Swiss

The software in my brain that references memory is faulty. It's not that I don't remember things, it's more that I don't know that I remember them. I think the pointers to all those variables are just miswired. It causes all sorts of consternation with my family when I can't remember anything from a phone conversation I had earlier in the day, but I can remember the words of a song I haven't sung in a dozen years.

I don't think it's that I actually forget the information, I just forget that I know it. If someone asks me a very specific question about something, I can typically dredge it up without too much trouble. Sometimes things are gone for good, but it's typically the incidentals - the name of the waitress after leaving a restaurant or the color of the ball a kid was tossing.

In any case, since I couldn't remember what I wanted to put in this thing - and I had a bunch of topics, honest - I figured I'd write this out in hopes of jogging my memory.

No such luck.

---

Link of the Moment: I haven't completely ruled out the possibility of mind-control as a leading cause of my memory issues. I am seriously considering constructing one of these fine products.

You know, when I remember to do it.

Heavy

You'd think I could find time to post here a little more often, eh? I'm going to try to make this a regular routine by posting something first thing in the morning. Maybe it will work.

In any case, the most recent development is that the Ms. and I have started a weight loss program. We've gone back to Weight Watchers, which worked pretty well for us the last time we tried it a few years ago. We just fell off the wagon. We're doing the online version, though. More tools at our disposal, and we don't have to pay for a weekly meeting.

I generally don't have issues with being overweight. I've been that way since birth (10 pounds, 4 ounces - sorry Mom). I'd like to be in better shape, but that shape doesn't have to be beanpole. At the start of this journey, my bathroom scale said I was 264.5 pounds. Considering I don't think I've ever been over 270, I could afford to lose a few pounds. My goal is to get down to 220 (where I was prior to adding children to the house), but I haven't set any kind of time limit.

We started the beginning of last week. Over the week, I lost four pounds. Not too bad, considering we really didn't get a chance to do much in the way of exercise. However, we stopped by the store this weekend and bought a pair of bikes to ride around the development and the occasional weekend jaunt to a bike trail. We also want to get the kids away from their training wheels.

It's been a while since I've ridden a bike. As such, my posterior is quite sore today after putting in a good half hour yesterday. Perhaps I'll get additional padding for the seat instead of rely on some kind of callus to develop.

I also have some free weights lying around. The days I don't ride, I'll do some upper-body exercise while watching TV. I think I might try and find a mat of some kind to do sit-ups. We have tile floor through most of the house, and the areas that are carpeted are done thinly.

Then again, maybe I just need to make room for my DDR pad.

In other news: finally got a chance to try Moroccan food at Epcot. Good stuff. Totally blew through my bonus food points for the week, though!

---

Link of the Moment: Speaking of getting smaller, you can start big and go small using the Science, Optics & You web page.