Battles With Boredom

The Challenge: One Hundred Pushups

On Sunday I accepted a challenge from a friend: To see if we can get to 100 pushups. What is it? Check out the One Hundred Pushups website.

Since I’m in fairly good health and exercise regularly, and just had a physical where my doctor told me I’m in good health, on Sunday evening I tested myself to see how many I could manage. I did 20 pushups in fairly short order. I probably could have done more, as I wasn’t completely dead at the end of the set, but I decided 20 was my limit for that day. 

Given my age and 20 pushups, I am Rank 3 on the test. So I rested yesterday, which is to say, no pushups, although I did practice Aikido at my dojo last night. This morning, I began on week 1. I completed the first day, doing sets of 10, 12, 7, 7, and 10 pushups. Now that my arms feel like jelly, I’m off to the shower.

Do you want to take the challenge? Let me know and we can do it together!

Fair Point and Noise on the Line

Something about this post seems really familiar, but I can’t place my finger on it. No really, it reminds me of something. I could swear I’ve ranted against the phone company, whether it was Verizon or Fair Point, before… why could that be? Continue reading Fair Point and Noise on the Line…

That 1 Guy & the Magic Pipe

Last night, my friends and I saw That 1 Guy at Higher Ground in Burlington. The show was great. That 1 Guy is not just an extremely talented musician, one-man-band, and stage magician, but also an inventor who created his own multi-function instrument: the Magic Pipe. Continue reading That 1 Guy & the Magic Pipe…

Dell System Analyzer Is a Waste of Time

While looking for hardware upgrades for a client’s server this morning, I decided to run the Dell hardware analyzer via their website to save myself the time of digging up the Dell Service Tag or running a one-line PowerShell command, I watched as the system installed an ActiveX control in the browser (always a pleasent feeling…)  and identified the server as…

a P703w All-in-One Printer

OR

V505 & V505w All-in-One (PRODUCT) RED (tm) Printer.

Uhm. Okay. Right… That was helpful.

“Teacher Seeks Pupil. Must Have an Earnest Desire to Save the World.”

“Teacher Seeks Pupil.

Must have an earnest desire to save the world. Apply in person.”

It was just a three-line ad in the personals section, but it launched the adventure of a lifetime.

Continue reading “Teacher Seeks Pupil. Must Have an Earnest Desire to Save the World.”…