Why?

We’ve never had problems like this at our university.

10 June 2010 (am)

Workout notes (yesterday)
AM: weights: pull ups (8 sets of 5, I focused on “not kicking” on the way up), 3 sets of rows (dumbbells), 3 sets of rows (machine) with 190, 3 sets of incline bench presses (140 x 7), 3 sets of dumbbell military presses (45 x 10 seated, 45 x 10 seated, 50 x 8 standing), lat pull downs (145 x 10, 3 sets, shoulder friendly grip), squats (Smith machine), 2 sets of 10 with 135 with toe raises, then machines (2 circuits): leg extensions (130 x 10), curls (130 x 10), push backs (butt) 8 x 150, 10 x 150, vertical leg lifts (hanging, 10), vertical crunches (20, 10, 10), twists (2 sets of 10 x 130 in each direction)

Prior to all that, regular rotator cuff then new routine from a book (1 set of 10 with the new stuff).

PM: walked with the group plus 1 mile on my own; 5 total. Note: the dummies spent 20 minutes with their captive audience.

Posts
Humor: this was called “yoga teacher fail” but I’d call it a big “win”.

Political Humor
Jon Stewart: points out that Glenn Beck routinely lies to his audience; here is some video proof (Beck says that the media “doesn’t show” what it showed).

This Modern World: this cartoon shows that President Obama has been centrist (at most) in many of his policies.

Religion (humor)

Just replace “Flying Spaghetti Monster” with some other deity and you’ll get the point.

Social Conditions Yes, some people end up losing their homes over unpaid water bills. But too many go deadbeat if there are no consequences to not paying a bill. Where is the appropriate balance?

Religion Stephen Hawking talks about religion and science. See the video here. He rejects the idea of a personal deity.

Food for thought This is a sobering collection of photos describing the Jews under Nazi Germany and those in Gaza under Israeli occupation. I don’t know what the solution is; frankly I have no love of the Islamic type governments (which are extremely repressive) but I don’t like seeing human beings treated poorly either.