I realize you do other things in the day. I find interesting that your first priority is to get up and go to work, and your last priority is to eat the apple and get healthy.

7am: 4.5 mile run. 8am:The plumber did not fix the kitchen sink. 8:10am Call new plumber. 8:15 eat fruit and shower

I have a cold and, therefore, did not run this morning. We did get one request for a chickenpox play date last night. Should I let the lady bring her kid over so he can get sick? If he was in school with Thomas he was probably already exposed.

I second Nathaniel's request.

I have a cold and am working from home today (read:could have slept in) but because of this stinkin' contest I still got up at 5:30 for a November morning run. Thank you contest.

Just a reminder to everyone: please put up gift suggestions on the X-Mas page if you can take a moment to think of a few.

I'm confused. Do you think eating an apple is the only thing I do in a day?

It's interesting that you put the apple as the last thing you do in the day, and not the first.

Got the apple done well in time this time. Much better variety too. Must remember not to get the round ones.

No I use the mat once in awhile for exercising. Just didn't get into the yoga tape real well. So far this class I went to does pretty simple stuff that I can keep up with.

Oh, it's been keeping the potted plants from staining the floor for years.

Yoga is on the list with stretching. I figured someone might be in yoga classes.

Do boats count as vehicles?

I think it's under stretching. The Doughers bought you a Yoga mat for Christmas 6 years ago. You're finally putting it to use?

Okay I found a new exercise not on your list -- Yoga. I can't believe how good my lower back feels after it so I don't really care if I get points for it or not.

Just curious: By "sideways" do you mean the vehicle was rotated on it's longitudinal axis? Or do you merely mean rotated on a vertical access? (Which some of us consider a relatively normal mode of travel :-)

12 hours might get you to South Dakota.

I'm sure you did kart-wheels in the bus, and that would put you upside down.

And I'm reporting in. I do not believe that the bus was ever sideways or upside-down.

Yep, I think most BHS kids wait until they are 16 (because in Montana you don't have to have driver's ed unless you want your learner's permit).
50 hours of classroom time and 12 hours behind the wheel is definitely not going to get a driver very far.

curses! I could have talked myself out of a run today, except for the damn competition.

any ohler that has not yet been sideways or upside down in an automobile, please report in.

About 15% of eligible students take high school driver's ed compared with 95% in the 1970s

Today, most states require 16-year-olds to take a driver's ed course in school or a commercial program before getting their license. That's one reason more than half of all 16-year-olds wait until they're 17

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which has questioned the effectiveness of driver's ed since a landmark 1983 study, now supports new guidelines calling for more classroom instruction and behind-the-wheel training.

Anne McCartt, senior vice president for research at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, says driver's ed is "not effective in reducing crashes. It's a lot to expect that a relatively limited amount of time with a teen could have a big effect on their risk-taking behavior."

How privatizing public education affects the rates of driving fatalities.


Man that sounds like a good paper to write.

They need to do that here. BHS is following the letter of the law, but only providing minimal service. Because of his birthday, Frank will probably not get driver's ed until spring 2011.
Ah well, I'm not anxious for my insurance rates to go up.

In IN, they no longer teach Drivers Ed in the schools. It is now a business function.

Monkey wrench with Driver's Ed. 180 spots for 500 kids. How does that work?

This is probably the one subject I do not want to homeschool.

esSO: Great picture of you and the kids.

2 servers down at 7pm last night for 40 minutes. Planned hardware upgrade that didn't notify the apps team. Standard monkey business here.

Oh, yeah, don't forget to check This out before tomorrow!

yes, chickenpox. Even after two vaccines against. I get to work from home for at least two days. No monkeying around here.

Code Monkey think, "maybe manager wanna write goddamn log-in page himself."

Code Monkey get up, get coffee

Code Monkey go to job

Code Monkey have boring meeting

Sinead O'Conner: Nothing compares to you.

Good morning or bad morning?

bugger, didn't get to the apple in time.

Lucky for me there are no buses in the gym!

+10 points if you manged to not get hit by a bus while bicycling and reading and highlighting.

How many + points for flu shots, CBCs, and chem panels?

And how many extra MET points do I get for bicycling and reading & highlighting research papers at the same time?

Lost a half a pound.

I fit into my pants that I could not even pull over my hips before I left the states!
Hurray for student life without a car!

Ok, so I'm thinking Thomas has chickenpox, even though he has had two vaccinations against it and has no fever. What is there? like a 2% possibility of that? Guess we'll see at 4:15. Doctor's office wants us to wait down the hall, away from the people with H1N1 symptoms...this should be fun. We got masks to wear...just like Halloween, kind-of.

RBO, too bad you don't get to vote in this race.

One mini twix bar. Minus 25.

Okay we're into November, the suggestion lists are up under x-Mas, please add a few suggestions for yourself or someone else that you have a great idea for, but don't have their name. This is for you adults! If nothing else, put up your sizes so people can get you the correct size on what they buy.

whew, that was close. almost forgot to eat the apple.

1 carrot
1 orange

again... mixing it up today, brought an apple and a carrot. The caffeine withdrawal last night was not pleasant. Then again, maybe it was just sleep deprivation. Still have not walked farther than from here to the car.