Liz and I have an informal tradition of going to a local bakery/deli place forbreakfast when there’s a federal holiday. It featured coffee urns in the center of the dining area where patrons could refill their cups. As the bakery is across the street from Duke’s East Campus, I’m sure people camped out at a …
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RESTARTING MY DIET, SUCH AS IT IS – 2
The key tool for me will be a weight-tracking chart made with pen and graph paper. The chart format is described in the 1975 book Total Fitness in 30 Minutes a Week by Laurence E. Morehouse and Leonard Gross (long out of print). I first heard of this book through Mark Forster’s article. The goal …
Graham Linehan on Sitcom Geek podcast
James Cary, writer of numerous UK radio and TV sitcoms and of the excellent Sitcom Geek blog and of the Kindle ebook Writing That Sitcom, is also a co-host with writer Dave Cohen of the Sitcom Geeks podcast. The man is about sitcoms. Their podcast has just posted a two-part interview with the brilliant Graham …
RESTARTING MY DIET, SUCH AS IT IS – 1
I have paid for Herbalife, Diet Center (where I had to weigh in weekly and eat at least one large salad and one large apple a day), protein shakes, meal-replacement shakes, olive oil to do the Shangri-La Diet, lots of chicken breasts and veg for the South Beach Diet, lots of chicken, beans, and eggs …
RESTARTING MY EXERCISE PROGRAM, SUCH AS IT IS
I went to the Y and aerobics classes in the ’80s, used the weight machines with my gym memberships in the ’90s, bought a NordicTrack, went to yoga classes, bought my own set of dumbbells, bought a dozen exercise tapes and DVDs, and I don’t know what all. Since about 2007 or so, I settled …
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From Safari Back to Chrome
On my iMac, I’ve used the Chrome browser for many many years. This was an artifact of my using a Chromebook immediately after the 2015 break-in; it served as my primary computer for quite a while. Even after I got this here iMac, Chrome remained my preferred browser since I used it on both platforms. …
On Making the “Teacher” Video
The course was titled “Make A 5-Minute Documentary in 7 Weeks” but it was almost seven months before I uploaded my Teacher documentary to YouTube. Here are some notes on the experience.
TEECCINO
I did not start drinking coffee till my mid to late 20s at my first job. My bad nightowl habits, along with the early days of David Letterman’s late night show, meant I was usually sleepy the next day. My doctor recommended drinking one cup of coffee in the morning and one after lunch to …
Diarizing my life
Sorry for the horrible “diarizing” in the title, but the word fits for now. In addition to this blog, on which I’m aiming to make a daily post of some kind, I’m also recording the days in the fifth year of a 5-year diary (many, many gaps of white space in previous years), and am …
Four-Quadrant Movies
In the world’s neverending quest to quantify, there is the concept of the “four-quadrant movie.” I’m sure there are demographic breakdowns like this for any industry, and this may serve as a simple heuristic for making quck decisions, but geez — isn’t it also a Procrustean bed? Liz and I recently saw Darkest Hour and …
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