Steve on April 30th, 2006

Saturday nite I went to see an Oscar Wilde play called Salome at the Wadsworth Theatre. I got dragged to it by the roommate who didn’t want to go by herself. Yes, this is the same roommate that two weeks ago called me the biggest jerkass she’s ever met. Bigger than the ex husband that [...]

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Steve on April 29th, 2006

Today I got in a 41 mile ride along the beach. Its pretty flat until the last 5 miles where it’s almost all uphill. I felt great during the ride, like I was going faster at a lower heart rate than before. I averaged a heart rate of 156 bpm and the max was 177 [...]

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Steve on April 28th, 2006

but I pretty much achieved what I wanted to. I did far more reading than I expected, over 1100 pages. I did far less cycling than I expected, about 200 miles and I probably watched about 15 hours of tv in total.
I think I will continue to read one book per month while I try [...]

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Steve on April 26th, 2006

It was the first day of school and a new student named Pedro Martinez, the son of a Mexican retaurateur, entered the fourth grade.
The teacher said, “Let’s begin by reviewing some American history.
“Who said ‘Give me Liberty, or give me Death?’ ”
She saw a sea of blank faces, except for Pedro, who had his hand [...]

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Steve on April 24th, 2006

“Today we salute you, Mr. Myspace addict. You thought you could just log on once, but little did you know it would consume your life. Joining one pointless group was just not enough. Adding every person you never spoke to in high school, and people you’ve never met who live 3000 miles away just [...]

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Steve on April 22nd, 2006

Gotta love foreign Commercials
Nissan pathfinder commercial.wmv

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Steve on April 18th, 2006

I have probably watched 6-7 hours of television total, which is about where I expected to be at this point. I have finished two books - Every Second Counts by Lance Armstrong and Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. That makes 720 pages in total so I’ve already exceeded my goal there. I started The Green [...]

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