Stats of the day!
Wii Fit age: 34
Brain Training age: 21
So. Just like a cross between Brad Pitt and Noam Chomsky! Or maybe not
But I am enjoying getting a lot fitter. I've been doing Wii Fit routines for a while now. Yoga, muscles, but I've substituted a 3 mile run for the aerobics session. And it is soooo good to be out running again! I'm firmly avoiding dieting; I don't want to end up like I was when I was climbing hard - 1500 calories a day, and diuretics. Just good sensible food, with the odd mad blowout!
There's still parts of my anatomy that don't want to play. My climber's elbow still gives my gyp, and my left shoulder is still terribly weak since I ripped the tendons out of it. And it has reminded me of the fact when I've been climbing recently! But on the whole ticking over nicely. Which is a relief; not too long ago, I was thinking 'Ah, come on, you're in your mid-forties now. Why bother with all that? Just relax and let yourself go'. I am just so glad I didn't.
Anyway!
Favourite curse of the week.... "Christ on a cross-trainer!" Thank you, 'The Thick of It', for that gem.
Favourite line of the week (same source) "We need to persuade Matt Delaney not to cross the floor. I think we should use the carrot and stick approach, yeah. You take a carrot. You stick it up his fucking arse. Followed by the stick. Followed by an even bigger, rougher carrot." (n.b crossing the floor - voting against your own political party)
High point of the day? Calculating how much I'd get if I get made redundant, and finding that, after tax, it would come to about 73,000 (about $122,000), which was considerably more than I expected. So, the future is not quite as scary as I thought!
Low point? Um, not had one yet
My ever-absent global manager has resigned. One of my colleagues found out via Facebook. I'm not sure we'd have noticed otherwise (also why I abandoned Facebook - too many work colleagues and relations!). Tempted to email his boss, and say I'd be a better global manager than he ever was. Not sure I want the grief of being that high up the greasy pole, though. And they've probably got someone lined up for a shoo-in anyway. Someone not quite as mouthy as me.
Anyway. I am going to go for a run now. Then finish off some reports, pick my darling daughter up, and abandon any pretence of working again till Monday.
Love to all
L x
Wii Fit age: 34
Brain Training age: 21
So. Just like a cross between Brad Pitt and Noam Chomsky! Or maybe not
But I am enjoying getting a lot fitter. I've been doing Wii Fit routines for a while now. Yoga, muscles, but I've substituted a 3 mile run for the aerobics session. And it is soooo good to be out running again! I'm firmly avoiding dieting; I don't want to end up like I was when I was climbing hard - 1500 calories a day, and diuretics. Just good sensible food, with the odd mad blowout!
There's still parts of my anatomy that don't want to play. My climber's elbow still gives my gyp, and my left shoulder is still terribly weak since I ripped the tendons out of it. And it has reminded me of the fact when I've been climbing recently! But on the whole ticking over nicely. Which is a relief; not too long ago, I was thinking 'Ah, come on, you're in your mid-forties now. Why bother with all that? Just relax and let yourself go'. I am just so glad I didn't.
Anyway!
Favourite curse of the week.... "Christ on a cross-trainer!" Thank you, 'The Thick of It', for that gem.
Favourite line of the week (same source) "We need to persuade Matt Delaney not to cross the floor. I think we should use the carrot and stick approach, yeah. You take a carrot. You stick it up his fucking arse. Followed by the stick. Followed by an even bigger, rougher carrot." (n.b crossing the floor - voting against your own political party)
High point of the day? Calculating how much I'd get if I get made redundant, and finding that, after tax, it would come to about 73,000 (about $122,000), which was considerably more than I expected. So, the future is not quite as scary as I thought!
Low point? Um, not had one yet
My ever-absent global manager has resigned. One of my colleagues found out via Facebook. I'm not sure we'd have noticed otherwise (also why I abandoned Facebook - too many work colleagues and relations!). Tempted to email his boss, and say I'd be a better global manager than he ever was. Not sure I want the grief of being that high up the greasy pole, though. And they've probably got someone lined up for a shoo-in anyway. Someone not quite as mouthy as me.
Anyway. I am going to go for a run now. Then finish off some reports, pick my darling daughter up, and abandon any pretence of working again till Monday.
Love to all
L x
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There are many local examples of the types of carvings you mention that come to mind - including on the steps and walls of the Croton Dam. It has also been tagged (hugely) in some places, including on the large historic dedication plaques and on several informational displays that were put in place to educate and enlighten interested current visitors. In more than one case, all the information they contained has been nearly obliterated. The historic attempts to immortalize the person or a loved one are often, as you mentioned, quite beautiful and obviously took quite some time to create. You must search to find them. As opposed to the modern markings, some of which can be seen from hundreds of feet away and were produced in a few furtive moments.
Different times...
Cheers!