Yoga

Got a tape called "Basic Yoga Workout for Dummies" this weekend from the library. Mainly because it was the only tape that looked like promising, believe it or not. Need to check the county's holdings and see if I can request any other tapes from other branches.

Tape name aside, it was a really good video. It was a basic practice of 12 postures: Cat Pose, Mountain Pose, Standing Forward Bend, Lunge, Tree, Standing Side Stretch Pose, Downward Facing Dog Pose, Cobra, Child's Pose, Seated Spinal Twist, Seated Forward Bend, and Final Relaxation Pose. The instructor is Sara Ivanhoe, and I liked her very much.

I liked it, though not quite the cardiovascular workout I am looking for at this point in the start up of my exercise program. Still, will probably do the step thing again tomorrow, and maybe the yoga again on Wednesday. Maybe will look into seeing what I can get in the way of a "power yoga" video...

Weekend in review

Saturday was a nasty little day, with the high point being that The Fiance came to visit. She and The Small Boy became affianced , oh, two? years ago now. They were heartlessly separated by parents and school, but still maintain that they will get married when they are 31. This is despite the fact that The Small Boy has, count them, 10 girlfriends from school now, including Julia, to whom he refers to as "my girlfriend." I pointed out this inconsistency to The Small Boy and he replied that of course The Fiance was still his fiance, because wasn't she first? ;) The whole fiance thing was started by the stupid day care people, who I believe egged them on, asking them if they were boyfriend and girlfriend, etc. They are very fond of each other and great friends. I hate that it got forced into the framework of a love relationship so quickly. Stupid adults, trying to sully friendship with love. But they are now adamant about it. And it *is* incredibly cute, one must admit.

When C dropped The Fiance off, she said, "You have now idea how in love she is with your son!" The Fiance is a lovely, sweet little girl, and should she and The Small Boy choose to get married when they are 31, I'm sure I will be thrilled! But again, if The Fiance is little girl serious about this "relationship," I will be very, very sad if she gets upset by it.

Sunday was OK, though marred by the massive hunting and gathering excursion, upon which The Small Boy insisted on coming. Shoppers, Harris Teeter and Whole Foods, with the library and Einstein Bagels thrown in for good measure. And could still stand to go by Safeway this morning, as need dried minced garlic, Luisianne cajun seasoning, and oyster sauce. Weirdly, the spice aisles were being very ornery to me at the other stores.

Baked apple pies and made a pork roast for dinner. I must have been in the mood for both, becuase I can't remember the last time I ate that well.

( Diet and Exercise blah, blah, blah )

When looking for my yoga tape at the library, saw a tape called "Fighting Dirty." It's a self-defence tape geared toward women, and I think I'm gonna check it out, just for the fun of it! :)

Lady Chatterly

Have been reading Lady Chatterly's Lover, finally. Very interesting book. ( No spoilers, but cut anyway, as a courtesey )

Start of the day

To kick off the day, have not done any work yet for The Boss. I had said that I was going to do my at home work in the evening this time round, but not totally comfortable with that idea. Work will be hanging over me at the end of the day. On the other hand, I know how loathe I was to do it in the morning... So need to hop up, get the house in order, so that when I come home tonight, can just cook dinner, get the boys off to bed, and focus down on doing some real work-work.

Accountability, not celebration

( My thoughts on September 11 )

Open letter to the electronic community

Dear Everybody:

I cannot get over how many smart people are suckers for e-mail scams.

A woman at my husband's work circulated the Butt Spider warning. To everyone at the firm. 500 people?

Opposing counsel helpfully sent me a warning about a supposedely deadly new computer virus, which of course, was just a hoax e-mail. Which she probably forwarded to 100 people. Maybe more.

A lawyer sitting near me got a warning from his "tech support team" telling him to run an attached piece of software to purge a malicious virus from his computer. The attachment, of course, was a worm, and he was down for two days and had to pay tech support to come in and fix his machine.

My good friend has been answering spoof e-mails asking for information about her PayPal account because they "looked real." She uses fake information in her answers, but still...

So here's my humble suggestion. You know how we all get lots of forwarded e-mails, mostly jokes, or more and less inspirational cr**, etc.?

I think we should start a new chain e-mail.

Let's start one with a list of important resources and tips in it to prevent people falling for these stupid scams.

Your most imporant anti-idiocy resource, the Symantec Hoax page: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html. If you get an e-mail warning you about a new virus, don't forward it to all your friends til you check the hoax page. Please.

If you get an e-mail from a business, asking for account or other personal information, never answer the e-mail or click any links or reveal any information. No legit business will get info from you this way. Contact the business independently from the e-mail (not via informaiton provided in the e-mail.) Check your actual account. Go to the corporate webpage. Confirm the request made in the e-mail through legit sources.

If you get an attachment. Don't open it. Ever. Ever. Ever. No tech support person will violate this rule. If you think it might be legit, call first. To a number independent of any info in the e-mail. Check the hoax page.

If you get an e-mail telling you to do something to your computer, like delete "harmful" files, don't do it. Call an independent source and confirm that you need to follow the instructions. Check the hoax page.

If you hear about a spider biting people on the butt and killing them, or possibly about how AIDS in being spread in Florida by syringes attached to gas pumps, please don't forward this crap. Go to Webcrawler, or some other search engine, and do a search on "spider Olive Garden" or "AIDS gas pump" and I guarantee you will pop up four urban legend sites telling you that this is a fake story.

My mom suggests http://www.truthorfiction.com/. Has potential.

Rule of thumb. If it comes into your e-mail box, it's a lie. Don't be a sucker.

With kind regards,
CK

Faster than the Speed of Night

Saw the video for Faster than the Speed of Night this weekend.

OMG!

Mostly naked guy in black hot pants dancing around suggestively with his guitar, fighting all the guitar villians.

Hysterical!

I'm sure it was meant to be very sexy...

*scowls*

Bored. Achy. Irritable. Feel like I'm getting nothing done. Missing uisgich. WTH is my army of trained weasels when I need them?

Thought for the day

I don't want clever conversation. I never want to work that hard.
-Billy Joel, "Just the Way You Are"