chrisjordan.com: Running the Numbers – An American Self-Portrait

This is supposed to be inspirational:

“By the time of his death at age 32, Alexander the Great had conquered almost the entire known world.”

I entered my age (32) at Things Other People Accomplished When They Were Your Age.

Carl sent me this one:
Former Slacker: 7 Horrible Truths About Dieting and Exercise

Some highlights:

• Losing weight is hard — It’s hard work.
• Exercise is an inefficient way to lose weight. — You would have to run an extra 2.5 miles, almost 30 minutes, to burn off the 280 Calories found in one Snickers bar [ I burn 7 points per hour with high intensity exercise, a 2 oz. snickers bar is 7 points (1 hour), a king size 4 oz. is 13 points (2 hours) - Ben ]
• Fad diets all rely on denying yourself something — This leads to a feeling of deprivation, and the associated high failure rate — Just eat less food overall.
• You don’t have any genetic predisposition — Widespread obesity is a relatively recent phenomenon — You also don’t have a low metabolism — You just learned bad eating habits, and you’re more sedentary than your ancestors.

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The last few days I’ve heard reports from many friends and family about having issues with wheel balance on their cars. Coincidence? No! We had a Noreaster, get the ice and snow out of your wheels and you’ll be all set.

On the day of the snow storm I didn’t really drive. After the snow stopped I cleaned out my driveway, and as part of that I moved my cars. I basically used the car to ram through the snow banks, and then parked on a cleared area. This pushed extra snow and slush into the wheels, and then I parked the car, so it froze. The next day I had the wheel shimmy thing going on, so when I parked I cleared out all the mess with my snow brush and everything was okay again.

The advice I’ve heard that works the best: get a car wash! I would say specifically the do-it-yourself sprayer, and focus on your wheels and wheel-wells.

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CanadianDriver: Auto Tech – Winter shakes

Lighter Footstep – Green Your Valentine

Oooh – Green and Black’s chocolate, yummy, organic, and slightly $$$$.

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