Consolidation

I hate having so many different accounts, usernames, and passwords; so, I always jump at the opportunity to consolidate. May I submit, for your consideration, the new Eucatastrophe, under the umbrella of my gmail account.

I started my first gmail account in September and registered for google talk. With this new Blogger addition, my G-sphere is expanding. In terms of functionality, it hasn't eclipsed my MS-sphere - hotmail is still my primary email.

In other news, my sister and I built a gingerbread house yesterday.

Take a good look. What you see there is over 5,000 calories. I bet most of that is in the icing. I don't get to eat any of it though - it's for my sister's kids. It also came with two gingerbread men, not pictured here. Those are about as tall as the house, also decorated. Definitely a must for festive get-togethers.

-d

Comment for Herb.

What it feels like to throw a grenade.

Take a baseball.

Throw it.

Duck and cover.

That's how it feels like to throw a grenade. Really. They're designed to be easy to use like that.

-d

VO2 Max

My average VO2 Max is about 45 mL/kg/min. Kinda sucks... I'm gonna aim for 50 by January, and maybe beyond as the multisport season progresses.

Basically, I ran the Cooper's test, and got a score of around 50 mL/kg/min, and then I ran the Beep test (multistage something or other), and got about 45 mL/kg/min. I'll use the conservative estimate and use that as my baseline.

Gonna try and get super fit for the new year. We'll see how that goes.