I've been dead for forty years. Been a good life. Nov 26 2018 Clyde Langer Luke Smith Maria Jackson Sarah Jane Smith I know nobody is reading these besides me, and possibly sometimes my wife, but even so I have to say how much I appreciate you, my dear Imaginary Readers, for keeping me on track. I had another day of great forward progress today. This past year has been a bit of a wash, with a tiny bit of backsliding, but I really feel like I am back on the right track. I dunno, maybe it's just holiday cheer creeping in, but I am really enjoying my treadmill time these days. Of course, it helps that I am also thoroughly enjoying The Sarah Jane Adventures, especially after the dreary mediocrity of Torchwood: Miracle Day. Read more ...
The Other Last Starfighter Nov 25 2018 Clyde Langer Luke Smith Maria Jackson Sarah Jane Smith I had another lovely day on the treadmill today. I got to sleep in a bit, which is always nice, then knocked out a bunch of sit ups, and then watched a fairly middle-of-the-road SJA episode on the treadmill. Read more ...
What A Great Party, Everybody Stayed Late and Got Stoned! Nov 24 2018 Clyde Langer Luke Smith Maria Jackson Sarah Jane Smith The day after Thanksgiving, what a lovely day! I got to sleep in. The outside Christmas lights are up. All of the Christmas decoration boxes are out, and we have started decorating inside. And, best of all, Sarah Jane Smith brought me an early present! Read more ...
Humans. Even the clever ones are stupid. Nov 23 2018 Clyde Langer Luke Smith Maria Jackson Sarah Jane Smith I took the day off for Thanksgiving, but carried on today with the treadmill. The downside: I thoroughly enjoyed my wife's cooking, which showed clearly in this morning's workout. Ah, well. The other downside: Sarah Jane Smith tries my patience with a Slitheen episode. Ugh. Read more ...
All right, everyone's an alien. You, me, the Pope, James Blunt. Actually, I can believe that one. Nov 21 2018 K9 K9 Mark IV Kelsey Hooper Luke Smith Maria Jackson Sarah Jane Smith It's the day before Thanksgiving, and I can tell you one thing for which I am truly thankful: After two months of grimdark Torchwood viewing, as of today I have moved on to the (admittedly childish by design but) extremely cheerful and optimistic The Sarah Jane Adventures. Hurrah! Read more ...
Sing to Me, Roy Orbison Nov 20 2018 Esther Drummond Gwen Cooper Jack Harkness Rex Matheson Rhys Williams Every summer I spend two weeks working out of a room at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, helping to run a huge convention. Part of what I do is managing what essentially amounts to speed dating for travel professionals, with travel agents meeting with different travel suppliers every four minutes for four consecutive days - over three hundred thousand individual face-to-face meetings. Also every year, after the very last appointment in this grueling schedule, I put together an appropriate musical playlist to celebrate the end, and it always begins with Roy Orbison plaintively singing, "It's Over." Well, as of this morning Torchwood is finally over for me. I started on September 9th, so it has taken me a little over two months to get through it all. It started poorly, got progressively better, peaked with Children of Earth, and then shit all over itself for Miracle Day. I am delighted to put this damn thing behind me. Read more ...
Let's dig a hole to China. From Argentina. Nov 19 2018 Esther Drummond Gwen Cooper Jack Harkness Rex Matheson Rhys Williams My current goal has been to be solidly below 260 by Thanksgiving, and today I weighed in at 255. I think it is safe to say that I am hitting that goal (although I also expect to bounce up a bit tomorrow, since I am certain I was exceptionally dehydrated this morning). So that's nice. My next goal is to back below 250 by Christmas, which I think is very achievable. Aside from that, I watched the penultimate episode of Torchwood: Miracle Day today. Yay? Read more ...
Four Million Steps! Nov 18 2018 Esther Drummond Gwen Cooper Jack Harkness Rex Matheson As of today I have taken more than four million steps on the treadmill since starting this ridiculous project. How wild is that? On the downside, I had to watch another episode of Torchwood: Miracle Day to hit that milestone. Ugh. Read more ...
Jack Gets a Little Vintage Sumpin' Sumpin' Nov 17 2018 Esther Drummond Gwen Cooper Jack Harkness Rex Matheson Yeah, I just couldn't even force myself to watch another episode yesterday so I took the day off. But this morning I was back on the treadmill as usual, so here we go. Read more ...
Who You Gonna Call? Nov 15 2018 Esther Drummond Gwen Cooper Jack Harkness Rex Matheson I did sixty five push-ups today, so that's nice. I also stayed under 260, which was also nice. On the other hand, I had to watch another episode of Torchwood: Miracle Day, which was not especially nice. Read more ...