Aristo! Aristo! A la lanterne!: Friday, and a beautiful one it is too!

Friday, June 25, 2010

Friday, and a beautiful one it is too!

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An outstanding morning looms, and a full day behind it. Daybreak coffee is savored while listening to Kenn Blanchards latest pod cast.

Later, the gym (key sinister music). Did it yesterday too... started with three miles on the bike to warm up, and then to the machines 'o doom. Twenty reps each, bumped up from fifteen the week before. 300 pounds on the leg press, 230 on the lower back torture rack, 150 on crunches, 200 on shoulders, 150 on curls..... and on... and on... till Princess was done her bike run.

No, I don't seem to be losing any weight, mostly because I sure do love to eat... but I feel better. A lot better.

This afternoon is mostly free, so...... range time. The little ISSC M22 is calling me back, and I think it will take a brick of .22's to silence. Today, some bullseye work, and a bunch of drills. Draw-fire, reload, and movement. I think it will be a torture test of sorts... lets see just how far this .22 can go without cleaning. I'll take 1000 rounds with me, and video the results.

Spend the morning working out the body, and the afternoon working out the mind and reflexes. It's going to be a goooooood day!

2 comments:

Lissa said...: I made it 3.78 klicks this morning without stopping. And it felt good!

Now, if only the endorphin rush would last all day, instead of being replaced by an intense desire to nap as soon as I hit my desk . . .; June 25, 2010 at 10:17 AM
Crucis said...: I walk one to two miles several times a week, temp permitting. I've lost 10 lbs, but more interesting is that the weight I retain is moving around!

What a surprise.; June 25, 2010 at 1:35 PM

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Robert Heinlein

"Do not confuse "duty" with what other people expect of you; they are utterly different. Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily. Paying that debt can entail anything from years of patient work to instant willingness to die. Difficult it may be, but the reward is self-respect.

But there is no reward at all for doing what other people expect of you, and to do so is not merely difficult, but impossible. It is easier to deal with a footpad than it is with the leech who wants "just a few minutes of your time, please — this won't take long." Time is your total capital, and the minutes of your life are painfully few. If you allow yourself to fall into the vice of agreeing to such requests, they quickly snowball to the point where these parasites will use up 100 percent of your time — and squawk for more!
So learn to say No — and to be rude about it when necessary.
Otherwise you will not have time to carry out your duty, or to do your own work, and certainly no time for love and happiness. The termites will nibble away your life and leave none of it for you.

(This rule does not mean that you must not do a favor for a friend, or even a stranger. But let the choice be yours. Don't do it because it is "expected" of you.)"