My Shape: Then and Now

In order to fulfill my mid-term goal for my diet and exercise lifestyle change, below are my then and now comparison pictures. If one can get past the bad photography and the really crazy tan lines, it’s pretty easy to see that I’ve come a long way in a little over two years. In the picture from the end of July, 2007, I weighed 162 lbs. and my body fat was at 34.4 percent. As of today (September 30, 2009), I weigh 132 lbs. and my body fat is at 14.22 percent. When I began, I set my goal to be 16% body fat. At that time I was not very optimistic that I’d make it. My ultimate goal now is 14%. It’s going to take a great deal more discipline to get there. From now through the end of the holidays I’m going to focus on staying at my current weight and body fat.

If you want a laugh (or to be really grossed out), there are in-between pictures here: http://picasaweb.google.com/mandi.howell/BodyTransformation?feat=directlink

Not Invented Here: Help Write Code

 http://notinventedhe.re/on/2009-9-28

NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

xkcd: Tornado Hunter

http://xkcd.com/640/

How timely is this with deer season right around the corner?

Talk Like a Pirate Day

Tomorrow is Talk Like a Pirate Day. You can read about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Talk_Like_a_Pirate_Day

Here's a translator for all of you landlubbers: http://www.talklikeapirateday.com/translate/

A Fat Loss Expert’s View of The Biggest Loser

http://www.burnthefatblog.com/archives/2009/09/the_biggest_loser_pros_and_con.php

Tom Venuto weighs the pros and cons of The Biggest Loser reality television show.

Links

I just noticed in the post below (http://mandis-station.blogspot.com/2009/09/garrison-keillor-nice-67-yo-male-has.html) that the link is very long. I debated on whether to shrink it down or hide it behind some words (i.e. LINK; which actually would let you see the location down in the status bar) and decided against it. Since Twitter has hit the scene, link shrinking has become the norm. The only problem is, it’s very hard to see where the link leads to and I really like to know where I’m going. So sorry if long links offend anyone, but I try to live by “do unto others”.

Garrison Keillor: Nice 67 Y.O. Male Has Brush With Mortality

http://www.tmsfeatures.com/columns/political/liberal/garrison-keillor/Garrison-Keillor.html?articleURL=http://rss.tmsfeatures.com/websvc-bin/rss_story_read.cgi?resid=200909151353TMS_____GKEILLOR_ctngk-a_20090915

Garrison Keillor, to me, is best known as the host of A Prairie Home Companion (which can be heard on NPR). There’s also been a movie made of the same name.

Keillor had a stroke on September 7, 2009. The link above is to an article he did regarding his time at the hospital following the stroke.

Robot Beach

I just found a really cool comic strip, courtesy of Paul Southworth. It’s called called Robot Beach by Matt Forcum. You can check it out here: http://www.robotbeach.com/

'Laugh-In' actor Henry Gibson dies at 73

http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/16/3279174-laugh-in-actor-henry-gibson-dies-at-73

'Dirty Dancing' star Patrick Swayze dies at 57

http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/14/3268359-dirty-dancing-star-patrick-swayze-dies-at-57