a little concerned when the disc never came up in the on-screen display. I waited a few more seconds, and it still wasn't reading.

I thought maybe I'd put the disc in facing the wrong way; it wouldn't be the first time. I pressed "Eject" on the Wii, heard the little Eject Motors whirring away, and nothing happened. My disc was not ejected. This was disheartening, especially since I had pressed the "Eject" button. How much clearer could I be?

I pressed the button again, heard the motors do their thing (or at least try to), and still no sign of my disc. Hey come on!!

The next few minutes were occupied with a series of pushing "EJECT!", turning off the power, unplugging the console and plugging it back in, all in a variety of orders and sequences. But still, nothing.

So I did what anyone else would do in my situation: I entered "disc won't eject from the Wii" into Google, who was more than happen to give me a billion responses to my question. So much faster than trying to navigate my way through Customer Service or an FAQ section. My question was answered by a variety of people from a variety of sites. One answer told me to hold in the "EJECT MAN!!!" button for 10 seconds. If that didn't work, unplug the console, plug it back in, and then hold the button for 10 more seconds. If that didn't work, I was informed I would need a new Wii.

No way, dudes.

I followed his instructions exactly, and still nothing. I tried to poke the sleeve from one of my Netflix films into the disc slot to see if I could see what was going on and if it was possible to grab my disc. As soon as I slid a corner of the sleeve into the disc slot, the Wii tried to grab the sleeve and pull it in. "Hey, greedy!" I yelled to no one. OK, I guess I yelled it to the Wii, I'll be honest.

How weird that it would try to take in another disc when it...already...um....

And that's when I noticed the display on my DVD player, and it read "disc error."

So apparently, sometimes when I'm bored, I'll pass the time by trying to play Wii games on my DVD player.

Have I mentioned yet what a genius I am?

The Rest of Ireland

Well, I finally did it. We've been back from Ireland for more than a year now, and I'm finally finished editing all of the footage into a bunch of mini-movies. It was fun to go through and re-visit some of the things we experienced, a few of them things I had already forgotten.

And so, here you are, parts 40-50 of our trip to Ireland. I know it seems daunting to watch 11 videos in one sitting, but most of them are only about a minute long so it's not really that bad. Not really.

Triangle Cat

Remember those "How Many Triangles Are In This Picture" puzzles?



I cannot express to you how much I hated those. I always missed like 12 of them. Like this image above. What's your guess? The correct answer is 543. Weird, huh?

Anyhow, this afternoon our cat Mai was sitting and staring at me. Kinda like this:



As she stared at me and I stared back at her, I realized that she makes a triangle when she sits like this.

And then I saw two more triangles (her ears). And then...well...I ended up finding seven triangles on my cat.

So if you were wondering if I had a productive afternoon today, obviously the answer is yes.

Fred Likes My Coffee

Each morning at work I make coffee. Good coffee. If you want to ensure job security, make sure the General Manager likes your coffee. And just in case, gather evidence of your General Manager enjoying your coffee in impromptu song form.

AcipHex

Fact: I just saw a commercial for a drug that is supposed to reduce gas.

Fact: The name of the product is AcipHex.

Fact: It is pronounced "ASS-eh-fex."

I'll say it again. It is a drug to help control gas. It is named AcipHex and it is pronounced "Ass Effects."

Am I being punked?