perfidy

My father has impeccable timing. After moving every single thing that I own at least four times - from where it was to a box, the box to storage, storage to new house, box to its new home - Dad informs me that he needs help moving. I am so tired of picking things up and moving them that lifting my coffee mug to my mouth is aggravating. But, devoted son that I am, I will chip in for the big win, and move my Dad's crap, too this weekend.

The new place is slowly attaining a semblance of order. I have to say that shit-canning half your stuff makes the moving and unpacking process much easier. Having an office again is a real bonus too, and this week I get to put all my books in real, actual bookshelves!

I'm sure you will all be deeply interested to know that my neolithic herder diet is going pretty well. Last July, my pants were a verging on fatbody 44" waist. This last Black Friday, I stopped by the Eddie Bauer warehouse outlet store thingy in Columbus and (rather optimistically, I thought) picked a pair of 38" pants to try on. They were too big. I went back for a 36", and they were just right. Pardon my French, but holy mother of fuck, I just dropped eight full inches of waistline. I haven't been in a 36" since no one knew that Clinton liked getting BJs from pudgy chicks. And I still have another twenty pounds I want to lose. The Thanksgiving holiday was a minor setback, as far as the diet goes - what with all the stuffing, rolls, sugar cookies, pumpkin pie, und so weiter. But a few days of hardcore paleo should remove most of what I gained at the feast.

Aretae is suggesting a 100 push up challenge. I think this would dovetail nicely with the superslow that I've been doing. Aretae has a charming habit of answering questions that I haven't realized I needed to ask. The gym at my office sucks ass, really, and I don't want to keep spending money on something that sucks. I also don't want to spend money on a home gym, which would likely also suck, and be something I have to move in a couple years. What I need is a weight and equipment-less superslow workout scheme. The 100-pushup thing could be part of that.

What else is going on? There's been some interesting stuff on the internets. I can't remember what it was, but if you poke around I'm sure you'll find it.