عبّاسه ماده شير

I am angered. There are a few times in my life that I’ve gotten very angry over something I’ve seen.  The David Pearl assasination was one of those times, and it took me a long time to put those images in the right place in my head. I watched the grainy cell phone video of a young Iranian woman assasinated in front of her father.  In this video she clutches her chest and is lowered down to the ground by her father, you can see the surprised look in her eyes.  Then those same eyes roll back in her head and …

I’ve got to get me one of these!

Obviously edited, but cute none-the-less!  They are cool little robots and this one is completing each little task you see, but it’s being programmed for each. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejROvUC-gWU]   Faithfully, Mookie

Iran and Twitter

I’m not a huge fan of either but they’ve both had me glued to my monitor recently. I have a several twitter accounts for customer support reasons.  We broadcast changes and other things to our members via Twitter.  I’ve got my own twitter account as well, but I’m following people from TV’s shows I like such as LOST and Heroes…I”m not a broadcaster, more of a lurker. With all the political unrest in Iran it’s hard not to pay attention. Firstly let me say that I’ve got nothing against the Iranian people, unless of course they want to burn my …

Job #1

 A friend sent this to me today…it’s good stuff. The rest takes care of itself doesn’t it?

Lazy weekend.

This is the beginning of phase 2 for me. It’s been a full month of dilligent fitness work.  I’ve faithfully pushed myself everyday of the work week with cardio, weights and maintaining my dietary restrictions.  The problem is that I tend to eat more than I should on the weekends.  It doesn’t make sense that I restrict myself during the week and then eat a shitload of chinese food on the weekend…ugh.  I feel so great about my progress during the week and then feel like shyte after a weekend.  Thankfully today was a great day working out.  Since this …

Still on track!

I’m still on track with my workout program!  This week will prove to be a challenge for me as it’s, in the past, been a quitting point.  I’ve already surpassed my previous 1 month goal of losing over 10lbs, and I hope to continue until I’m down in the 180-190lbs mark.  I think the major difference in keeping me motivated has been the fact that I’m working out early in the morning as opposed to 4pm.  It’s very easy to talk myself out of heading to the gym when it’s 4pm and I”m tired from working the whole day.  Energy …

The dilemma of integrity in the Google era.

When I started this blog I felt like I could speak my mind, and often wrote off the cuff without reservation.  Sure, there are times that I’ll go back and read a post and think, “I must have been pissed about this or that.”   No harm…because no one reads my blog, so I felt free to vomit my thoughts onto this digital canvas, never really knowing how it would turn out.  An unfettered stream of consciousness is a good description.  Even today looking at the stats on my blog, no one really visits…which is deceiving because people who receive view my …

Keeping on keeping on.

It’s Thursday and it’s been a good week, so far I think.  Of course, it’s a short week due to Memorial Day on Monday, so that might have something to do with it.  It’s the end of my 3rd week back on the routine and I’m starting to feel a bit stronger.  It’s nice to see a little definition coming back.  Looking back, I was a fool to slack off when I was 190lbs and I won’t make the same mistake again.  Currently I’m doing 5 days a week with 30 mins of cardio and then weights and I imagine …

Seeking something.

I wish I knew what it was that I was looking for.  I guess that it would be nice to just be content with every day instead of needing something to focus on…but I guess that’s asking a bit too much.  The working out went well the morning.  When I entered the gym there were people on MY eliptical machine but I handled it well.  Using another machine didn’t bother me as much as I thought and soon I was focused on finishing rather than which machine I was on.  Taking a shower in the morning isn’t as big of …