Brush Valley Brewer

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

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

I went to workout at the MBNA Fitness Center again today. I think I have decided to stop doing the Hoist Calf Raise. The Hoist puts the weight on your shoulders, which I discovered tonight compresses you spine — I hope I did not hurt myself. The Nautilus Calf Raise (they have one in the Athletic Weight Room in Rec Hall) hangs the weight off of a belt you wear around your waist — much safer. Anyway, I do not think the workout will suffer too much for skipping it. So here is what I ended up with tonight.

1. 5 minute warm-up on the treadmill at 4.5 mph
2. 8 repetitions at 125 pounds on the Nautilus Nitro Compound Row
3. 11 repetitions at 60 pounds on the Nautilus Nitro Overhead Press
4. 8 repetitions at 75 pounds on the Nautilus Nitro Lateral Raise
5. 8 repetitions at 125 pounds on the Nautilus Nitro Lower Back
6. 12¹ repetitions at 85 pounds on the Nautilus Nitro Abdominal
7. 10 repetitions at 55 pounds on the Nautilus Nitro Biceps Curl
8. 12¹ repetitions at 40 pounds on the Nautilus Nitro Triceps Extension
9. 9 repetitions at 5 on the Hoist Prone Leg Curl
10. 12¹ repetitions at 95 pounds on the Nautilus Nitro Leg Extension
11. 11 repetitions at 85 pounds on the Nautilus Nitro Super Pullover
12. 8 repetitions at 135 pounds on the Nautilus Combo Lat Pulldown
13. 12¹ repetitions at 70 pounds on the Nautilus Nitro Vertical Chest
14. 10 repetitions at 65 pounds on the Nautilus Nitro Incline Press
15. 12¹ repetitions at 85 pounds on the Nautilus Nitro Seated Dip
16. 12¹ repetitions at 100 pounds on the Nautilus Nitro Adductor
17. 12¹ repetitions at 190 pounds on the Nautilus Nitro Abductor
18. 12² repetitions at 4 on the Hoist Rear Delt
19. 12¹ repetitions at 95 pounds on the Nautilus Nitro Pec Fly
20. 12¹ repetitions at 105 pounds on the Nautilus Nitro Rotary Torso
21. 5 minute cool-down on the treadmill at 4.5 mph

This comes to us via Earthly Delights:

Astrological questions: “I’m a chef, and I was just wondering if there are any food likes and dislikes that tend to go with each sign?”

Each sign is drawn to certain favorites because of body-chemistry needs or because the food represents a style or feeling the sign is naturally drawn to…

Virgo: waffles, wrap-style sandwiches, lobster, spinach dip, vegetable juice. [Jillson]

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Jillson, Joyce. “Astrological Forecast.” The Los Angeles Times. 10 June 2004. <www.latimes.com/features/horoscopes/> (10 June 2004).

Breakfast was a bowl of cold cereal with banana slices and two cups of coffee. I weighed 158 pounds. My weight does not reflect any gain, but I am feeling a little tight in my clothes. I do not know what is going on there.

I had a cup of green tea at the office.

I had to go check out a new equipment closet in the Rider II building today. I looked at the weather and it looked like a storm front was coming and might reach us by lunch, so I decided to take my walk early and combine it with work. Conveniently, that building is on the 4⅜ mile town loop. On the way back, I stopped at Otto’s Cafe again and got a Chicken Caesar Salad. I made it back just as the rain started.

For dinner, Gretchen made hot asparagus with pasta with strawberry pie for dessert (along with a hand full of peanuts).

• 10.531 Gallons
• $1.899/Gallon
• $20.00
• 260.1 Miles
• 24.7 Miles/Gallon
• 8¢/Mile
• 13 Days

Last night, Gretchen and I staked the tomatoes and peas and ran the cultivator between the rows to kick up the weeds. Gretchen finished the weeding today. Apparently Verne got a little miffed at the weed situation in the asparagus patch and so he mowed it down and tilled it. Luckily, Gretchen had picked some for us earlier that day. We hope it will come back up.

Sue and Ed went to Way Fruit Farm after work tonight and picked 21 pounds of strawberries. They gave us a quart just to be nice, as well as a bunch of the radishes from their garden.

These are our just-staked tomatoes.

These are our snow peas. The stakes and hardware cloth are new.

The hardware cloth gives the peas something to climb on.

Our leaf lettuce has been providing most of the greens for our garden salads.

Occasionally there is enough of our baby spinach to use, as well.

You may recall that Gretchen hoed up the snap peas. She planted these butter crunch lettuce in their place. They are coming along nicely.

Our romaine lettuce is doing really well, which is good because we love romaine.

After a slow start for some, the potatoes are also all doing really well. From left to right we have a row of Red Pontiac, a row of Yukon Gold, and two rows of Kennebec.

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

I had a cup of green tea at the office.

It seemed awfully hot out again today (the high was 88°F) so I took a short three mile walk around campus today. I stopped at Otto’s Cafe and got a Italian sub, a dill pickle spear, and a medium Sierra Mist.

Dinner was a garden salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette, a slice of Colonial bread, and a bottle of Saranac Pale Ale

In honor of the approach of Summer I have chosen a new color scheme.

…AirPort Expess goobers so I can listen to my iTunes over my stereo (Why do I still call it that when it has 5.1 channels?) using AirTunes. Macworld has more on how AirTunes works.

Breakfast was a bowl of pineapple and banana slices and two cups of coffee. I weighed 157 pounds.

At the office, I had a cup of coffee.

I took a circuitous route through campus today, trying to stay out of the sun, and based on my pace and the duration I would guess to be about four miles. Along the way, I stopped at the Penn State Creamery and got a raspberry yogurt and a pint of milk.