Just saw a stat on TV that Dirk just passed World B. Free on the NBA all time scorers list. He is now #55 and only 3 spots behind Dr. J. Thought Dr. J should be higher on the list but remembered he was in the ABA for the first part of his career. World B. Free makes me giggle inside.
Read more...Well, I've purchased my new running shoes and I'm ready to hit the pavement. This is gonna be painful! I will update my runs on the chart on the left side of the page. Hopefully, there will be a full nine weeks of the "Couch to 5K" program listed and I can continue with a steady schedule of running workouts afterward. Maybe even a sanctioned road race! I gotta get through nine weeks first!
I have decided to once again start a running program.About three years ago, I made the same decision and began a program called "Couch to 5k" from the website www.CoolRunning.com. This link is the schedule for the nine week program that gradually takes you from the couch (a non-runner) to running the equivalent of a 5k race. There is also a podcast here that has the schedule set to music with pace change cues built in. It works great and I will use it again. The first time I tried this I got to week 6 and quit due to knee problems. Hopefully I can make it through the entire program this time and keep up the running long after. You can keep up with my progress with the chart on the left.
The above video is from Iron Maiden (one of my favorite Metal bands of the 80's). If you would like to see them Live, you gotta go to Serbia, United Arab Emirates, New Zealand, Mexico or various Central and South American countries. ROAD TRIP!!!
Every new year the fad is to make a New Year's resolution. I'm not into that crap but I do see the need to change a few things in my life. I have been taking the first two weeks of the new year to do some soul searching and internet research on what I need to do and how I need to do it. I am fairly certain that I have figured it out but until I get things moving it will remain unmentioned. It will involve some aspect each of spiritual, emotional, mental and physical health. Probably the two main focuses will be on spiritual and physical because those are the two that need the most work.
cadmonkey - n. [kad-muhng-kee]
1. A whoring draftsman using computer aided design(drafting). "Look at that cad monkey make magic with a mouse!"
2. An employee who does nothing but CAD drafting - all day, every day - for an architectural, landscape architectural, engineering, etc. firm.
3. One who assists a computer aided drafter/deisgner in carrying out mundane and repetative cad related duties such as printing, printer maintenance, and simple text edits.
4. A low level cad person who makes edits with no regard for or knowledge of proper production methods or standards. syn.- cad hack
5. An actual monkey or ape trained to perform simple cad edits and tasks.
"A tourist walked into a pet shop and was looking at the animals on display. While he was there, another customer walked in and said to the shopkeeper, "I'll have an CAD monkey please."
The shopkeeper nodded, went over to a cage at the side of the shop and took out a monkey. He fitted a collar and leash, handed it to the customer, saying, "That'll be $5000." The customer paid and walked out with his monkey.
Startled, the tourist went over to the shopkeeper and said, "That was a very expensive monkey. Most of them are only few hundred dollars. Why did that one cost so much?"
The Shopkeeper answered, "Ah, that monkey can draw in CAD - very fast, clear layouts, no mistakes, well worth the money."
The tourist looked at a monkey in another cage. "That one's even more expensive! $10,000! What does it do?"
"Oh, that one's a Design monkey; it can design systems, layout projects, mark-up drawings, write specifications, some even calculate. All the really useful stuff," said the shopkeeper.
The tourist looked around for a little longer and saw a third monkey in a cage of its own. The price tag around its neck read $50,000. He gasped to the shopkeeper, "That one costs more than all the others put together! What on earth does it do?"
The shopkeeper replied, "Well, I haven't actually seen it do anything, but it says it's an Engineer."
When you're in a moving train there is an interesting optical illusion looking from car to car during a turn. It looks like a bending building.
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