tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-920296889262623488Thu, 05 Sep 2024 10:34:07 +0000FitnessPushup ChallengeThoughtsGripesNiftyPersonal FinanceWeekend ActivitiesChangesLife in TexasTravelsLife In HoustonSpaceRockport WalkingRambling stream of consciousness from a fledgling rocket scientist.http://transmissionsfromoutside.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (IO)Blogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-920296889262623488.post-1298509631988227721Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:44:00 +00002008-12-05T16:15:18.956-06:00GripesIt absolutely pains me to hear or read someone giving a well researched presentation of facts make a blunder with grammar. I'm usually listening or reading intently and then BOOM "your's". "That's not a word," I think, "that's a silly mistake for someone to make that's making an educated argument. How much can I believe anything this person says if I can prove that s/he doesn't know how to use http://transmissionsfromoutside.blogspot.com/2008/12/correct-english-grammar.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (IO)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-920296889262623488.post-5925196179632190324Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:11:00 +00002008-11-21T19:50:22.064-06:00For example, the Safe Haven Law in Nebraska. Back in July, the law was put into effect, saying that you can drop off a child to any hospital within the state's borders and as long as you haven't been beating them, you're free and clear. This isn't a bad thing, really. The only problem with it was that unlike every other state, Nebraska didn't include an age limit on the kid. Every other state http://transmissionsfromoutside.blogspot.com/2008/11/some-things-are-really-messed-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (IO)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-920296889262623488.post-6316328661171702983Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:59:00 +00002008-11-20T21:02:51.473-06:00Pushup ChallengeI successfully completed the 100 pushup challenge. It took 7 weeks total, but I did it. When I did, it was pretty easy into the 80s, and then I really started to feel it. It was probably more of an anaerobic burst of strength that did it, but I did it anyway. Since then, I haven't continued doing 50 two times a day as I had originally planned, but now do more like 20 whenever I want to. At http://transmissionsfromoutside.blogspot.com/2008/11/pushup-challenge-closure.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (IO)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-920296889262623488.post-3974997824803498598Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:30:00 +00002008-07-22T12:36:40.682-05:00FitnessPushup ChallengeAnother great point about doing pushups is that they can be done just about anywhere, including my cubicle at work. Per the Pushup Program, I did 111 pushups total.I've been trying to compress the amount of time between sets because eventually I'm going to have to do 100 contiguously. I had been pumping them out, and then taking the program's word for it when they said that you could take http://transmissionsfromoutside.blogspot.com/2008/07/pushup-challenge-week-4-beginning-again.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (IO)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-920296889262623488.post-2445454165470153687Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:20:00 +00002008-07-22T12:24:53.676-05:00FitnessPushup ChallengeThat's another 124 into the record books. I even did an extra 3 on the last set, going until I couldn't go any more. I'm feeling good, but I'm amped to go into this weekend for a few days off.I actually did my pushups over at my girlfriend's apartment while she was playing a computer game, so it's a great activity to keep me busy while she's doing something else. Yay!http://transmissionsfromoutside.blogspot.com/2008/07/pushup-challenge-end-of-week-3.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (IO)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-920296889262623488.post-1009830031345388266Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:47:00 +00002008-07-17T10:53:30.789-05:00FitnessPushup ChallengeI did my 105 pushups today, but I didn't do them in the set number prescribed by Week 3, Tier 3, Day 2 of the pushup challenge. I had looked at the website earlier in the day, but didn't have it available when I did the pushups. I had remembered that there were 105 total, and that it started with 27 and ended with at least 25. So I did 27, 19, 17, 17, 25. The program called for 27, 19, 19, 15http://transmissionsfromoutside.blogspot.com/2008/07/pushup-challenge-week-3-forgotten-sets.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (IO)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-920296889262623488.post-2589199474287149444Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:06:00 +00002008-07-16T16:00:10.803-05:00FitnessPushup ChallengeI just pulled off 99 pushups inside of a half hour. Granted, these weren't all consecutive, but they were as prescribed by the third tier of the first day of week 3 of the pushup program. I'm really glad I can do this many, I've been feeling better, and I'm liking the way I look better.For some reason, I'm significantly more thirsty now, so I've been drinking more soda. Then I realized that http://transmissionsfromoutside.blogspot.com/2008/07/pushup-challenge-on-to-week-3.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (IO)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-920296889262623488.post-6898528883827864169Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:21:00 +00002008-07-14T13:30:27.229-05:00FitnessPushup ChallengeOh yes! Eat that! 30 pushups! A week ago, I could only do 15, and 2 weeks previous to that, I could only do 6. I am now officially cleared to make it to Week 3 of the pushup challenge program. I'm even going to be in the highest tier! I'm a little worried though. The ramp up is going to get up to 99 total. That's 30 more than I did on Friday. That's a bit crazy. We'll see how this goes http://transmissionsfromoutside.blogspot.com/2008/07/pushup-challenge-do-over-test-for-week.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (IO)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-920296889262623488.post-3086596608860832952Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:14:00 +00002008-07-14T13:20:56.095-05:00FitnessPushup ChallengeThis time, the increase in pushups wasn't so steep, only increasing by 4 total, but evened out the pace. Therefor, I did a grand total of 69. This is way more than I could have hoped to do inside of a day, just 3 weeks ago. We'll see if the test says this little do-over was worthwhile on Sunday.http://transmissionsfromoutside.blogspot.com/2008/07/pushup-challenge-do-over-end-of-week-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (IO)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-920296889262623488.post-4210946041073867911Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:09:00 +00002008-07-14T13:14:44.423-05:00FitnessPushup ChallengeIt was tough, but I completed a total of 65 pushups today. This is a huge increase from Monday, where I only had to do a total of 50. I have no idea why the program ramps up so steep for this transition. I really had to rest between sets, and after the last set of "Do the max, but minimum 15" (I did 15, shaking through the last 2), I collapsed to the floor, and then said to myself, "Ok Self, http://transmissionsfromoutside.blogspot.com/2008/07/pushup-challenge-do-over-of-week-2-mid.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (IO)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-920296889262623488.post-7881021720742857115Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:27:00 +00002008-07-08T09:41:33.711-05:00FitnessPushup ChallengeAt the end of what became an 11-hour work day, followed by an hour of trying to return one video game for credit to buy another at the web-advertised price, I finally get home. As I'm tearing out of my fancy-pants work clothes, I whine, "Aaaaand I still have to do my pushups!" My apartment isn't cold enough to cool me down after running around for awhile outside and up the stairs to my door. Ihttp://transmissionsfromoutside.blogspot.com/2008/07/pushup-challenge-do-over-of-week-2-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (IO)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-920296889262623488.post-7014814263515356683Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:25:00 +00002008-07-07T15:29:43.393-05:00GripesPersonal FinanceSo there are some depressing things in the world out there, but this beats it all for me while I'm working a 10-hour-day today.Waaaaaa! I want to retire now! How can I really expect to live that long?Maybe instead of a countdown to retirement via days, I should figure out the amount of cash-ola I'm going to need to retire securely, and then update that counter on the front page. Thoughts?http://transmissionsfromoutside.blogspot.com/2008/07/countdown-to-retirement.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (IO)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-920296889262623488.post-3462533861385289943Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:14:00 +00002008-07-07T15:25:11.804-05:00FitnessPushup ChallengeSo today, I did as many pushups as I possibly could without taking a break. Sadly, it was only 15, which means I don't qualify to make it to the third week of the pushup program. While I'm sad about that, I am very happy to say I can do 15 pushups straight, when only two weeks ago I collapsed after 6. I will be now taking on the program's second week, but in the highest tier. I'm also happy to http://transmissionsfromoutside.blogspot.com/2008/07/pushup-challenge-test-for-week-3.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (IO)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-920296889262623488.post-762756332554924284Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:07:00 +00002008-07-07T15:14:24.196-05:00FitnessPushup ChallengeToday, the pushup program required me to do 10 pushups, breathe for 120 seconds, do 10 more pushups, breathe again, 8 more, breathing, 8 pushups, breathe, and finally, as many as a could, as long as it was 10 or more. I was able to do 11 for my final set. This gave me 47 total pushups for today! That's nothing to sniffle at, if you ask me. Later on, before going out to watch the fireworks withhttp://transmissionsfromoutside.blogspot.com/2008/07/pushup-challenge-end-of-week-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (IO)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-920296889262623488.post-4698137514782298357Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:23:00 +00002008-07-02T20:31:45.066-05:00FitnessPushup ChallengeOk, so my stomach doesn't hurt anymore, and I've regained a bit of appetite. On to the pushups!The Pushup Program called for 44 pushups today, so I pulled off 44. The last one nearly made my arms fall off. My torso wanted to just snap the arms off and take me to the floor. Just because I didn't let them doesn't mean I'm not hurting. They're resting on my knees as I type this anyway, and my http://transmissionsfromoutside.blogspot.com/2008/07/pushup-challenge-past-illness.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (IO)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-920296889262623488.post-6069991423128972774Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:15:00 +00002008-07-02T20:23:33.602-05:00FitnessPushup ChallengeToday I did only 34 pushups, but that's how many the program called for. I'm starting to get really tired when that max-out set comes. At least that means I did 34 though.My stomach was killing me again. I think I may just be sick. I haven't had much of any appetite for the last two days, so I'm going to see if this gets any worse.http://transmissionsfromoutside.blogspot.com/2008/07/pushup-challenge-week-2-begins.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (IO)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-920296889262623488.post-2169928120524839015Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:00:00 +00002008-06-27T21:06:54.704-05:00FitnessPushup ChallengeToday, I did a total of 41 pushups. Yay.But I still max out at 10 consecutively. My arms, shoulders, and back are all fine. It's my lower abs that are killing me. Am I doing this wrong? I don't remember pushups hurting this much back when I could do 20 straight without trouble. Granted, I'd been training up for a season of football then, so I was in about as good of shape as I have ever http://transmissionsfromoutside.blogspot.com/2008/06/pushup-challenge-end-of-week-one.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (IO)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-920296889262623488.post-8436315853830370490Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:48:00 +00002008-06-25T18:57:40.794-05:00FitnessPushup ChallengeI had no idea I would be sore for so long after doing those pushups the first day. For the first couple of hours, my arms wanted to do nothing more than hang from my neck, mostly because my shoulders had given up as well. The next day, my chest and shoulders felt like they needed stretching every two minutes. By the time I was supposed to do my second session's pushups, my lower abs were http://transmissionsfromoutside.blogspot.com/2008/06/pushup-challenge-initial-aches.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (IO)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-920296889262623488.post-2977767247460165653Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:40:00 +00002008-06-25T18:58:29.336-05:00FitnessRockport WalkingI work in an office and am sedentary in my everyday life. So again, I am generally considered not "fit". Thus, I have been trying to improve this with a little low level exercise to begin with. I found the Rockport Walk Test, and decided to give it a whirl. The initial test is to walk a mile as fast as you can and take your pulse immediately afterward. When I did, I came in as wellbelow a http://transmissionsfromoutside.blogspot.com/2008/06/rockport-walk-test.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (IO)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-920296889262623488.post-690489632154703979Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:28:00 +00002008-06-25T18:58:06.848-05:00FitnessPushup ChallengeI was reading get rich slowly recently, and J.D. has got another blog called get fit slowly. He learned about this one hundred pushup challenge, and passed it on to his readers. I checked it out mid-week, so I wanted to wave off until the next week to actually get started with it. After I decided to wave off, I realized I should square off against someone in order to keep myself motivated. http://transmissionsfromoutside.blogspot.com/2008/06/pushup-challenge-guantlet-is-thrown.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (IO)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-920296889262623488.post-1428347927062560590Mon, 09 Jun 2008 07:37:00 +00002008-06-23T12:28:54.697-05:00GripesHere's a pet peeve of mine: Entitlement. There's a certain amount of things people should expect to receive inlife. Your mother should love you, you should be paid for your work,and you should be treated like a human being. There are probably morethings, but there are some that do not apply.Tonight, while working the overnight shift, the folks at the consolebehind me were talking with their http://transmissionsfromoutside.blogspot.com/2008/06/entitlement.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (IO)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-920296889262623488.post-634639958245211632Mon, 05 May 2008 15:46:00 +00002008-05-05T17:01:53.707-05:00NiftyThis is dedication and awesomeness. Just think of the layers of geek that go into this project.Also, if you are unhappy about anything or just caught up in your own little drama, I suggest you check out these very tiny shetland pony foals. Compare them to the height of the grass.This may be why I don't understand Texans well. Am I being overly polite?This one could be true of any state that http://transmissionsfromoutside.blogspot.com/2008/05/links-for-monday-5-may-2008.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (IO)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-920296889262623488.post-3934847142156995042Mon, 05 May 2008 04:53:00 +00002008-05-05T01:00:42.957-05:00Life In HoustonWeekend ActivitiesI went and saw Iron Man Friday night with some friends. I gotta say, it was pretty good.*Disclaimer* The writer thought The Hulk wasn't too bad when it came out. If there are explosions and bad guys getting beaten up, he generally doesn't think it's a terrible movie. /DisclaimerThe girlfriend and the significant others of the guys I saw the movie with weren't so interested in seeing Iron Man. http://transmissionsfromoutside.blogspot.com/2008/05/first-weekend-in-may-2008.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (IO)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-920296889262623488.post-509231552181325996Mon, 05 May 2008 04:48:00 +00002008-05-04T23:51:07.111-05:00GripesSomebody's blog has been bothering me every time I read it to the point that I needed to delete my bookmark. If your blog posts are stupid, inane, inflammatory, or all about finger pointing, I'm not gonna read it.http://transmissionsfromoutside.blogspot.com/2008/05/deleted.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (IO)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-920296889262623488.post-717819373265986638Sun, 04 May 2008 06:37:00 +00002008-05-04T23:53:13.714-05:00Life in TexasThoughtsIt's $*%&'d up, isn't it? I'm still trying to figure out what I believe. This is tough with people thumping your skull with the Bible here in Texas. It's really hard to agree with people who don't act on what they believe, isn't it?Either way, I'm not sure what I believe. This is partially because I have been surrounded by cynicism, zealotry, terrorism, peacemaking, and everything in http://transmissionsfromoutside.blogspot.com/2008/01/philosophy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (IO)0