Howdy home-people ( Read more... )

I'm very happy to have received some great motivating responses looking to help me towards my fitness goals ( Read more... )

As most of you who have seen me recently know, I've packed on quite a few pounds. I love food, and hate exercise. I understand that exercise is necessary. I feel slightly better, and have far more self esteem, when I'm in shape ( Read more... )

Enough non-journaling. Time for me to frequently journal about little events and non-events in my life.

I don't have to wait for meaningful life changes, then author large theses in response.

Look for more entries coming to this space soon.

Welcome back Joel, you've been gone too long..

-- Joel

Part 1 of 3 ( Read more... )

This just in from the "go figure" department:

I just learned that one of the side effects of Rozerem, a sleep medication, is "drowsiness."

What will they think of next! I bet we'll soon hear that one of the side effects of aspirin is a reduced sensation of pain.

-- Joel

I've been using a piece of software for several years called Window Washer. This software is made by a company called Webroot. I've seen Webroot grow from a small company to a much larger company. Most of this growth has been because of another product of theirs called SpySweeper ( Read more... )

For all of you worried about the fighting in the middle east. Don't worry, it won't become a global conflict.

"It's not a real World War unless France surrenders."

-- Joel

(Quote paraphrased from JDPendry on http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1670715/posts

My father turns 60 today. Only 5 more years and he'll be a Sr. Citizen. We'll be marking the transition to his 7th decade by taking him out to dinner at Becco, a restaurant in Manhattan ( Read more... )

Binghamton (my college town) has been on the news recently. The Southern Tier area of NY, as well as parts of NJ and PA are under several feet of water. Flooding this bad hasn't been seen in 30 or so years ( Read more... )