Postcard from the Frozen Tundra

Jan 24, 2011 12:39

Interestingly, -6 degrees Fahrenheit is a real number. It doesn't feel significantly worse than 10 degrees Fahrenheit, but you do feel your inevitable death coming on quicker - a lot quicker. This is a temperature that nature saw fit to serve us in the Hudson Valley last night. I imagined forest deer freezing solid so suddenly they shattered out ( Read more... )

winter, fat boy, cats, gym, family, deathly cold and dark

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wiltedorange January 24 2011, 17:49:18 UTC
Re: the mouse...next time, the fastest, most humane way of putting the suffering mouse out of its misery is to do a cervical dislocation. It sounds gross, but it's much better than leaving the animal out in the cold to freeze to death....

Try the vibram five-finger shoes...they're brilliant!

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eric_mathgeek January 24 2011, 17:52:51 UTC
I never liked LaLanne's face. I didn't trust him.

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trawnapanda January 24 2011, 18:40:33 UTC
If the running does get the knee and hip complaining, there are machines (?ellipticals?) that make you do the same muscle work without the wearing/damaging thump-thump-thump of rapid foot-falls.

y'know, I'm with yr hubby (maybe it's because I was born in the UK too). Why would people want to go to the gym and lift heavy metal to face level and do things that are uncomfortable and even painful? There's a joke that you never see a smiling jogger - they're always grimacing. And it's true. (the joke goes on to suggest that driving by you should put them out of their misery, like a post-cat-play mouse. I wouldn't go THAT far ( ... )

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Порно anonymous January 26 2011, 11:19:40 UTC

_candide_ January 27 2011, 09:00:50 UTC
He always feels better after working out, but this doesn't inspire him for the next day.

Heck, that always worked for me! Especially back in grad-school. I found that I thought much more clearly after working out.

And what's up with the Russian porn-commenter? Have you gotten that sexy thar, Paul? ;)

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