Today's weight: 218.1 Technically up 1.3 pounds from yesterday, but that was a dumb time to measure. This was right when I got up, like it should be.
That means I've got a little over 8 pounds to go until Nerdly, which is a little under 11 weeks away.
Exercise yesterday was intentionally curtailed to walking around; I wanted a day off after a fast run. I ate completely reasonably, including no booze.
The stakes: Tony won't see Avengers in theaters, Patty will drink an icky soda.
If I win, Dylan will give $25 to Give Directly, Dianne will see a movie and not complain for 24 hours, Kimberly will write a paper on use of power in Marvel movies, especially Civil War versus Black Panther.
I have until Nerdly. Also, you should go to Camp Nerdly.
Would you like to add to the stakes? I find the bets on what'll happen if I mess up more motivating, but everything is good!
Sunday, March 4, 2018
Saturday, March 3, 2018
Hey, Joe Zantek, you know about GLOW, right?
Hey, Joe Zantek, you know about GLOW, right?
A better show of WWW I have never seen.
A better show of WWW I have never seen.
I'm maybe halfway through, and I want to talk about The Wizard and the Prophet.
I'm maybe halfway through, and I want to talk about The Wizard and the Prophet.
The Wizard is Norman Borlaug. The Prophet is Vogt.
The conceit of the book is this: Wizards and Prophets both see the problems of the world, and see very different means of solutions. Wizards seek to use new marvels, prophets say if we keep going as were going everyone will die, so stop using so much crap.
Wizards say more people and more ideas, thinking and working on the problems. Prophets say fewer people, use less of the land, restrict breeding, etc.
They are both right, and they are both wrong. Which the book pretty much says. Dwarf wheat and C4 rice feed a lot more people and free up labor for things besides food production. At the same time, monocultures of dwarf wheat destroy the land and we also need farms that produce a wide variety using a variety of methods.
A concern of mine is: Who gets the thick-skinned tasteless tomatoes, and who gets the delicate heirloom varietals?
I think the answer as to who actually gets the high quality food stuffs is obvious, and I sure do wish it was better distributed.
I'm pretty sure we can come up with a means of doing so. But, then, I'm a wizard.
The Wizard is Norman Borlaug. The Prophet is Vogt.
The conceit of the book is this: Wizards and Prophets both see the problems of the world, and see very different means of solutions. Wizards seek to use new marvels, prophets say if we keep going as were going everyone will die, so stop using so much crap.
Wizards say more people and more ideas, thinking and working on the problems. Prophets say fewer people, use less of the land, restrict breeding, etc.
They are both right, and they are both wrong. Which the book pretty much says. Dwarf wheat and C4 rice feed a lot more people and free up labor for things besides food production. At the same time, monocultures of dwarf wheat destroy the land and we also need farms that produce a wide variety using a variety of methods.
A concern of mine is: Who gets the thick-skinned tasteless tomatoes, and who gets the delicate heirloom varietals?
I think the answer as to who actually gets the high quality food stuffs is obvious, and I sure do wish it was better distributed.
I'm pretty sure we can come up with a means of doing so. But, then, I'm a wizard.
Today's weight: 216.8. That's down more than 3 pounds from yesterday.
Today's weight: 216.8. That's down more than 3 pounds from yesterday.
Which is, of course, mostly water. I took a hot bath this morning, so I expect to be up tomorrow. Once I drink a pint of water, most of that will be erased.
Still: Ran a 5k yesterday. In the gym. To Hamilton, before listening to Weird Al's Hamilton. Reasonable breakfast, lunch, snack, and dinner. A reasonable number of drinks.
The stakes: Tony won't see Avengers in theaters, Patty will drink an icky soda.
If I win, Dylan will give $25 to Give Directly, Dianne will see a movie and not complain for 24 hours, Kimberly will write a paper on use of power in Marvel movies, especially Civil War versus Black Panther.
I have until Nerdly. Also, you should go to Camp Nerdly.
Would you like to add to the stakes? I prefer the ones that are not money, as that makes me feel a little weird. Stlll, it has worked in the past.
Which is, of course, mostly water. I took a hot bath this morning, so I expect to be up tomorrow. Once I drink a pint of water, most of that will be erased.
Still: Ran a 5k yesterday. In the gym. To Hamilton, before listening to Weird Al's Hamilton. Reasonable breakfast, lunch, snack, and dinner. A reasonable number of drinks.
The stakes: Tony won't see Avengers in theaters, Patty will drink an icky soda.
If I win, Dylan will give $25 to Give Directly, Dianne will see a movie and not complain for 24 hours, Kimberly will write a paper on use of power in Marvel movies, especially Civil War versus Black Panther.
I have until Nerdly. Also, you should go to Camp Nerdly.
Would you like to add to the stakes? I prefer the ones that are not money, as that makes me feel a little weird. Stlll, it has worked in the past.
Friday, March 2, 2018
Today's weight: 221.5
Today's weight: 221.5
What in the world. I'm going the wrong direction. I blame work. Tonight, I work out. At least a 5k, at least in the gym. Preferably a 5k outside, but it turns out there's ridiculous winds.
The stakes: Tony won't see Avengers in theaters, Patty will drink an icky soda.
If I win, Dylan will give $25 to Give Directly, Dianne will see a movie and not complain for 24 hours.
I have until Nerdly. Also, you should go to Camp Nerdly.
Would you like to add to the stakes? I prefer the ones that are not money, as that makes me feel a little weird. Stll, it has worked in the past.
What in the world. I'm going the wrong direction. I blame work. Tonight, I work out. At least a 5k, at least in the gym. Preferably a 5k outside, but it turns out there's ridiculous winds.
The stakes: Tony won't see Avengers in theaters, Patty will drink an icky soda.
If I win, Dylan will give $25 to Give Directly, Dianne will see a movie and not complain for 24 hours.
I have until Nerdly. Also, you should go to Camp Nerdly.
Would you like to add to the stakes? I prefer the ones that are not money, as that makes me feel a little weird. Stll, it has worked in the past.
A thing I did not like: After the credits, in blank panther.
A thing I did not like: After the credits, in blank panther.
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I avoid MCU movies, for a lot of reasons, Let's bracket that for later.
Halfway through the credits, when we see Black Panther at the UN? Pretty cool. I figure that's the end.
We wait until the end. We see some white guy at Wakanda, and his name is Bucky so I know he's with the MCU because I'm a nerd.
We leave the theatre talking about Cap and Iron Man and Hulk and Dr. Strange and other MCU white characters. I pauses in conversation, and reoriented it to the characters in Black Panter.
So gosh, that ending really messed with us. Did not like.
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I avoid MCU movies, for a lot of reasons, Let's bracket that for later.
Halfway through the credits, when we see Black Panther at the UN? Pretty cool. I figure that's the end.
We wait until the end. We see some white guy at Wakanda, and his name is Bucky so I know he's with the MCU because I'm a nerd.
We leave the theatre talking about Cap and Iron Man and Hulk and Dr. Strange and other MCU white characters. I pauses in conversation, and reoriented it to the characters in Black Panter.
So gosh, that ending really messed with us. Did not like.
Thursday, March 1, 2018
Today: 220.6
Today: 220.6
Deadline: May 18
Stakes: Tony cannot see Avengers in theaters if I fail. If I success, Dianne will see any movie and not complain about it for 24 hours. Do you want to add to the stakes?
I am up. I imagine this will change shortly, as bodies are weird. I avoided the worst options last night, having no candy at game night, etc.
Weight can fluctuate pounds from one day to another, so I'm not going to beat myself up just yet.
Deadline: May 18
Stakes: Tony cannot see Avengers in theaters if I fail. If I success, Dianne will see any movie and not complain about it for 24 hours. Do you want to add to the stakes?
I am up. I imagine this will change shortly, as bodies are weird. I avoided the worst options last night, having no candy at game night, etc.
Weight can fluctuate pounds from one day to another, so I'm not going to beat myself up just yet.
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