Fitness Update -- October 2005

02 October
Yesterday's work-out:
None (not feeling well; although I did do 30 push-ups)
This morning's weight: 195

04 October
Yesterday's work-out:
Distance walked: 4.4 miles (with leg weights but no vest)
Push-ups: 150
Sit-ups: 150
No isometrics
This morning's weight: 195

05 October
Yesterday's work-out:
Distance walked: 4.4 miles (with leg weights but no vest)
Push-ups: 150
Sit-ups: 150
Did the usual isometrics
Activity level: low
This morning's weight: 195

06 October
Yesterday's work-out:
Distance walked: 4.4 miles (with leg weights but no vest)
Push-ups: 150
Sit-ups: 150
Did the usual isometrics
Activity level: moderate
This morning's weight: 194

07 October
Yesterday's work-out:
Distance walked: 4.4 miles (with leg weights but no vest)
Push-ups: 150
Sit-ups: 150
Did the usual isometrics
Activity level: low
This morning's weight: 194

08 October
Yesterday's work-out:
Distance walked: 4.4 miles (with leg weights but no vest)
Push-ups: 150
Sit-ups: 150
Did the usual isometrics
Activity level: low
This morning's weight: 194

09 October
Yesterday's work-out:
Distance walked: 4.4 miles (with leg weights but no vest)
Push-ups: 150
Sit-ups: 150
Did the usual isometrics
Activity level: low
This morning's weight: 193

11 October
Yesterday's work-out:
Distance walked: 4.4 miles (with leg weights but no vest)
Push-ups: 150
Sit-ups: 150
Did the usual isometrics
Activity level: low
This morning's weight: 193

12 October
Yesterday's work-out:
Distance walked: 4.4 miles (with leg weights but no vest)
Push-ups: 150
Sit-ups: 150
Did the usual isometrics
Activity level: moderate
This morning's weight: 193

13 October
Yesterday's work-out:
Distance walked: 4.4 miles (with leg weights but no vest)
Push-ups: 150
Sit-ups: 150
Did the usual isometrics
Activity level: low
This morning's weight: 193

14 October
Yesterday's work-out:
Distance walked: 4.4 miles (with leg weights but no vest)
Push-ups: 150
Sit-ups: 150
Did the usual isometrics
Activity level: low
This morning's weight: 193

15 October
Yesterday's work-out:
Distance walked: 4.4 miles (with leg weights but no vest)
Push-ups: 150
Sit-ups: 150
No isometrics
Activity level: low
This morning's weight: 193
(I seem to have hit another plateau.)

16 October
Yesterday's work-out:
Distance walked: 4.4 miles (with leg weights but no vest)
Push-ups: 150
Sit-ups: 150
No isometrics
Activity level: moderate
This morning's weight: 193

18 October
Yesterday's work-out:
Distance walked: 5.5 miles (with leg weights but no vest)
Push-ups: 200
Sit-ups: 200
Did the usual isometrics
Activity level: low
This morning's weight: 193

19 October
Yesterday's work-out:
Distance walked: 5.5 miles (with leg weights but no vest)
Push-ups: 200
Sit-ups: 200
Did the usual isometrics
Activity level: low
This morning's weight: 193

20 October
Yesterday's work-out:
None (not feeling well)
Activity level: low
This morning's weight: 193

21 October
Yesterday's work-out:
Distance walked: 5.5 miles (with leg weights but no vest)
Push-ups: 200
Sit-ups: 200
Did the usual isometrics
Activity level: low
This morning's weight: 193

22 October
Yesterday's work-out:
Distance walked: 5.5 miles (with leg weights but no vest)
Push-ups: 200
Sit-ups: 200
Did the usual isometrics
Activity level: low
This morning's weight: 193

23 October
Yesterday's work-out:
Distance walked: 5.5 miles (with leg weights but no vest)
Push-ups: 200
Sit-ups: 200
No isometrics
Activity level: low
This morning's weight: 192! (Finally!)

25 October
Yesterday's work-out:
None (not feeling well)
Activity level: low
This morning's weight: 192

26 October
Yesterday's work-out:
None (not feeling well)
Activity level: low
This morning's weight: 192

27 October
Yesterday's work-out:
None (not feeling well)
Activity level: low
This morning's weight: 192

28 October
Yesterday's work-out:
None (not feeling well)
Activity level: low
This morning's weight: 192

29 October
Yesterday's work-out:
Distance walked: 5.5 miles (with leg weights but no vest)
Push-ups: 200
Sit-ups: 200
No isometrics
Activity level: low
This morning's weight: 192

30 October
Yesterday's work-out:
Distance walked: 5.5 miles (with leg weights but no vest)
Push-ups: 200
Sit-ups: 200
No isometrics
Activity level: low
This morning's weight: 192

But Did He Stay In A Six-Star Hotel?

When I was in Basic Training, there was a guy from Ohio in my flight name of Richard Westphal (sp?). He was one of those guys everyone picked on. It wasn't that he wasn't bright. I think he just lacked social skills. And maybe a little common sense. Like the man said, "Sometimes it's better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt".

One day, we were discussing military history, and he remarked that the US had once had a six-star General. (The highest authorized rank is five stars, and we had all seen the charts.) He drew a lot of flak for that (among other things). Having no evidence one way or the other, I generally kept out of the debate.

Years later, I learned that after World War I, General of the Army John J. "Blackjack" Pershing had been promoted by Congress to the rank of "General of the Armies", and authorized to create his own insignia. An insignia of six stars was prpopsed, but Pershing never wore it.

OK, It's Here

So I had a mug of my Industrial-Strength Hot Chocolate for breakfast this morning, and I'm wearing a long-sleeved shirt.

Autumn is officially here.

Zum Geburtstag viel Glück....

Es hat heute meine Kusine Kathrin Geburtstag. Schade nur, daß ich nicht dabei bin.

Viele schöne Grüße zum Geburtstag sendet Dir trotzdem Dein "Vetter aus Dingsga". :-)

You Might Be A Gulf Coast Resident If...

*Three months ago, you couldn't hang a shower curtain; today, you can assemble a portable generator by candlelight.
*You catch a 13-pound redfish. In your driveway.
*You can recite from memory whole portions of your homeowner's insurance policy.
*You consider a "vacation" to stunning Tupelo, Mississippi.
*At cocktail parties, women are attracted to the guy with the biggest chainsaw.
*You have had tuna fish more than 5 days in a row.
*There is a roll of tar paper in your garage.
*You can rattle off the names of three or more meteorologists who work at the Weather Channel.
*Someone comes to your door to tell you they found your roof.
*Ice is a valid topic of conversation.
*Your "drive-thru" meal consists of MREs and bottled water.
*Relocating to Utah does not seem like such a crazy idea.
*You spend more time on your roof than in your living room.
*You've been laughed at over the phone by a roofer, fence builder or a tree worker.
*A battery-powered TV is considered a home entertainment center.
*You don't worry about relatives wanting to visit during the summer.
*Your child's first words, "hunker down" and you didn't go to UGA!
*Having a tree in your living room does not necessarily mean it's Christmas.
*Toilet Paper is elevated to coin of the realm at the shelters.
*You know the difference between the "good side" of a storm and the "bad side".
*Your kids start school in August and finish in July.
*You go to work early and stay late just to enjoy the air conditioning.

FIGMO!

OK, so I stopped by the Post Office to check my mail today, and there was one of those tube mailers in my box. My first thought was "No what kind of weird thing did he send me?" (my friend Terry is forever sending me strange things). I pull it out and notice that the return address is Denver. A closer look shows that it's from ARPC (the Air Reserve Personnel Center).

Turns out, it's my retirement orders.

Woo-hoo! Yay me! I'm finally retarded retired.

It would have been nice to serve a few more years, but I had finally gotten a nose full of all the whining and political correctness in today's military.

And if you don't know what FIGMO means, you've probably never been in the military.