Some Fifteen Days
May 3rd
In fifteen days I ship out to BCT. This realization is a bit unsettling. Despite my belief that I am doing the right thing, a certain anxious energy builds with each passing day. It's all that I can do to avoid thinking about it by using simple diversions like World of Warcraft, helping my wife [...]
Life, The Universe, and Everything Else …
Apr 15th
So, obviously the motivation to keep everyone appraised of the minutiae that comprise my daily life has faded. This isn't, of course, because I've given up on my current plans, more or less because for the past couple months I've been reluctant to share the misery I've experienced in trying to get into shape. On [...]
How to Jog Properly
Feb 8th
Jogging Links
How to Jog Properly | eHow.com
How to Breath Properly While Jogging
How to Properly Warm Up Before Running
Shin Splints
Shin Splint Information
Alternative Shin Muscle Exercises & Stretches
Shin Stretches
Stretches to prevent Shin Splints
Frivolous Miscellany
Feb 8th
So, I've been growing lax on my commitment to keep this site updated at least on a weekly basis. Time is moving so very fast these days. I've been waking up earlier and sleeping less, but the days seem to feel so much more shorter. Part of it is that I've been so absorbed with [...]
Strains & Pains
Jan 29th
Pull-Ups/Chin-Ups are proving to be a pain in the ass. Every time I try to put them into my daily routine, I only seem to injure my elbows. On the bright side, I dished out almost 35 sit-ups last night, and I pulled out another 30 this morning, 10 push-ups last night and 15 today. [...]
2010-01-27: Workout
Jan 28th
Exercise today didn’t go exactly as planned. I’m balking at the sprinting and I’m not exactly quite sure how to motivate myself. I had originally thought that game time should be considered, however, my gaming has been virtually eliminated and replaced by my tinkering with C++ coding. How exactly do I “moderate” this when it’s [...]
Life Rebooted
Jan 26th
May 18th, 2010 is the new date set for my ship out to Basic Combat Training. My contract has been renegotiated and I will be moving on to my chosen career path. Words cannot describe the overwhelming sense of relief that washed over me when I left MEPS yesterday. Honestly, I wouldn't be happy with [...]
The Struggle Persists
Jan 18th
Sunday was a rather eventful day for me. Aside from nursing a rather light hangover from the previous night’s festivities, my day was devoted to a rather interesting encounter with my computer hanging itself. No, it didn’t try to commit suicide, however, it did force my hand on reinstalling the Windows 7 Professional that had [...]
Windows 7
Jan 15th
So, I've made the plunge to Windows 7 Pro. Install of the operating system was, in fact, painless. It seems like yesterday I was dinking around with Windows 3.11 for Workgroups and coping with the headache that was the config.sys and autoexec.bat files that were necessary to load the correct drivers for the CD-Rom drive, [...]
Firefox 3.5.7 & Wordpress 2.9.1
Jan 5th
Browser: Firefox v3.5.7 (released 01/05/2010)
Web Software: WordPress 2.9.1 (released 01/04/2010)
Problem: After updating both the browser and the CMS software, it appears that adding a new post or editing an existing post causes the browser to reload. The result of this reload is a bar of web form buttons akin to those used when viewing [...]