Month: February 2012

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Do these exercises make my butt look big???

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As I’ve been documenting, I’ve been hiking around the local area quite a bit lately.

After a pretty strenuous hike yesterday I was a little uncomfortable. It was obvious that I’d hit the muscles in my legs pretty hard and that’s OK.

This morning… The muscles in my butt are killing me! I’m thinking a massage is in order but is it weird to call and say I need you to rub my butt???

I’m going to take the pups for a hike today too but probably not up the canyon…

I’m thinking down the canyon a bit, then when we come back up it’s a little gentler grade.

It would be funny if It didn’t hurt so much…

OH, who am I kidding? It’s funny.

If this is the price i have to pay so I don’t get “Old Man Butt” I’ll gladly pay it.

Of course the real benefit to a decent cardio workout you can lower your blood pressure in addition to building up muscle in your legs and butt.

So my brothers… get out there and get active.

I’m going to get an ibuprofen…

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Hiking

Here is a picture of one of the places that I’ve been hiking lately.
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As you can see it gets a lot more rugged the higher up you go. This is at about 6750 FT above sea level. It’s also less than a mile from my house.

Whats interesting is that even though I live here in the mountains I’m supposed to pay for something called an Adventure Pass from the Forestry Service.

Sorry guys, not happening. I park my car at my own house, I leave no traces, no trash or whatever. I pack out whatever I carry in. So I’m not paying…

I’m planning to head further up this area.

Obviously I’ll wait until there is no snow and it hasn’t rained in a long time. This is a wash, and all those rocks and trees you see strewn about? Well that stuff is there because of lots of water rushing down this wash. It would be very bad to get caught in a flash flood here while I was hiking.

The Top of the peak is something like 8 thousand feet up. It’s a personal goal for me to get to the top

According to the topographical map, the  the Pacific Crest Trail is just over the ridge. As I understand it, this section of the trail is called Blue ridge Truck Trail. I’d like to walk the trail for at least a short distance.

The dogs seem to enjoy going with me. It’s good for all of us because we’re getting our cardio workouts in.
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They may not appreciate the cardio but they love getting to sniff all over the trail.

I’m appreciating the muscle tone and shrinking belly.

Before you decide to strike out and hike to the top of your nearest mountain…

Consider that you’re combating not only the slope but you’re also having to consider the altitude.

If you’re not used to it being above 6000 ft can cause shortness of breath. So work up to it, make sure that you’re not likely to have a heart attack and then begin training.

Have a blast…

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"We’re concerned about your online security…"

OOoopps!

I forgot to enter the super special secret code from Verizon again.

This code has to be entered so that they will let me see my bill online.

This is one of the little annoyances they DON’T mention when you switch to online bill paying. We’re concerned about your online privacy.

I can pay the bill online… I just can’t see how many phone calls were billed to my account from 976 Chinese Slut.

I requested the super special secret code a few weeks ago. For my safety and security Verizon has to send the super special code by mail, and once again they sent it. I forgot to enter the first one too…

In the shuffle of life, when the super special secret code finally gets to the house a week or two later… It’s just not at the top of my priority list. So now I’ve requested two super secret codes and forgotten to enter them prior to their expiration. Ooopps.

I’m having the same problem with a certain bank. I just want to log in to make sure that they have some cash to pay a bill.

Recently they forced me to change a password for my online protection. I forgot about the password change and last month entered the password wrong a couple of times. Then I remembered the change and logged in successfully checked the balances and logged out.

This morning, I entered the old password once then remembered the change and entered the New password.

I’m still locked out of their site. It seems like the wrong password count is over the life of your password instead of resetting the count once you get it right.

So here I sit waiting for them to send me an e-mail with the super secret identification number so that I can reset the password to something equally forgettable and start the cycle all over again.

I havent even finished my first cup of coffee yet.

All of which leads to the point.

Why am I living in service to Banks, Phone companies, Utilities, and the 150 other web sites all demanding that I maintain user IDs and passwords? Wasn’t technology supposed to free us from drudgery? Now I’m as much a record keeper as I ever was.

I’ve swapped Invoices and statements for user ids, passwords and ever changing user agreements.

We value your privacy, and for your protection and inconvenience we’re absolving ourselves from any responsibility arising out of our loss of your data or your exposure to identity theft. Thank you for being our willing patsy… If you have comments or concerns dial 800WHOCARES.

I miss the good old days… Statements, envelopes, stamps, writing checks!

Is this a sign that I’m getting old?

Time for the second cup of coffee….