It was an exciting morning at the office. Today was Mezeo Movie Day. We saw the new Thor 3D movie at the Edwards Greenway Palace 24 near the office:
Excellent movie!
Here are some pics from the day.
Oh, and it is actually raining!!
May 122011
May 112011
Pics de jour
May 102011
Crap I’ve been busy! OK, here are some exciting pics from today.
May 032011
Nothing very exciting today. We were really busy at work. Here is a small photo-set of pics from today’s commute into Houston.
May 022011
Osama and the Morning Commute
I read in the Houston Chronicle this morning that Osama bin Laden was killed yesterday. Good. Had an interesting drive to work this morning. The traffic was really getting think on 59 S. as I drove in from Humble, so I I got off at the Crosstimbers exit. Drove west on Crosstimbers, then south on Jensen. Turned right on Calvacade. Got held up for about 15 minutes by a train. Turned left and drove south on Hardy. That merged into the Elysian Street overpass. Very cool way to come into Houston. Drove west on Prarie, which merged into Memorial. Then drove south on Shepherd and west on Alabama. Except for the train it would have been a pretty fast trip.
May 012011
Moonwalking With Einstein
Just finished reading a really interesting book called Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything. It was written by Joshua Foer and published in March, 2011 by Penguin Press.
Joshua — a man with an average memory — went on to win the U.S. Memory Championship. This book chronicles his path in an entertaining and informative way. Highly recommended.
Cardio at Lifetime Fitness
Mikie and I got in 30 minutes of cardio at the Lifetime Fitness in Atascocita. We used the Octane Fitness elliptical machines. Good workout!
May 212010
Spinning Class
This morning had an excellent spinning class at the Houston City Center Lifetime Fitness. Nice place.
May 202010
Happy Birthday Gordon Jr.!
My favorite son, Gordon Jr., is 23 years old today! I’m sending out a great big virtual Happy Birthday to him, way over in Iraq at F.O.B. Delta.
May 152010
Easy Run
Chelsea and her friend Penny got here at around 03:30 this morning. Mikie had stayed up to make sure they got here safely. So there was zero activity around the house when I got up this morning and headed out for an easy run. We had gotten a lot of rain last night and the streets looked really clean this morning. I have missed lots of workouts lately due to my crazy work schedule, so I decided to do just 5 miles. Here are my splits:
| Split | Time | Moving Time | Distance | Elevation Gain | Elevation Loss | Avg Pace | Avg Moving Pace | Best Pace | Steps | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warm-up (walk) | 00:03:03 | 00:02:54 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 | 15:06 | 14:21 | 12:31 | 0 | 15 |
| Home to Park | 00:11:31 | 00:11:31 | 1.33 | 0 | 0 | 08:39 | 08:39 | 06:59 | 0 | 155 |
| 2-mile Park lap | 00:15:44 | 00:15:44 | 2.02 | 0 | 4 | 07:47 | 07:47 | 05:10 | 0 | 240 |
| Park to Home | 00:11:15 | 00:11:16 | 1.33 | 7 | 0 | 08:28 | 08:29 | 05:52 | 0 | 157 |
| Cool-down (walk) | 00:06:55 | 00:06:31 | 0.34 | 0 | 0 | 20:21 | 19:08 | 09:42 | 0 | 30 |
| Summary | 00:48:29 | 00:47:56 | 5.22 | 7 | 4 | 09:17 | 09:10 | 05:10 | 0 | 597 |
As I was leaving the park I ran through a clump of folks that had just gotten to the park and were warming up. I asked what group they were with and they told me Fitness Junkies Boot Camp. Cool!
May 082010
Mikie, Michelle and I just got back from watching Iron Man 2 at the Deerbrook Movie Tavern (in Humble, Texas). Got to say that this was an extremely cool movie. Full of action. Pushed all the right buttons. Lots of fun. Plus, Michelle happened to have 3 giant beer mugs that she had purchased from Movie Tavern so we all enjoyed giant beers at a significant discount. A good time was had by all.
For what it is worth, I highly recommend this movie.