My recent doctor's visit

So, the lab results from my check up came back. Since I was 30, I wanted something of a baseline to measure against. Sadly, it wasn't a clean slate. Looks like my HDL (good) cholesterol is low, so I need to exercise more (ok, knew that), and my triglicerides, which should be <145 or so were 273. Triglicerides from mostly from sugars, including carbohydrates. So, I need to reduce my sugar intake. That said, I've seen online posts where guys had 1100 for their triglyceride count, so I'm not dead yet. :) So, I need to start doing my nightly walks again, and if I don't have with me I should jog instead. And start lifting weights (as I'm about 40 pounds above where I should be), and eating healthier. Which I've actually been doing - I just need to keep moving towards a healthy diet.

Today (Sunday)

Okay, so today we ran around buying stuff, breakfast (McDonalds, got the ham biscuits and I got the hash triangles), lunch #1 (McDonalds, got a Big Mac), lunch #2 (half of a Divide sandwich from Whole Foods), and got food for the crockpot dinner tomorrow (a beef roast with curry and veggies). Rather expensive day for us - tomorrow will be much cheaper (nothing with the exception of the crockpot stuff that we bought today). We don't normally buy this much food out - we really can eat more from home. Actually, as I write this up, I'm watching Food Network and getting hungry, but we didn't really eat dinner at all.. I may go get some food now. Tonight we did attend the Aurora ASL meetup group for it's first meeting. Although I don't know many signs, I want to relearn those I've forgotten (not many, trust me) and learn more - both to teach but also to know myself. Tomorrow, in addition to watching Harry Potter movies, I will be testing and putting into production better owner picture code for the system at work - my first version works well if the picture is within certain dimensions, but needs tweaking for larger images.

He's weird

Okay, as I was driving down Buckley, I figured out what went wrong Years Ago. You see, I accidentally loaded homynyms_en.txt and synonyms_en.txt into my dictionary table instead of dict_en.txt and dict_en_US.txt. Oops. That's why, when I was looking for the word "airbag" in a recent discussion, I came up with airport (but the thought in my head was Apple's Airport) and then airplane (as the rest of my brain pondered words similar to airport). Sadly, I don't know that I can issue a ROLLBACK TRANSACTION at this late date - probably a very bad idea. So now I need to look into doing a massive LOAD DATA INFILE or something...

Male Bathroom Etiquette

You must view this video - I had to force myself to breathe around the laughter.

YouTube video of the best scene of the best TV show ever - West Wing, 2nd season, Noel.

Rain

I do love the rain. It's storming right now. Had a little hail and lightning earlier. I should move somewhere where this happens more often - it's too rare here.

Master of the washer!

I am master of the washer! Earlier yesterday, called me at work to tell me that the washer was leaking. After picking up a book from my mom, and running the spin cycle to clear the tub of water, I found out how to open the washer's top, and did some testing to see when it leaked - when the water was 4 rows of holes high. And lo and behold, at around that height is this thing on the side of the tub which leads up to the console - it's the "water level sensor", or really an air pressure sensor. That's because when the water gets to that level, it blocks the air in the tube, and the sensor can track the air pressure in the tube, and therefore how high the water in the tub is. And that tube had popped off, so a) the washer would leak from there, and b) the washer thought the tub wasn't at minimum water level yet, so it would keep filling forever. Reattached tube, and problem was fixed. That's when we discovered the absolute GUNK that this thing has accumulated over the last 10 years. Took me an hour to clean it out. So now it's up and running again. We're going to save up for a new washer/dryer combo, hoping that these last at least another 6 months, if not a year.

Smoking vs. Gay

Smoking places second-hand smoke into the environment. I go for a drink somewhere with smokers (Only one or two), I come home smelling of cigarette smoke. I go for a drink somewhere with homosexuals (Only one or two), I do not come home gay.

Has interesting points, which really relate to any religion. I did not know that the ranking Democrat in DC was Mormon (LDS), for instance.