I'm back in class yet again (sigh), which is why updates are a bit sporadic this
week. This is the last week of my four-weeks-in-four-months training, though.
After this, I'll only (!) have to figure out what to do with all I've learned. And
how to help other people use all the stuff I've learned.
Over the
weekend I did a bit more shopping though these gifts were as much for me as for
Rudder. I did it a bit backward, though; it was only after dropping a chunk of
change at Blowfish that I asked my own
version of Susie Bright, the well-informed
href="http://www.eilatan.net/adventures">Natalie if she'd had dealings with
them. (The original Susie Bright's page links to them, to purchase any of the
products she recommends, so I figured they had to be reasonably reputable. Also,
their web pages are reassuringly coherent and helpful.) Not only did Natalie give
them an enthusiastic review, but as it turned out I could have just waited a day
and read Badsnake on
the subject. I will just note that between the Rancho and Chez Dichroic, Blowfish
must not be feeling the recession too badly. I didn't spend as mch as Bad did, but
then I'm not supplying as many people. :-)
In unrelated musings, I
noted wrongly that my holiday shopping was done. I do have a gift or two left --
that sort of thing always trails out. And in the realm of things I really don't
understand, I've been burning 500-700 calories daily on the erg. So why is it I've
gained two pounds? Cardio exercise isn't supposed to do that, but I don't think
I've been eating more. Odd. I did hear of a similar idea that sounds good;
apparently a local Y here sponsors the "lazy man's triathlon": running 26.2 miles,
biking 100mi, and swimming 3 miles, but over the course of a month. Not for me, I
mean, because that's more running than I'm willing to do even over a month, but
someone who jogs anyway might like it as a goal.