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One benefit I’ve found of going to the gym directly from work is I can go home afterward, do nothing, and not feel guilty about it.

I’ve lightened my workload at work, mainly because I haven’t been giving myself time to take care of myself. Exercise and eating like I should went behind - and when I got sick several weeks ago I didn’t bounce back like I should have. It took too long.

Good news, I’ve gained five pounds during the last couple of weeks! I was down to 144 - I never wanted to be below 150 again. My goal is to be a lean, mean 175 by the time I hit 30. That happens in seven months. Damn! If you had asked me 10 years ago where I’d be at 30 I would have replied “in the grave”. I guess that’s why I’m married with adopted kids (darn congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens), and a great money manager. Yes sarcasm is a trait I got from both sides my family tree.

In financial news, I’m finally working on getting myself out of stupid messes I’ve slipped into, and even started a savings account a while back. I started the account to save for the next camera I want to buy (Canon 5d MKII - insane rig about to be released next month). It’s a good thing to put the money I’d otherwise blow on stupid crap away.

I went to the dentist today and found out that I will have to drain a large portion of those savings there. I got over my dentist phobia about a year ago - some places in my mouth that were on their “watch list” have escalated to “do this now”. This includes several fillings and a porcelain crown - $1,300 out of my pocket. Between my flex spending account (which will be drained) and a portion of my savings it will mostly be covered. Camera delayed, but I don’t have to scramble to find the money or delay the treatment I need while the cavities get worse. I feel really great about that, and it will only motivate me to keep saving as much as I can. If anybody has gone a long time without going to the dentist, for any reason, go NOW! It will only get worse, and be more painful and costly later.

I have to go buy toothpaste because my parents stole mine after being a houseguest over the weekend. Dad if you are in need, just ask - I’ll buy you a tube! That’s a joke of course, they packed mine by mistake.

A couple technologies I have been digging recently: Cisco WAAS, VMWare Lab Manager, iSCSI storage area networks.

Technology disappointments on my mind: Apple’s new laptops and displays are only glossy. Come on, make non-glossy displays an option! Polycom - release a Mac version of your PVX software please!!! Polycom and Cisco - stop requiring MS Internet Explorer for management pages of you devices! I have a windows vm on my workstation just for that purpose, nothing else. It eats too much RAM.

Heroes is a great show. I don’t know how they keep it interesting without getting really weird.

I’m really behind on the writing a chapter of the Bible a day thing. I am just going to resume writing a chapter a day without worrying about catching up. The whole point is to get to know the word better, it’s not a contest.

Mr Eleven is gone. I think I inadvertently starved him to death. I had him for a year and a half. I was a horrible pet owner in the end. Oh well, one less chore. I do kind of miss him though, when I sit at the computer he’s supposed to be over there to the left of me - now there is just a blank wall. I should have rethinked looking at him as a chore most of the time.

I’ve got to go to Richmond tomorrow for work - leaving at 7am. I’ve been dreading that all day, getting up that early.

I need to take photographs of something, it’s been too long.

Ciao.