Remember When
Despite my procrastination, and with the help of scheduled posting, I am proud to present the next episode of Just Talking. While this is Episode 41, technically it is just the second half of the conversation I had with Parris Lilly last week. There was a clean break in the content so it made sense to break things up, and it makes my job a lot easier while I’m at the beach. Speaking of, I’m at the beach. I love it here. But I digress…here’s the episode, let me know what you think of it!
Inception Spoilers (25:20 – 40:00)
I Would Walk
15,000 steps yesterday. This pedometer was provided through a work-related program that, I’m sure you can guess, revolves around walking each day. Since I’ve started using it I’ve really noticed that I spend a lot of time sitting down. Not in motion. Considering the types and quantities of food I’m eating this week, every step counts.
WordPress…just one more thing Droid Does.
Five Miles
Is all it took to find pieces of the beach that barely look touched. At least I managed to wake up early enough to get on my bike before the masses arrived.
Technically bikes are prohibited on the boardwalk after 10:00am, but even at 9:15 it feels like you’re in an evil video game trying to bob and weave between bikers not sharing the space, families trying to get primetime placement on the sand, runners, and families in those bikes things made for 4. What the heck are those things?
WordPress…just one more thing Droid Does.
I’m on Vacation
Well, technically I’m not on vacation yet, but I will be all next week. I didn’t have the forethought to plan for guest posts so I’ll be taking it upon myself to update during the week. The plan is to put up a paragraph or so from my phone, since WordPress is just one more thing that Droid Does. I’ll probably put up a picture or two from my day and try to think of a witty comment or two. I know it might seem like a cop-out to not really have something worth your time, and I do regret that I wont have anything meaningful for you next week. But, it’s my blog and while I will continue with my self imposed obligation to posting each weekday, I don’t want to stress about it. So you’ll get a little something from me, and I’ll resume my regular madness once August starts up.
As it turns out, I’ve published over 400 posts to date. I found out about this little trick that links to a random post from a blog a few months ago so I figured I’d include that link in each of my posts next week.
Click this guy for a link to a random post in this blog’s past. You might like what you find.
UncleGamer Radio
I got lucky with this week’s episode of Just Talking. As I am trying to coordinate my Internet obligations during the week of my vacation, I was handed a big present by my good friend Parris from TalkingAboutGames and FIlmTangent. I only had 2 bullet points on my notepad but we managed to record for over two hours. So, you get the first hour now, and the second hour while I’m enjoying sun and sand with my family. The first part focuses on the gaming side of things, but trust me, there are plenty of life lessons to be learned in this one. Next week we are talking about TV and film, specifically ‘Inception’, so if you haven’t seen it, you have your homework assignment before next Wednesday.
Balancing Act
As I continue to find balance in my eternal struggle with Lantus, one thing seems to remain constant: it’s never quite good enough. 21 units at night was upfront overkill, but never made it past dinner. 21 units in the morning meant overnight highs. While I don’t have a before and after A1c, I have been very pleased with what I think is solid control since splitting my dosage. But while splitting my Lantus has helped, it’s not quite good enough.
An Addiction to Data
This one goes out to the members of the Dexcom Revolution. How often have you calibrated when your meter and the sensor are the showing same thing but the sensor reports a new number after calibrating? Merely verifying that this current sensor is on target causes all kinds of panic when there’s nothing to panic about. Does that bother anyone else? Almost any time you get that moment of synergy, Dexcom has to remove it. No soup for you!
A Wii Little Montage
I had an idea for an editorial, but I couldn’t get angry enough to churn out anything worth your or my time. But, I’m seeing Inception tonight, so there’s that. So here’s a quick montage of accidents with the Wii. You know those warnings that show up on screen to remind people to make sure the Wiimote is properly secured and the area is clear so you can swing your arms around? Yea, they weren’t joking.
The D Team
While not exactly a guest post, I’m kinda taking the day off. To give you a peek behind the curtain for a second – I’m going to be on vacation from July 26 to July 30. The plan is to stock up on an extra episode of my podcast and have some tolerable posts for the rest of the week. There’s also the matter of a future guest post of mine going up over here (when I write it) and starting to compile some GoogleDocs for my former fake boss to review for this tangent friendly website. Since I have a lot to brew on, and I got this lovely email during my lengthy commute yesterday, I’m ceding the rest of my text to Becky of Instructions Not Included.
