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Went for a Run

~ Guy Hall

Made myself do a 3.21 mile run today after work. So, that means as I type this I am exhausted. Yet, despite being exhausted I still did the dishes and prepared the coffee pots for tomorrow morning. Yes, doing the dishes just made me sweat more. I use straight hot water when washing dishes so I do the wimpy thing and wear insulated rubber Playtex gloves. Nice thing about using straight hot water is they dry quicker after rinsing.

Next? Shower then bed. Oh, but probably an Italian Ice before all that.

Night!

Another Morning!

~ Guy Hall

I managed a damn good night sleep. Woke up refreshed and full of energy. So, I am hopeful for today.

On another, totally different, subject – I signed up for college the other month. Last night I registered for an online class. I’m still working on the registration for admission into the specific college; I have to get a hold of my high school transcripts. That’s a scary proposition as I graduated over 42 years ago, and then just barely.

Anyway, another fine adventure I’ve set for myself.

Morning!

~ Guy Hall

So, despite a bad night’s sleep I still managed to get up early enough to do my morning routine. Now, of course, it’s off to the shower. Hopefully my day goes better than for the person whom the ambulance just delivered to the hospital a few minutes ago.

You all have a good day as well. Grace out people. Grace out.

Winding Down

~ Guy Hall

Winding down the day. Had some excellent blue cheese and mushroom burgers that Tina made up and I fried. With a pasta salad. An excellent Sunday night meal. Now I’m just waiting for the sixth season’s last episode of “Game of Thrones.” It should be interesting to see how it ends. I would have thought the battle scenes in the last episode would have been great season enders, but that’s not been the manner of this series since the beginning. They craft the best cliff hangers.

After A Week Off

~ Guy Hall

So, after taking over a week off from exercising, I went for a run today. Of course, the app “MapMyRun” already posted an account of how I did on Facebook. To be honest, I started out strong and ran an 11.09 mile, with some of that being up hill. However, after that first mile it went downhill from there.

First, I decided to run along a railroad track. Not a commercial track, but a tourist’s track that runs upstream along the St. Louis River. Needless to say, that slowed me down considerably. Oh, it was a beautiful run, but trying not to trip on the ties slowed me down. Plus, the track had a gradual incline.

Second, when the track reached the Morgan Park area, I had to run up an even steeper hill. At that point my heart rate was up over 160. In fact, it peaked at 175. Surprisingly, it didn’t feel all that bad. My sinuses must have improved because I didn’t get any blood throbbing in my vision, and I don’t feel the usual exhaustion that immediately hits when I push myself that hard.

Third, I dressed a bit too heavy for today. Granted, I chose a white t-shirt. But I should have put on shorts instead of the nylon exercise pants. But I knew I was going to  run along the track and didn’t want the foilage to scratch my legs.

Overall though, it was a good run. I’m happy with it.

Deleted and Rearranged Menus

~ Guy Hall

Okay, I did a bit of cleaning up. The old menu selection in the black below the above pictures needed to be cleaned out. The old link pages were woefully out of date and I simply did not want to take the time to update them. So “BANG!” I deleted them. Next? Well, I rearranged them. So, now I’m hoping people will take a look at what I have for static pages.

Enjoy.

New App For My New Computer

~ Guy Hall

So, I picked up a new iMac. I’m getting ready to return to college. Online college. And my MacBook Air just wasn’t going to cut it. I have to say, I’m glad to have made the switch from Window machines to Apple. They just run better.

Anyway, I picked up a new app that allows me to do posts from my computer without having to go to the Dashboard of my site. Very nice. One of the problems I always had with doing posts was going to the slow, clunky interface of the WordPress dashboard installed on the server of Omnis. It doesn’t necessarily have all the bells and whistles that the interface has on the server, but at least the response time is quicker.

Another nice thing about this app is that I can also follow other wordpress blogs. I am trying to follow Wil Wheaton, but it seems that though his site is powered by WordPress, it doesn’t seem to be registered with WordPress. Go figure.

Well, that’s enough for now.

Lord Acton on Liberty in 2016 | The Agonist

~ Guy Hall

Which politician seeks power to do the right thing? And don’t give me that crap about differing opinions about what the ‘right thing’ is. Peace and prosperity, justice and humanity, opportunity and community are about as basic ‘right things’ as you can get. If your plan doesn’t promote those, you have no business in politics. (For that matter, you have no business in business and should go be a hermit so we don’t have to put up with your shit).

Source: Lord Acton on Liberty in 2016 | The Agonist

Happy Belief Day

~ Guy Hall

I’m not an atheist. I believe in God. However, the standards set down by various religions would label me as such simply because I do not use the ‘proper’ words, or extol the proper story, to show I believe in God. In any case, one of my tenets of Belief is that others are not expected to believe as I do. Believe me when I tell you it is a daily challenge to live by that tenet. Anyway, I already posted this on my Facebook page, but I also wanted it here for the occasional stray internet bot that incidentally stumbles upon my blog:

May your Belief this day give you peace and comfort as you face the challenges of the world. And may the lessons of those challenges make you both strong and vulnerable in the eyes of those whom love you.

The Belief in me honors the Belief in you.