High school reunion

I joined Facebook about two weeks ago. I was getting invitations so I decided to see what it was about. I have to say that the people who run this site have done an excellent job with their user interface design. It draws people in without really having any purpose or much to offer, other than virtual social validation.

I found a group for my ten year high school reunion. Someone suggested holding it in about five months on the Labour Day weekend. So far, I recognize most of the names in the 30-member group. I've been looking forward to the reunion to see what everyone has done in the last ten years, but now scanning through the names, there really isn't anyone on the list who I feel any desire or inclination to catch up with. I've moved on from high school and most of my friends now are from university or extra-curricular activities. I think I'll wait and see what the price for the night is.

Still improving

I'm still seeing strength gains. A little over a month ago, I bought four big containers of juice weighing roughly 20 lbs and carried it to my car from the store. It was a real challenge to get them to my car, leaning on my crutch on one side and carrying my purchase on the other. Last week, roughly one month later, I bought some more and it was noticeably easier to carry the same weight to my car.

Last Friday, I took the elevator down to the food court in my office tower and walked to Quizno's for lunch with one of my coworkers, without using my crutch. It felt good being able to walk around the office tower.

Yesterday, I did 25 minutes at 45 resistance and an incline of 7 (max 10) on the stairclimber. That's a noticeable improvement from even a few weeks ago. I'm running out of magazines to read.

I just tested my resting heartrate, and it's down to around 70 bpm. The last time I checked was about half a year ago when it was in the mid-eighties. I've also noticed that my waist is getting slimmer. I've had to tighten my belt a notch.

Network

I've always had an idea in my mind how I want my home network to work since I moved into my apartment, but never got around to drawing out a diagram. My goals are to move as much as possible into the closet where there is ample space, keeping the living space as clutter-free as possible, and serve multimedia content to the XBox from a file server in the closet so that the workstation doesn't have to be turned on and making noise. This is it.

Outcome

I received two voicemails from ICBC yesterday. In the first, on my cell phone, the agent said that the other driver had not accepted liability and they were contacting the witness to make a statement.

The second message was left about 30 minutes later on my office voicemail. I listened to it this morning when I got into the office. The agent stated that the witness' statement correlated with my statement and they had assigned 100% liability to the other driver. That was some good news to brighten up my day.

The agent also indicated that I can have the damage estimate performed at certain repair shops, so that I don't need to go into their claim centre. This must be something new. I've never seen them do that before.

Car Photo

Here it is.

Stairclimber

25 minutes at 30 resistance last night.