Archive for March, 2009|Monthly archive page
Smovie
Leave a CommentIf you have 3 minutes, watch this. It’s inspiring.
A day in the life of a….
Comments (1)7am- Wake up
8am- Send girls off to school. Tell them they can “change the world.”
9am -Meeting to figure out how to spend another trillion dollars
11 am: Interview with Diane Sawyer about the new $5,000 swing set for the girls
noon: lunch
1pm: Fly around in Air Force One. Land a lot. Ensuring lots of press coverage of smiling and waving.
3pm: College Basketball picks
4 pm: Write letters to high school kids across America telling them their “future is bright”
5 pm: Text your VP a picture of your tie choices and ask him which you should wear on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
6pm: Dinner
11 pm: Jay Leno
Workplace environment
Leave a CommentWould you be more creative or more productive if you worked
at a company that had this?
It looks fun but I am not sure if this would make me enjoy my work more.
8 months
In case you don’t know how cute Elena beans is, here you go. She’s 8 months now.
New workout
My trainer recommended interval running the other day. Between my
boring jogs and his urging that I try- I went for it Saturday at the gym. It’s a fantastic
way to get your heart rate up fast and have a quicker workout. You run at your
normal pace for 2 minutes then you do 30-60 seconds (depending on how your
hearts feels!) at a high intensity near-sprint. Then you go back to your regular
pace and repeat the process for 25- 30 minutes. By 4 minutes I was winded. It
was tough but made the workout go fast and I enjoyed the challenge.
It’s easier on a treadmill but I tried it road running yesterday and it
was tricky. Since you don’t have the treadmill pulling your legs to
a higher speed you have to mentally prepare for the upcoming push.
For me, it required a lot of concentration during the sprints to make sure
I didn’t fall back to the easier pace. I think the idea of a 212 effort helped
me maintain the faster speed during the sprints, although at times I spaced
out and realized I was running slower than I should be.
Here’s a 3 minute video about the 212 idea of effort: http://www.just212.com/video/ .
It’s a video based on a book that my boss Sam wrote.
a gyrating bowl
If you buy this for your kid you are stupid (below).
I’m sorry, please let me rephrase.
In my opinion, if you buy this product for your kid, it might not be the best use of your money.
