AaronHinni

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Go Outside Folks		13 Mar 07
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I work in front of a computer all day. My co-workers work in front of a computer all day. It is 76 degrees outside, and just got back from walking to the grocery store to get some lunch, and sitting outside on a picnic table to enjoy tis fine day. My co-workers elected to eat lunch in front of their computer monitors. WTF?

Back in the Splint

28 Aug 06

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So while we were sitting at lunch today, I popped my knuckles or something that involved stretching the skin on my finger, and opening my gash back open. Needless to say, that smarted a bit. I don’t want to bend my finger too much now, so I manufactured another splint. No popsicle sticks in the house, so I had to snap another plastic knife in half. Those things are really starting to come in handy.

No ride today, complete rest day. I did go do some more work in the basement. I raised the pool table light mount about a quarter of an inch, because I was paranoid that I left the box too low. I then finished wiring one of the can lights in front of the stage. I wanted these on their own zone. I also finished up all the wiring for the sconces inside of the theater room.

Oh, note to self. Don’t let a baby food jar get into the garbage disposal. We spent about 45 minutes picking glass out of there. And before you ask, yes I cut a finger on the other hand while trying to clean out the glass… and I was being really careful! A shard got stuck on the rubber part and sliced into me as I was pulling my hand back out. Just a flesh wound ;-)

Gateway Cup is this weekend. I hope everyone is ready to both rock and roll. I want some good hard racing. Fields are full, so should be some good spectating as well.

Power Is Back

21 Jul 06

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Yay! Power went out wednesday evening, and finally came back on at a few minutes before noon today (Friday).

My Dad brought over a generator yesterday afternoon so that we could plug in our fridge. I also plugged in my TV, Tivo, an satellite multi-switch so I could watch Wednesday’s stage, and record Thursday’s. With all of the drama, I ended up staying away till 3:00am watching both ;-)

We are off to Bull Shoals Lake tomorrow morning for an extended weekend vacation.

Oh, it has been hot. I rode to and from work on Wednesday, and into work yesterday. Didn’t do any structured workout, just rode pretty hard here and there. I am going to try to get out a bit before we head down to the lake so that I don’t have too many days off in a row. I really don’t want to lose this fitness, as I have been going pretty good lately.

More Donut Temptation

02 Mar 06

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Noah woke up at 5:30 this a.m. He was wet and hungry and needed a changin and a bottle. I needed to go back to sleep, but it didn’t happen. I just laid in bed, awake, not sleeping, mind racing. I had/have plenty of work to do, so I hopped in the shower and headed off to work.

It’s been a while since I’ve met the early crew at the office. I don’t know what time these folks get in, but they manage to get good parking, and are always in before I am. I ended up getting out of my house later than I thought I would, so it wasn’t till 7:30 or so that I made it into the office. Damn, I had to topen the place up. The normal early folks weren’t even there.

But what was there, was a box of those donuts. Evil donuts. They stared at me, I stared at them. Do not get into a staring contest with donuts, they don’t blink… like ever. They called my name, several times. They laced my head with thoughts of them and some coffee together. They then reminded me that there was some nice cold milk in the fridge. Did I say evil? Sexy they were! I wanted em.

But then I reminded myself that I am really trying to drop some lbs and that I really want to win some races this season. And those fatty ass rings of dough are not gonna help me do that. So I somehow managed to avoid eating those things all day today.

Good thing they weren’t custard filled, cuz I would have hit those in a heartbeat.

Short Gym Trip

16 Feb 06

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Hit this gym for lunch for about 45 minutes. Spent 20 minutes or so spinning nice and easy on the trainer, then the rest of the time doing various upper body and core exercices again. There were some big dudes pumping some serious iron in there. No showing off for me, I picked up a 10lb bell in each hand and did some curls. I used a whole 15lbs for my bench presses. Recovery days are good times.

I am watching the Women’s Skeleton event right now. WTF? Do you steer those things, or just try to hang the hell on. Looks like they just steer with the head and feet.

The snowboarding cross or whatever the heck it was with four dudes duking it out down the mountain at the same time seems like good times. It was fun to watch. Looks like you can catch a bit of an advantage by drafting and slingshotting past the dude in the front, but unfortunately if you are not in the front you runa good chance of planting your face in the snow when you get tangled up with the other 2 dudes trying to do the same thing.

No speed skating on tonight? Damn, closest thing we have to bike racing in the winter olympics.

Ok, I can appreciate the beauty and potential athleticism of figure skating, but damn, is it possible for those boys to be any less heterosexual?