Here is some stuff I read that I thought was interesting: August 18th – Returning to the scene of the class war — Feministe – Henry Ford was a union-busting, Nazi-sympathizing jerk, but he understood that to be successful people had to make enough money to buy his product–automobiles. The economy we have right now is the direct result of people no longer understanding that basic concept. August 18th – The Self-Educated Cinéaste – VID: A Sophisticated Song (Cary Grant & Katharine Hepburn) – For all you classics fans – a Cary Grant/Katharine Hepburn fan video. SO Much FUN! August [...]
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Aug 182011
Back in the Saddle again – Exercise Log
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Jun 062011
So I know I missed at least one exercise report – BUT I have missed a WHOLE LOT more exercise. Between some traveling, family parties, too much social life and a huge pile of work it has been tough to find time to work out at the club OR at home. But we finally caught a weekend worth of break, and I made it back to the club this morning. Happily I found that I didn’t lose much progress on the weights, not needing to backtrack at all and even advancing some weight wise. Still feel like I don’t quite [...]
Mar 102011
I suck at being a Virgo. Outside of my curious love of office supplies and little small bowl and organizational systems …. okay maybe I don’t so much SUCK at being a Virgo. Really I am the product of what happens when Virgo meets ADD. I love plans, I love making detailed little plans. And then when I can’t follow them I freak out and feel like a failure. So survival means skipping the plans and winging it. I don’t have a cute red dress hanging outside my closet to fixate on. I don’t have a size I want to [...]
Mar 072011
Seriously – and to me some of them sound kind of twisty – but S. who actually knows some of the people involved says they make some sense. A. When I start making a plan and goals, if I don’t meet them perfectly, I then use it as an excuse to not continue. And once I start planning, I start micro-managing – thus leaving me endless opportunities to fail to meet the plan. This affects way more things that exercise – but as one can imagine especially with something like exercise where I have sort of a love/hate relationship with [...]
