Sunday, December 16, 2012

Soup in a Pumpkin

Since I had a large pumpkin leftover from Thanksgiving, I've been trying to find a way to use it. So Julia Child's Soup in a Pumpkin.

I also made a loaf of bread to go along with it.







Monday, November 12, 2012

November Weakend







It was a great weakeend.  I wish I went sailing as the picture above shows, but alas I worked painting the master bedroom all weakend!  It looks great but it's still waiting for the new window treatments.


I did ride with Tony on Saturday. he was doing a short ride in preparation for the Miami Man Half Iron Distance Race on Sunday...more to come on that.

This weaks training was not that great but here it is:

Monday - rest day
Tuesday - run 4 miles
Wednesday - swim
Thursday - run 4 miles
Friday - run 6 miles
Saturday - ride 30 miles
Sunday - run 2 miles

Gotta do better next weak!










Monday, July 23, 2012

Video: NASA | AR1520's Parting Shot - July 19 M7.7 Flare


NASA | AR1520's Parting Shot - July 19 M7.7 Flare

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Monday, June 11, 2012

You Are Not Special


Mark Perry at CARPE DIEM has a great You Tube video of English teacher David McCullough Jr give a commencement address at this year's Wellesley High School (Massachusetts) commencement, entitled You Are Not Special.  Check out the post and watch the video.  


What do you think? Was this the right thing to say to a graduating high school class?

Monday, May 07, 2012

Kentucky Derby Party

Boys and girls, it's official! I went to my first Kentucky Derby Party and had a mint julep! Let me say first, mutilated mint in simple syrup with a splash of bourbon doesn't make a drink.  I guess I like my hard liquor neat. More on that in a moment.

I had some surgery a couple of weeks ago, it seems melanoma affects you in many ways including your teeth.  I had to have a couple removed, well 7!  It seems I had a major infection going on but didn't know.  The dentist work for 2 hours on my bottom teeth and gave me so much novocain he was afraid to continue on... so I had to go back on Tuesday.  This time he gave me a long lasting novocain which lasted 15 minutes on me.  But we got it all done.

I was out of it for 4 days just feeling drugged and unable to eat. So no training. Hey you would think I would loose some weight not eating or eating Oldman's Famous Vegetable Soup, nope just a pound. So I've lost 23 lbs since Jan 1.  Hopefully I can drop some 20 more by year's end.

So I have been slacking on my training as the Orlando Half Ironman is out, it's May 20.  Every time I get close to doing a half Ironman I have surgery or some other medical issue.  Maybe I'm jinxed?  But this weekend I made an effort to get back in there training.

I rode with the Flatlanders on Saturday.  Of course I got dropped at the hill at the 10 mile mark but Nurse Payne and I rode together to finish out the ride... 35 miles. He's just getting back as well so we made a good pair.  Fortunately for me, he pulled most of the way at 22 to 23 mph.

 Flatlanders training ride

 So back to the party.... J and I bet on a couple of nags, I thot "Union Rags" would win but J like "I'll Have Another".  I think she just liked the looks of the horse, it was ugly.  She said it was the name that won her over.  We watched the race with a bunch of drunks....how did you get drunk on mint juleps?  I couldn't hear the call but when the race was finished, J's horse won! She won $71. 

Sunday I decided that the Flatlanders would be to fast for me as the are doing the 60 mile University and airport ride.  They ride at 25mph then crank it up to 28+, so I rode with the Trek group.  It was a nice easy ride of 25 miles at a steady 22 mph.  I left the group and rode back alone so as to get some time in aero position.

I worked the rest of the day on Sunday.  I've got two new clients so I had a little more work than usual plus I had to do an airport run. 


Apr 30 - May6
Swim yds
Bike miles
Run miles
Other
Monday



0
Tuesday


5
75 p-ups
Wednesday




Thursday


3
75 p-ups
Friday




Saturday

35

100 p-ups
Sunday

30

75 p-ups

I haven't been clear by my doctor to swim as yet.  he told me to wait until the stitches were removed, now he says wait a month.  He doesn't want me to drink any Gulf water!

Tuesday, April 03, 2012

Roasted Unicorn Recipe

I have been looking for a good recipe for unicorn.  I finally found one in a recently discovered cookbook at the British Museum.  Here is the link if you love unicorn as much as I do.

Weak in Review 4-1-12


Feb 26- Apr 1
Swim yds
Bike miles
Run miles
Other
Monday
2,500 yds


50 p-ups
Tuesday


7
75 p-ups
Wednesday
2,500

5.1
50 p-ups
Thursday

Rest Day
75 p-ups
Friday
2,500



Saturday

29

50 p-ups
Sunday

Palm Sunday

50 p-ups

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Grilled Eggplant Panini


This week my local produce guy, Max, had eggplants 3 for $1.00.  Of course I couldn't pass that up, especially since they were local and organic.  So for lunch I made a grilled  eggplant panini with fresh mozzarella, ricotta and roast red peppers.  I must say it was good!

Ingredients

4 tbs olive oil
1 small eggplant pealed and sliced
2 tbs ricotta
4 slices fresh mozzarella
1 roasted red peppers ( I used bottled red peppers)
8 green olives sliced
2 Catawba rolls

Preparation

Brush eggplant slices with oil and grill for 2 minutes then turn and grill 1 minute more.
Spread 1 tbs ricotta on each roll then 2 slices mozzarella, 1 slice red pepper,  2 slices eggplant, and green olives.  Place sandwich in panini press and grill until the cheese melts, about 2 minutes.

Monday, February 13, 2012

The Weak in Review

Well boys and girls, it has not been an easy week to train in SWFL.  We had a cold front go thru, well cold for SWFL.  Sunday morning it was windy with gust to 30 mph and cold 38*.  So my long run on Sunday turned into a run on the dreadmill.  Have I told you I hate the dreadmill.  As I'm a heavy sweater, I get the darn thing covered in sweat.  But I did what I had to do, so it was dreadmill....

I had several comments about my stats, so here are last weeks stats:

How did you do this past weak?


Feb 6 -12
Swim
Bike
Run
Other
Monday


 3 miles – easy
50 p-ups
Tuesday
 missed

6 miles
75 p-ups
Wednesday

11 mile easy

50 p-ups
Thursday


6 miles –fartlek
75 p-ups
Friday
2,500 yds

5 miles - easy
50 p-ups
Saturday

25 miles


Sunday


6 miles

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Garden Flowers

Here are a couple of pics of my garden flowers. First the Hybiscus
from the front flower bed.

Friday, February 10, 2012

J's Friday Flower

Photo

The Health Risk of Being Left Handed

I came across this article from the Journal regarding The Health Risks of Being Left Handed.   So here are the highlights:

  1. Left-handed people are more prone to neurological disorders, such as schizophrenia and ADHD.
     
  2. Left-handed people earn about 10% less than right-handed people.
     
  3. Left-handed people are more apt to have greater divergent aptitude (ie, creativity.).
     
  4. Left-handed people don’t necessarily die younger than those who are right-handed.
The only problem I have with this article, I'm a natural left hander.  It is easiest for me to learn a new skill left handed.  I naturally do things left handed BUT...and here is the big BUT...my parents who adopted me from the Indian Reservation made me change to right handed!

Yup, I play baseball right handed...bat and throw right handed.  I play basketball let handed.  Football? I throw left handed.  Snowballs...I can throw with either hand! Frisbee, left handed.

It would drive my father crazy when cutting lumber with a hand saw. I could change hands when I got tired.   
So here is the deal...  since I'm have no neurological disorders other than a brain tumor and headaches, I'm not schizo and don't have ADHD.  I only earn 5% more than right handed people. And IF my one and only kidney doesn't crap out, the big C doesn't return and the brain tumor behaves, I'll out live you all.  So the only problem I have?  I'm just confused with what hand to use when!














Tuesday, February 07, 2012

Birthday Boat Ride

Wave Dancer - 40ft MJM - here I was able to parallel park.



The Birthday Boy
 This past weekend was Dick's 82 birthday.  So Saturday we took him to Nervous Nellies for lunch via the intercoastal water way.  I always have trouble remembering which side the red buoy is on in the intercoastal.


Back at the dock we had birthday cake...chocolate of course!



Monday, January 30, 2012

Locally Grown Produce

Photo

It may not be a pretty store but the produce is local and cheap! $4
for 3 pints of strawberries,$2 honeydew, $1.50 watermelons can't be
beaten.

Friday, January 20, 2012

Cold Weather

Living in Southwest Florida I have grown accustom to warm(er) weather. So much accustom that 55* feels cold! So it comes as little surprise that I'm having difficulty getting out of bed in the early morning.

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Whirligig


We have had an osprey sit on the fore deck of the boat eating.  While that sounds nice, he/she eats fish.  Preparing to leaver the dock, I found an eyeball on the deck.  So in an attempt to keep he/she away I have installed a whirligig. I placed it on one of the spikes of the starboard side piling.  It spins with the breeze.  So far the caps wuth spike on the pilings haven't work maybe this will.