ten shared items

Here's ten posts from other blogs I shared using google reader this month. Maybe you'll find something that interests you!

• I don't know why anyone would need these tips, but here's 13 tips for Enjoying Poker
  
• Who can pass up a post on Carnitas? 
• Lifehacker shares how to make Clever Overhead Storage Hack Bolts Containers to Your Garage's Ceiling [DIY] 
• How about a little Summer Sangria? Seas of Sangria -- LeNell it All
• I've always wanted a mehndi "tattoo." How to apply Henna (Mehndi) on your Hands!
• Social Ties Boost Survival by 50 Percent. Looks like we might be 'doing it correctly'.
• I hate to bargain shop. Here's my new excuse: How the Anchoring Effect Messes Up Your Purchases and Estimates
• On the top of my to-cook list:Like Pesto? Try Romesco Sauce
• If I had half this much skill and patience, what would I do with it? Monochromatic Paper Sculpture
• Makes me miss my Giant Jenga: Backyard Scrabble

Jane Austen's Fight Club

Really quite amusing. Do avail yourself of the entertainment.

Flagging

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines flagging as becoming progressively less: dwindling. I think that describes my blogging progress as of late. I do have two posts mostly-done, but I think I'm waiting for them to blossom into fine literature on their own.

We've had a guest, I had a migraine, excuses excuses. I did manage to go for a run Tuesday and for the first time, I ran up one of the hills without realizing what I was doing until I hit the top. It was a pretty great feeling. Otherwise the run wasn't much of a run: my ankles/hamstrings would not loosen up, and then whatever it is that runs from your hip to your knee (ACL?) started chiming in, so I wound up walking too much. I could barely walk when I got home.

Today I went climbing with Rob, and it was the first time in a long time that I didn't feel like I hurt something while climbing. I did skin my knee, but my neck and shoulders feel fine. I believe the running and biking are really making me feel better.

Now if I could cut back on the eating, I might actually lose some weight. I've been reading the Hacker's Diet (scroll down for PDF), and come to the realization that my desire to eat good food just might be getting the way of my desire to weigh less.

nine holes of golf

Today we played nine holes of disc golf. I stopped counting how high I was over par when I eclipsed the course par on the second hole, but I guess the guys did pretty well. They played another round while I went off to get sodas. The Parque De La Raza Disc Golf Course in San Jose is very nice. I thought it compared well with the De Laveaga Disc Golf Course in Santa Cruz. San Jose is a lot warmer than Santa Cruz, and the La Raza park is quite a bit smaller. La Raza has nice bathrooms, it appears to be well-maintaned (the course, and the park) and it's nearby. We'll probably go there again.

Saturday by the pool

After getting home quite late on Friday night, we were off to Orland bright and early. Okay, maybe we weren't bright. But it was bright and lovely around the pool in Orland. Our friend's paradise of a home just gets more and more beautiful each year.

friday: whoa

Let's see, dressage lesson (hot), new iPhone (expensive), pick up growlers of beer (traffic), rush to shower (relief), dinner in Oakland (yum), beer at the Trappist (great), and karaoke (fun).

And no pictures.

sadness

I broke my phone yesterday. I'm going to take it in later today to see how much it's going to cost to fix. I also poured coffee on my keyboard. As Kate would say, I'm a MENACE to electronics.

EDIT: I dropped the phone from about hip-height on to the patio my way into the house. I dropped my previous two iphones so many times I couldn't count (I used to throw my first one to the ground to make the camera work). Stupid glass.

Looking at Dahlias is making me feel better. I wonder if I can keep some alive...