Category: General

I do have to say, the $30 per month that it costs to be a member of the local YMCA is actually worth it merely for the use of their Healthy Living Center.  I can get a nice little workout using their “technokey” system, which uses a smartkey to autoprogram the machines for each individual part of my total workout as soon as I insert the key, and the wireless heartrate monitor keeps tabs on how well I’m doing.  Plus the system stores your workouts so you can see your overall progress as the days go by.

If anything, the biggest problem with the whole deal is what I like to call “personal inertia“, that odd self-destructive mode that keeps one from starting (or stopping) something no matter how much it may improve your life.  In my case, the actual working out isn’t the problem, as I have no trouble doing the excercises.  It’s the small battle of will that goes on making myself get out of the house and driving over to the gym every day. 

I don’t know what it is, but it seems like some part of me is always looking for ways to drag me down into a total state of doing flat out nothing.

The Grandaddy to Grand Theft Auto games.

Do you know the correct way to tie your shoes?

I’ve started a project of purging from my life a good amount of the wasted items my packrat personality has brought into my possession.

The closet was this weekend’s goal, and four garbage bags of clothes that I never really wore are now in the hands of the local Goodwill. I also tossed a large number of cardboard boxes for things that I’ve purchased, for which I generally keep the boxes in case they need to be returned to the store. In many cases, however, I end up with the boxes long after I no longer use the original product.

My target for the next few days will be removing all outdated and unused technology sitting about my room. From 486 motherboards to masses of cables, network cards and old modems, all will be tossed.

While a significant part of my psyche is pained at the thought of tossing things that may or may not be useful in the future, another part is happy with the cleaner, leaner results in organization left in the wake of the purging.

Just when you thought you could complain about job causing your tail to drag …. (video, .mpg, 1.67MB)