In the context of physical activity, sheesh. Get your minds out of the gutter.

 

204¾ lb., 24.9% body fat

 

EDITED IN: OBLIGIATORY COMMENTS ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA-TUSCALOOSA FOOTBALL PROGRAM

Nicholas Saban is a turncoat to the nth degree. Leaving one program 12 months after its first national championship in 45 years, 2 weeks after saying the exact opposite, and then returning to the same division in the same conference a mere 24 months later, one can only hope he is already bracing himself for the merciless derision he will receive when he is dubbed "Tiger bait" on a Saturday afternoon in Baton Rouge in November 2008.

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Today was the day I was supposed to start an exercise regimen, regardless of the cold.

Today will not be the day it happens: My left big toenail is ingrowing right now. It hurts like heck. And on top of that, I think I strained my left calf somewhere over the weekend.

 

On the other hand, I can just lift the 20 lb. (8¼ kg) dumbbells I have ad nauseum.

 

My highspeed internet at the apartment was running at about 28.8 kbps during lunch. I don't know if it was my computer, but I hope it was Cox's fault that it was unbearably slow. It had better be fixed by the time I get back from grocery shopping after work, or tonight will be very, very sedentary, watching the Sugar Bowl.

I can still win the bowl pool at work if I pitch a shutout from here on. Those outcomes are:

• LSU over Notre Dame by at least 10 points, tonight
• Western Michigan no more than 7 points behind Cincinnati, Saturday
• Southern Miss by at least 7 over Ohio, Sunday

  and

• Florida no more than 8 points behind Ohio State, Monday

Ideally, the Monday game could go to overtime, since I took 78 as the "total points in the national championship" tie-breaker, and only 3 other people (20 all told) went over 64.

 

*crosses fingers*

 

-KIE