Month: June 2004

Breakfast was a bowl of cold cereal with banana slices and a cup of coffee. I weighed 157 pounds.

I had another cup of coffee at the office.

Over lunch I took a four mile walk around campus, stopping at Subway along the way for a Turkey Breast and Bacon Melt Wrap.

These lovely young ladies came over to say “Hello” as I walked by.

After work, Gretchen and I cooled off with a glass of apricot slush.

Dinner was hot asparagus with whole wheat pasta, a wilted lettuce salad, and a bottle of Saranac Pale Ale.

Tonight’s MBNA Fitness Center workout:

1. 5 minute warm-up on… some kind of track-walker (all of the treadmills had people camping on them)
2. 9 repetitions at 125 pounds on the Nautilus Nitro Compound Row
3. 2 (Hah!) repetitions at 60 pounds on the Nautilus Nitro Overhead Press
4. 12 repetitions at 70 pounds on the Nautilus Nitro Lateral Raise
5. 10 repetitions at 125 pounds on the Nautilus Nitro Lower Back
6. 12² repetitions at 85 pounds on the Nautilus Nitro Abdominal
7. 12¹ repetitions at 55 pounds on the Nautilus Nitro Biceps Curl
8. 12² repetitions at 40 pounds on the Nautilus Nitro Triceps Extension
9. 12 repetitions at 5 on the Hoist Prone Leg Curl
10. 12² repetitions at 95 pounds on the Nautilus Nitro Leg Extension
11. 12 repetitions at 85 pounds on the Nautilus Nitro Super Pullover
12. 8 repetitions at 135 pounds on the Nautilus Combo Lat Pulldown
13. 5 repetitions at 70 pounds on the Nautilus Nitro Vertical Chest
14. 8 repetitions at 65 pounds on the Nautilus Nitro Incline Press
15. 12² repetitions at 85 pounds on the Nautilus Nitro Seated Dip
16. 12² repetitions at 100 pounds on the Nautilus Nitro Adductor
17. 12² repetitions at 190 pounds on the Nautilus Nitro Abductor
18. 12³ repetitions at 4 on the Hoist Rear Delt
19. 12² repetitions at 95 pounds on the Nautilus Nitro Pec Fly
20. 12² repetitions at 105 pounds on the Nautilus Nitro Rotary Torso
21. No cool down (everybody was still camped out on the treadmills)

Breakfast was three sausage links, a piece of toasted colonial bread with homemade strawberry jam, a glass of orange juice, and a cup of coffee. I weighed 156 pounds.

These little fluff balls crossed in front of me on the way to work this morning.

At the office I had two cups of green tea.

Over lunch I went for a four mile walk around campus. I stopped at the HUB and had Panda Express Vegetable Sushi (a contradiction in terms, I know, since Sushi means “delicious fish”) — three onari and five vegie rolls (carrots, cucumber, and avacado) — and a cup of Thai Tea Boba.

After work and my semi-weekly workout, I had a slush.

Dinner was a garden salad with sausage and Balsamic Vinaigrette, a bottle of Saranac Pale Ale, and two hands full of peanuts.

Much of the time, I will say that I had two bottles of beer with dinner. Well, that is actually a misrepresentation. It usually turns out that I have one after work and then another with dinner. It is easier, and less pedantic, to simply say I had two, rather than saying I had one and then I had another. Tonight I have to resort to the latter semantic arrangement since it clearly is not two of…, it is one of… and one of… The first one being “The Recipe.”

Apricot Slush “The Recipe”

If you are looking for a delicious, refreshing make-ahead frozen drink, this is for you.

• 1½ Sugar
• 4 Tea Bags
• 2 cups Boiling Water plus 7 cups Cold Water
• 1 large can Frozen Lemonade Concentrate
• 1 large can Frozen Orange Juice Concentrate
• ⅕ gallon Apricot Brandy

1. Mix the sugar, water, and tea bags.
2. Mix in the remaining ingredients.
3. Freeze.

To serve, fill a glass half way with the slush and top it off with Sprite or 7-Up. Garnish with a maraschino cherry.

Breakfast was a bowl of cold cereal, a glass of orange juice and a cup of coffee. I weighed 156 pounds.

Around noon I had a bottle of Saranac Pale Ale and a hand full of peanuts.

Dinner was very rustic — and delicious. A pair of country ribs done in the style of Alton Brown (★★★★☆), braised baby turnips and garlic scapes, a wilted lettuce salad, and a bottle of Saranac Pale Ale.

1. Buddha, The Word (the Eightfold Path)
2. Sun Tzu, The Art of War
3. Lao-tzu, Tao Te Ching
4. The I Ching

Breakfast was a bowl of cold cereal, a glass of orange juice and a cup of coffee. I weighed 158 pounds.

Gretchen and I went to a work day at the CSA today. We weeded the rhubarb, chard, and the fennel. Afterwards, we had a lunch of tossed salad with raspberry vinaigrette, asparagus rice pilaf, whole wheat bread with humus, a lemon cake with strawberry sauce, and a cup of ginger shrub to drink. The CSA was shutting down one of its strawberry patches so after lunch we took a few minutes to make a final sweep through it and got two quarts for jam. Yesterday I bought two more quarts from an Amish stand at the State College Farmer’s Market that we also made into jam today. After we got home we had a bottle of Saranac Pale Ale.

Dinner was a salad with roast chicken and Balsamic Vinaigrette, a slice of colonial bread with a sample of our fresh strawberry jam, and a bottle of Saranac Pale Ale.

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Bach: The Cello Suites

Yo-Yo Ma

Release Date: Feb 17, 1998

Genre: Classical

℗ 1998 SONY CLASSICAL

Well, since I managed to post this, my network connection is clearly active and I have tried again.

Breakfast was a slice of strawberry pie and a cup of coffee. I weighed 156 pounds.

Lunch was mandarin chicken on chow mein noodles from Panda Express at the HUB.

Dinner was grilled swordfish, rosemary roasted potato wedges, a garden salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette, and two bottles of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, with vanilla ice cream and sliced strawberries for dessert.

During this time of national mourning, I only want to ask one question:

Why can’t you get peanut butter in a spray can?