19 March 2009: afternoon

I managed to go for a 1.5 mile walk with Olivia and Barbara. The day was too pretty not to. When Barbara walked a few steps at maybe a 17 minute per mile pace, I couldn’t keep up.

Seriously; this reminded me of what it feels like to be at the finishing stages of a very long ultra (say 100 miles) or what it is like to be woefully out of shape.

Issues
I actually agree with one of Mr. Aaron Schock’s votes. But, note how Congress was given a “way out”; there was one motion as to “feeling” of the measure and another as to pass it or not. Hence, these weasels have some political cover.

Society and Religion:
Is this really the 21st century in an industrialized country?

Who knows? Maybe they’re right. They’re planning a program for “Nightline” (which, I seem to recall, at least used to be a pretty good news program) which will probably get them some decent ratings.

They’re going to have a debate on the existence of Satan.

Yeah, you heard that right…on a so-called news program. But it gets worse! They have 4 people coming on to yell at each other.

On the “Satan exists!” side, they have Pastor Mark Driscoll, head of a megachurch in Seattle, and Annie Lobert, former prostitute and founder of a group called Hookers for Jesus. Sensationalism is already rearing its gaudy head, you can tell.

Even worse, the “Satan does not exist!” side is a joke. It consists of Bishop Carlton Pearson, who doesn’t accept the doctrine of hell but is a Christian, and…unbelievably…Deepak Chopra. Not an atheist or skeptic among them, just hardcore believers in woo vs. fluffy believers in woo.

Don’t tune in. It will be a complete waste of time.

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Feeling Better: 19 March 2009

Yesterday I fell ill due to food poisoning and felt like death; I mostly napped the entire day. No working out today, though I feel much better.

Here is how it went: I woke up with a “tight stomach” but went swimming anyway. The swim didn’t go well though I did manage a 10 x 100 on the 1:45 set. I was exhausted when I got out of the pool and barely made it to the car; I ended up napping off and on the entire day. I felt horrible: aches, chills, nausea (I never threw up though), and overall weakness. By nighttime I was able to eat a couple of pieces of bread.

Science

A cool “perpetual motion” machine. Of course this isn’t perpetual motion machine, but can you explain what is going on?