Thought for the day
May 062011
Apr 302011
Morning at Willow
We had a relaxing morning. Here is my honey making me some kind of surprise breakfast.
And what a tasty surprise it was! Bacon with a fried egg over easy on top of a crab cake…
Shadow and Dot helped a lot in the whole cleaning cages process.
Trip to the gym
As I was on my way to the gym I spotted some unfortunate citizen pulled over by an Humble cop.
At Lifetime Fitness I warmed up with 10 minutes on an elliptical machine and then 4 sets of circuit training on various Freemotion machines.
Stopped by the H.E.B. in Atascocita on the way home. Noticed that they sell various brands of Kombucha. Hadn’t noticed that before. Our daughter Chelsea makes this stuff.
Dinner
Mikie made this amazing dinner – ground beef cooked and seasoned with Mexican spices served over a bed of lettuce with pico de gallo, guacamole, sour cream, red onion, cheese, black olives, and salsa.
Daytum
All day long I played around with some software from Daytum. Pretty interesting. That came about as a result of me reading about Lifelogging.
Apr 292011
We were just insanely busy at work today so I don’t have a lot to post. Here are a couple of shots from the daily commute.
This first one is of a homeless person sleeping on the deserted railroad tracks that parallel 59 S.
On the way home I passed by a couple of cool place.
Apr 282011
Physical Therapy
Had my third session of physical therapy at 07:00 this morning. The whole left knee situation is still pretty wonky. I cannot tell if physical therapy is helping or not. It still seems to me that the bulk of it is supervised stretching and weight training. I’m pretty good at doing that type of stuff without supervision, so … not sure how useful this expensive therapy is.
Drive to Work
New Glasses
Mikie picked up our new glasses yesterday from the optical department at the Target’s in Humble. Still getting used to them.
Philip Greenspun Photography
Interesting site that a co-worker told me about: click here
Weird iTunes Error
Got these error dialogs this morning from iTunes. I ended up having to completely wipe and reinstall iTunes as per this Apple technote.
Latest in Paleo
I highly recommend giving a listen to episode 13 of the Latest in Paleo podcast.
Lunchtime workout
Got in a 30 minute cardio workout over at the LA Fitness by the office.
Drive Home
Apr 222011
William Blake, first thing in the morning
Water water, boiling hot,
On the stove and in the pot,
In impatience, do I wallow,
For the coffee, sure to follow.
Apr 212011
Rahab!
Had my first physical therapy session at N.E. Rahab in Humble. My therapist, Mary Jo, had me warm up for 10 minutes on an elliptical. The rest of the session was basically just supervised stretching and exercise. At the end of the session she showed me how to tape my left knee to help keep the kneecap in alignment while exercising. I’m not sure how much actual value there is to be had from these sessions. I think I would get as much value from just being given instructions and then turned loose at the gym.
Lunch
Got in a quick cardio workout at the LA Fitness by work. Did a bit of rowing followed by elliptical.
Here are a few pics from the drive home
Harold & Woodhead
Coco’s Sushi Bar
Allen Parkway
Softlayer
Hanging with the birds
I spent some time relaxing with Dutch and Shadow
Apr 202011
Driving to Work
Traffic was nasty so I didn’t stay on the freeway any longer than I had to. As a result, I got to see some interesting parts of town.
I like the paint job at Sacred Heart Studio
Errands
Boss needed HDMI video adapter for his mac so made a quick run to Best Buy (over by the Galleria).
Star Jasmine
There is some beautiful star jasmine blooming over by the Starbucks on Westhiemer.
Apr 192011
Mac OS X Issue?
I just upgraded my MacBook Pro to OS X version 10.6.7. I have noticed that ever since doing that iCal tends to get itself into a state where it is consuming great gobs of member and is bogging down the entire machine. If you see similar performance issues after installing this OS update you may want to try starting up the Activity Monitor app and checking out iCal.
Lunch
Got in a quick cardio session in during lunch today. Per usual, drove over to the local LA Fitness and did 30 minutes on an elliptical.
After work
Here is an interesting house I passed by on the way home from work.
I hadn’t realized it but I guess Mary’s went out of business.
The Art Car Museum is a very cool place.
Stopped by Asia Market on the way home.
Prepared cuttlefish… this is for Travis.
This guy has ears on his helmet.
Apr 182011
The Morning Commute
Traffic was not bad, but downtown Houston sure was overcast.
Lunch
Got in a quick cardio session over at the LA Fitness. Wasn’t crowed at all today.
Interesting old convertible in the parking garage at work:
After work
After work I stopped by the gym and got in some strength training. It was really crowded!
Had the 4′th session of the Mindfulness class over at Dawn Mountain. The class was really interesting and I did pretty well. Left knee pain was not too bad.
Apr 172011
Eyes
Mikie and I both got our eyes checked today at the Target optical dept in Humble. I had some minor tweaks in my prescription and ordered some new glasses. Mikie is getting some new glasses as well, but — and this is very cool — is trying on some contact lenses. Hopefully that will work out OK.
So you all behave. We’ll be keeping an eye on you! 