I actually own a production company and have produced a movie. (In Search of the Harp Guitar by FisherKing Productions) That would be my company.
I find that if your immersed in the making of the art sometimes the last thing you want to do on your days off is to see or hear others work. Its hard to just enjoy something with out the critical side of your nature to come out. I have learned over the years to turn it down a bit, but I guess thats why I love older music. I have heard it so much and analyzed it so much that now I can just sit back and actually hear the music again.
Nice job Mr. Sting! That's great you made it under 30!
Deb
Thanks Deb
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Great job on the workout Tom. How much weight are you using on the floor wipers?
Keep up the good work. Its impressive.
Thanks - I use two 20lb dumbbells - mainly to help me keep balance. The unmodified workout has you using the 135lb barbell from the deadlifts.
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A person needs new experiences. They jar something deep inside, allowing him to grow. Without change, something inside us sleeps, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken. - Dune, Frank Herbert
Good class tonight, though the new people from last week were nowhere to be seen, so it was just us regulars.
I don't know if I'll work out tomorrow, as I've got at least one doctor's appointment, more likely than not two. So I'll probably be busy with that all day. Will see what turns up.
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A person needs new experiences. They jar something deep inside, allowing him to grow. Without change, something inside us sleeps, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken. - Dune, Frank Herbert
Been quiet around my log of late, so here's a bit of blather...
I had to see my doctor today to get treated for an infection in my leg - chronic, hereditary poor circulation between the knee and ankle of the left leg means that any cut I get in that general area usually means a trip to the doctor's for an antibiotic, as was the case today. While I was there I got a copy of my last blood test results which showed a fasting glucose of 79. (The previous test had shown 75.) Cholesterol was at 168, Triglycerides at 72 and HDL at 41.5. HDL has always been a problem for me - glad to see it come in just above normal for a change. LDL came in at 112, with <100 being optimal, so it's listed at near-optimal. Finally, the hba1c came in at 5.5, with the normal range being 4.4-6.4. That is probably the best news as it's an indication of how glucose is being managed long term. So for these numbers at least, I'm doing just fine.
Due to seeing my primary care doc and my optometrist, I opted to take spinning class today, as I'll be seeing Tim tomorrow. I'm glad I got a workout in.
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A person needs new experiences. They jar something deep inside, allowing him to grow. Without change, something inside us sleeps, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken. - Dune, Frank Herbert
Nice news on those numbers Tom, you should be proud of what you have accomplished in regards to taking charge of your health.
Are you thinking of getting new glasses? Maybe it is time, I couldn't beleive that you were wearing the same ones in your 'before' pics, everything looked so different. New peppy glasses for a new peppy guy!
Taking a page from John's (Mahler's) book, I thought I'd share a bit of classical music with my log readers. I happened across a clip of The Philadelphia Orchestra with Christoph Eschenbach performing the Adiagietto from Mahler's 5th Symphony. This movement is actually an expansion of one of his Rueckert lieder, Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (I have become lost to the world). The song itself is arranged for solo voice and piano or orchestra. But knowing he was on to a good thing, he expanded that work into the Adagietto. I had the good fortune to hear the Philadelphia Orchestra play the song live, with Branford Marsalis on soprano sax as the soloist. The sense of yearning and longing filled the hall, and it was some time after the musicians had lowered their instruments that anyone in the audience broke the ensuing silence.
The young Gustav Mahler was in love with a certain Alma Schindler, who had several suitors for her hand. Well known among the artistic circles of Vienna (she'd given her first kiss to Gustav Klimt) she was beautiful, smart and a composer herself. The story goes that Gustav sent her the score of Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen, and it is said she knew what his intentions were. They met, fell in love (mutually) and eventually married. Sadly one of Gustav's terms of marriage was that Alma would forego her own composing. She, for her part became a champion of her husband's music. Following the death of their oldest child, a depression ensued, and she had an affair with a young architect. Once Gustav discovered it, he was heartbroken, but he also had a change of heart - he encouraged and helped her to publish five of her songs. (Most of this is a paraphrase of the wikipedia article on Alma.)
So, without further ado, here's the clip...
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A person needs new experiences. They jar something deep inside, allowing him to grow. Without change, something inside us sleeps, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken. - Dune, Frank Herbert
Nice news on those numbers Tom, you should be proud of what you have accomplished in regards to taking charge of your health.
Are you thinking of getting new glasses? Maybe it is time, I couldn't beleive that you were wearing the same ones in your 'before' pics, everything looked so different. New peppy glasses for a new peppy guy!
Funny you should mention the glasses - I've arrived at a sort of crossroads with my eyes. I have keratoconus in both eyes (the cornea bends into the shape of a cone), but the left eye is much worse than my right. I visited the optometrist to see if contact lenses would help me, so I tried a few and they did indeed help. The vision wasn't perfect, but it was certainly much better than what I'd known previously. (To back up, if you've ever worn glasses or contact lenses, imagine you could only wear one lens. One side would be fine, the other would be blurry.) Now, he did also mention that the samples he had still weren't big enough for my left cornea (which I'm thinking may account for the lingering blurriness). After we'd gone through checking how good my eyes were with them, I asked about the cost. Apparently a single lens, which is good for 6 months, costs around $400. So a year's supply just for the left eye would be around $800. Not to mention the right eye, which would probably be ok with a normal lens, but still that adds to the cost. So I have to decide if paying $1k or $1.2k per year is worth it to have better eyesight. The alternative is to have a corneal transplant, which may or may not work, and frankly scares the bejesus out of me.
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A person needs new experiences. They jar something deep inside, allowing him to grow. Without change, something inside us sleeps, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken. - Dune, Frank Herbert
Funny you should mention the glasses - I've arrived at a sort of crossroads with my eyes. I have keratoconus in both eyes (the cornea bends into the shape of a cone), but the left eye is much worse than my right. I visited the optometrist to see if contact lenses would help me, so I tried a few and they did indeed help. The vision wasn't perfect, but it was certainly much better than what I'd known previously. (To back up, if you've ever worn glasses or contact lenses, imagine you could only wear one lens. One side would be fine, the other would be blurry.) Now, he did also mention that the samples he had still weren't big enough for my left cornea (which I'm thinking may account for the lingering blurriness). After we'd gone through checking how good my eyes were with them, I asked about the cost. Apparently a single lens, which is good for 6 months, costs around $400. So a year's supply just for the left eye would be around $800. Not to mention the right eye, which would probably be ok with a normal lens, but still that adds to the cost. So I have to decide if paying $1k or $1.2k per year is worth it to have better eyesight. The alternative is to have a corneal transplant, which may or may not work, and frankly scares the bejesus out of me.
Tom,
Does insurance cover any of this? Seems like it would fall under a special circumstance or some such thing. Just a thought. I wear contacts, but my situation is just nearsightedness, nothing more or less. My contacts cost no where near what you'd have to pay.
Does insurance cover any of this? Seems like it would fall under a special circumstance or some such thing. Just a thought. I wear contacts, but my situation is just nearsightedness, nothing more or less. My contacts cost no where near what you'd have to pay.
Sigh, corneal transplant? Yikes.
Good luck with whatever you do.
Deb
I doubt it but it doesn't hurt to ask.
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A person needs new experiences. They jar something deep inside, allowing him to grow. Without change, something inside us sleeps, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken. - Dune, Frank Herbert
Yeah, because something like you being able to see isn't all that important to insurance companies . Glad to hear that your other numbers are better though and that you're keeping consistent with your workouts.
. Glad to hear that your other numbers are better though and that you're keeping consistent with your workouts.
