Thursday, March 15, 2012
'Best' error message in the world
"A problem has occurred which may have caused the current operation to fail"
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Some dumb reflections on pop music
So, I have had 3 songs stuck in my head lately:
"I love you like a love song" (I'm sure those are supposed to be capitalized). Song's okay, but I don't get the primary chorus: "I love you like a love song, baby". Is it supposed to mean "I love you like I love a love song", "I love you like a love song is <some adjective>, or "I love you like you were a love song"? Maybe we'll never know.
"I set fire to the rain": Seems pretty cool, but those are the only words I know. I'll have to go google the lyrics later.
Theme song from "King of Queens": "My legs are getting weary, my back is getting tight". That is to say, most of the pain is still in my legs, and when I feel stuff in my back, it's really just 'tight'.
"I love you like a love song" (I'm sure those are supposed to be capitalized). Song's okay, but I don't get the primary chorus: "I love you like a love song, baby". Is it supposed to mean "I love you like I love a love song", "I love you like a love song is <some adjective>, or "I love you like you were a love song"? Maybe we'll never know.
"I set fire to the rain": Seems pretty cool, but those are the only words I know. I'll have to go google the lyrics later.
Theme song from "King of Queens": "My legs are getting weary, my back is getting tight". That is to say, most of the pain is still in my legs, and when I feel stuff in my back, it's really just 'tight'.
Voiding status
So, everyday this week, I've been able to empty more. I might even be daring enough to say that on Sunday I was able to void 10%, and today up to 20-30% of normal. Where "normal" is what used to be, and "normal" is about 1/3 of what it should be.
So, with several of these during the afternoon, I decided I didn't need to artificially void the prescribed 4 times, and settled for 2. 3 on Monday, and 2 on Tuesday and again today.
For those who didn't catch the reference to the "yellow river", it was just to show the status for last week. A little more than a week ago, I was starting to get very small amounts, which progressed into a small, short duration stream, and this week has progressed into a medium, medium duration stream.
So, with several of these during the afternoon, I decided I didn't need to artificially void the prescribed 4 times, and settled for 2. 3 on Monday, and 2 on Tuesday and again today.
For those who didn't catch the reference to the "yellow river", it was just to show the status for last week. A little more than a week ago, I was starting to get very small amounts, which progressed into a small, short duration stream, and this week has progressed into a medium, medium duration stream.
Oops
I went to the store the other day, and when I came out, I came to where I parked, and I pushed my key fob, and nothing happened. That wasn't surprising, because my driver door doesn't open automatically anymore, so I went for the key, but the keyhole wasn't there.
Surprised, I looked into the car, and it was clean.
Then I realized, it wasn't my car. Oops.
As I walked 20 feet to my actual car, the car's actual owner walked up behind me. I made some dumb apologetic gesture, and he indicated nothing.
Surprised, I looked into the car, and it was clean.
Then I realized, it wasn't my car. Oops.
As I walked 20 feet to my actual car, the car's actual owner walked up behind me. I made some dumb apologetic gesture, and he indicated nothing.
More "running"
Wow, today I went hard. But I'll get to that in a second.
Monday, I did a mile in 22 minutes. That was pretty good, but it wore me out reasonably.
Tuesday, I only did a half mile, and counted the general walking around the office as my "required ambulating", and once around my neighborhood with the kids.
Today, I went to Costco. Nuff said.
Monday, I did a mile in 22 minutes. That was pretty good, but it wore me out reasonably.
Tuesday, I only did a half mile, and counted the general walking around the office as my "required ambulating", and once around my neighborhood with the kids.
Today, I went to Costco. Nuff said.
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Running
Hey, I get to do a 'running' post! Well, it's not really running yet, but we're twice as close as we used to be.
The last status was that I did .25 miles in 8:45 (1.7mph). Well, a day or two later, I did it in 7:30 (2mph). Yesterday, I did .5 mile in 11:00 (2.7mph average), with the first quarter at 2.5 mph (6 min) and the second quarter at 3mph (5 min). Which is almost a respectable walking pace. When I was done, I was almost starting to sweat, and I had to do a cooldown walk in the 1s to give my legs a break.
Then I took a half hour nap at work a few hours later, and had to catch up a little bit in the evening.
The ironic part of this is that a month ago, 2.5 and 3 were the slowest pace I would ever be willing to go, and they would be the tail end of a cooldown of a hard run.
On the other hand, at this rate, if I can drop my quarter mile time by one minute every day or two, then tomorrow I'll be about to do a 49 minute 5K, and the next day a 36 minute 5K, and the next day 24 minutes, and the next day 12 minutes (world record), and then 0 minutes (Buzz Lightyear speed).
Of course, linear progression is very impossible, so we'll take what we can get.
The last status was that I did .25 miles in 8:45 (1.7mph). Well, a day or two later, I did it in 7:30 (2mph). Yesterday, I did .5 mile in 11:00 (2.7mph average), with the first quarter at 2.5 mph (6 min) and the second quarter at 3mph (5 min). Which is almost a respectable walking pace. When I was done, I was almost starting to sweat, and I had to do a cooldown walk in the 1s to give my legs a break.
Then I took a half hour nap at work a few hours later, and had to catch up a little bit in the evening.
The ironic part of this is that a month ago, 2.5 and 3 were the slowest pace I would ever be willing to go, and they would be the tail end of a cooldown of a hard run.
On the other hand, at this rate, if I can drop my quarter mile time by one minute every day or two, then tomorrow I'll be about to do a 49 minute 5K, and the next day a 36 minute 5K, and the next day 24 minutes, and the next day 12 minutes (world record), and then 0 minutes (Buzz Lightyear speed).
Of course, linear progression is very impossible, so we'll take what we can get.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
The Yellow River*
So, in China, there's a river called the 黃河, or in English we call it the Yellow River. Although this picture from Wikipedia it looks more green.
Anyway, let's examine one of the dams in the Yellow River. There is currently a leak in this particular dam where several days ago, little droplets would come through (I can't stop spelling 'through' as 'throguh'), and now for a couple seconds teeny streams are flowing through. Like the sprayer on your sink on really low pressure. I only imagine the leak will get bigger over the next few days, until it maxes out or some external force stops it.
* Yes, this is a metaphor. If you have no idea to what it is referring, go read some back story :)
Anyway, let's examine one of the dams in the Yellow River. There is currently a leak in this particular dam where several days ago, little droplets would come through (I can't stop spelling 'through' as 'throguh'), and now for a couple seconds teeny streams are flowing through. Like the sprayer on your sink on really low pressure. I only imagine the leak will get bigger over the next few days, until it maxes out or some external force stops it.
* Yes, this is a metaphor. If you have no idea to what it is referring, go read some back story :)
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