Blue Moon on Monday

Not a Duran Duran fan blog, just a thought on this gray overcast day in a city by the bay - San Leandro. I guess "the" city by the bay is San Francisco but San Leandro qualifies although, I do not know the difference between a town and a city in the strict definition sense - population, square mileage, Andy Taylor is the sheriff - let me google and I'll be right back.....Well, that was fascinating. I actually googled that right now and the difference is legally defined as having a city government as opposed to county. There is an older definition that a city has a cathedral and a town has only a church. I assume Catholic. A town without a church is a hamlet, a godless hamlet full of heathens. Another random thought - in Roman times, people in outlying villages had their own customs and superstitions - a pagan literally means a "village dweller". When the Romans were busy Christianizing everyone they deemed anything non-Christian to be pagan which evolved into the meaning today of almost Satanic.

Enough trivia but that is how my brain works. From city to town to village to pagan to Satan. I think that everything is six degrees away from Satan - forget Kevin Bacon. And when you say Satan you must picture the Church Lady.

On to my exercise diary-
Saturday - did not take that mammoth walk because I overslept. I did go to the gym and did 30 minutes on the eliptical trainer while watching football. Also did some weights and sit-ups. Foodwise, I did ok until....I had a few drinks with friends. I decided I needed some pizza to sober up - two slices. Yum.

Sunday - did some laundry but that is not really aerobic it is aromatic. Anyway, ended up at the gym and skipped the treadmill again. I went for 30 minutes on the trainer and sat in the hot tub and steam room for a while. Food intake was pretty good I must say and no alcohol today.

I watched the History Channel's documentary on 9/11 where they used archival footage and left out the lame commentary of the talking heads. It was fascinating and I was engrossed. Up close like that, you really get to see how heroic the emergency personnel was. Truly heroic.

I fully expect this week to suck so I am preparing myself mentally for the week. If I exercise at all, it will be a triumph. Bad job news is coming and I have to tell the staff that most will lose their jobs.

Thursday's Plan

Looked over Thursday's schedule. Seems doable.


20 minutes on the treadmill. I jog at 4.5 so gotta keep that pace going.

30 minutes on another machine. No problem just go for time not really for speed.

Some weights and abs. Right - let's see if I survive the jogging.


I will replenish my fluids with the goodness of Sugar Free Rock Star. I loves me some Rock Star but interesting side light. Rock Star was created by the son of the worst talk show host in history Michael Savage Weiner. So I can't help think that when I drink Rock Star I am benefiting that sleaze ball talk show host. Hopefully not.

I had some Thai food today for lunch. Not sure if is healthy or not. Tasted good, so probably not. Skipped the candy, chips and ice cream so I got that going for me.

Today is September 11, so naturally the mind wanders back to that fateful day in 2001. I remember I had fallen asleep on the couch after working late and had CNN on when I fell asleep. I remember dreaming something weird about an attack (probably the sound of the TV affecting my dream). When I awoke, I saw the first tower come down on CNN. How surreal was that day? I went to the WTC site in 2003 and talk about surreal. You could still feel the emotion of the place. I think I wept a little.