Archive for May, 2008


Saturday in Hell

The heat today has been really crazy. When people ask me if I like to live in the northwest where it’s raining all the time I tell them I do. I tell them that the rain keeps the place cool and that aside from a short summer, it stays right around 70 or below. Perfect.
All [...]

Cook What?

After staying in an extended stay, I’ve learned a few things:

If I can’t cook at home, I can’t cook in a hotel.
Toasters can sometimes break so they only cook on one side.
I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter doesn’t taste like butter.
Having a fridge and freezer is really nice.

The plan for breakfast this morning was eggs, [...]

Mutual Back Scratching

I have a single-club membership with Bally. That’s worked great for years, but not so much when I’m travelling.
Tonight I went to the nearest Ballys here in Kent expecting to pay a drop-in fee. Instead, I bought a box of protein bars (about $15 worth) and he wrote me a temporary pass that’s good through [...]

Whoa, Wrong Way - Turn Around!

I’ve been working as a “road warrior” for 11 months. Most of the time it’s enjoyable, but putting on 70 lbs when you fought so hard to lose 140 can be a little tough to swallow let alone bounce back from.
Ivy provided a lot of great suggestions and on the latest Geekfit episode Tucker and [...]