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Separation of church and state? Not in Utah. (via blurbomat.com)
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OMG, I’ve been waiting for this for years.
Toledo: City of the Future
Found at Promenade Park on the Maumee River in downtown Toledo.
City of the future… now there’s a scary thought. o.O
links for 2008-01-03
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‘Great Britain and the United States… fell into the lowest-performing group of “endemic surveillance societies.”‘
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“A married couple who sailed to America from England around 1630 are the reason why thousands of people in the United States are at higher risk of a hereditary form of colon cancer.”
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via Wil Wheaton’s blog, via propellor
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One of many reasons not to have a gun in the house.
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“[W]e know that the Democrats are experts at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, and if there’s a way to blow this election, they will find it and do it with gusto.”
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A British woman’s underwear saved the day by doubling as an emergency fire blanket when her kitchen caught fire.
2008 Weight Loss Challenge
Starting weight: 212.5 lbs. That’s up fourteen pounds since August. My goal weight for this challenge is 202, at which point I will have lost 5% of my body weight. It’s a start.
I got James’s starting weight and calculated his goal weight; I’m not sure if he wants that posted here or not, so I’ll let him add it in the comments if he wants.
I had a good first full day of paying special attention to what I eat and how active I am. (I don’t want to call it a diet, per se — that has such negative connotations. Let’s just call it the Challenge.)
I look forward to getting back down to the weight I was, so I can start over and lose the weight I wanted to lose in the first place.
In other fitness news, tonight’s aikido gave me sore toes, skinned knees, and new mat burns. I plan to go more often this month, though, since I test for rank in only four weeks. I’ll be either adding to the collection of aikido-related almost-injuries, or figuring out how to avoid them. We’ll see…
links for 2008-01-01
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I like my new job, don’t get me wrong… but some of these perks are killer. Free beer after 4pm on Fridays? Twenty-seven days paid time off and unlimited sick leave? Sign me up.