GLENNBR's CalorieKing blog
Friday, Sep 7 2007 - TGIF!
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What I'm happy about:
- 14 lbs lost in the past month (!)
- Got Sage TV going which is basically a free tivo that runs on your PC and brodcasts to your TV
What I'm Struggling with:
- Plantar Fasciitis that wont go away!
What I'm reading:
Just started reading "At Canaans Edge" the third and final volume of Taylor Branch's history of the Civil Rights Movement called "America in the King Years". The first 2 volumes - "Parting the Waters" and "Pillar of Fire" were some of the most incredible history I have ever read. It seriously makes the period come alive. Its an amazing accomplishment. The story ranges from King to Malcom X to the unsung heros on the front lines of the civil rights movement to the halls of power with JFK and LBJ struggling with civil rights and Vietnam.
Whats in my MP3 Player:
"The Last Waltz" by the Band. Its a live album of their last concert ever and its loaded with other major musicians who played with them. From Bob Dylan to Emmylou Harris to Mavis Staples to Neil Diamond.
Whats in my Netflix queue
I have never seen a Fellini film so I got 8 1/2 recently. Hope its good.
What else is going on This weekend.
- Volunteering at "All Saints Cafe" its an extension of my church's(All saints episcopal church in chicago) food pantry. Every few months or so we serve a gourmet meal to to the folks at the food pantry we wait on them and everything as if they were able to go to a restaurant.
- Going to a Barack Obama fund raiser.
- going to see "No End in Sight". It's a movie dealing with Iraq and how horribly the war has been executed. I expect to come home pissed.
- 14 lbs lost in the past month (!)
- Got Sage TV going which is basically a free tivo that runs on your PC and brodcasts to your TV
What I'm Struggling with:
- Plantar Fasciitis that wont go away!
What I'm reading:
Just started reading "At Canaans Edge" the third and final volume of Taylor Branch's history of the Civil Rights Movement called "America in the King Years". The first 2 volumes - "Parting the Waters" and "Pillar of Fire" were some of the most incredible history I have ever read. It seriously makes the period come alive. Its an amazing accomplishment. The story ranges from King to Malcom X to the unsung heros on the front lines of the civil rights movement to the halls of power with JFK and LBJ struggling with civil rights and Vietnam.
Whats in my MP3 Player:
"The Last Waltz" by the Band. Its a live album of their last concert ever and its loaded with other major musicians who played with them. From Bob Dylan to Emmylou Harris to Mavis Staples to Neil Diamond.
Whats in my Netflix queue
I have never seen a Fellini film so I got 8 1/2 recently. Hope its good.
What else is going on This weekend.
- Volunteering at "All Saints Cafe" its an extension of my church's(All saints episcopal church in chicago) food pantry. Every few months or so we serve a gourmet meal to to the folks at the food pantry we wait on them and everything as if they were able to go to a restaurant.
- Going to a Barack Obama fund raiser.
- going to see "No End in Sight". It's a movie dealing with Iraq and how horribly the war has been executed. I expect to come home pissed.
3 comments so far.
3.
a decade ago
if you still have the Plantar Fasciitis - the thing that finally worked for me (and quickly) was massaging the bottom of my foot with a golf ball by placing it on the floor and then rolling the foot over it with as much weight on it as you can stand. Do this as often as possible and I bet you will see improvements quickly too!
by OYGIVULT
2.
a decade ago
by BIGGRAMMA
1.
a decade ago
I absolutely absorbed Branches' three volumes, although the first was the strongest. What excellent work he has done on the civil rights movement!
by DSNYDER