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Saturday, Jan 16, 2010 - 14:45 SGT
Posted By: Gilbert

A Hamdle on Things

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something
when his salary depends upon him not understanding it."
- Upton Sinclair, today's nugget of wisdom


Not much time to lose, as I take a break from burning calories by poring over research papers that aren't fully understood (supposedly, thinking really hard requires almost a sixth of the energy expenditure of moderate exercise, which might explain why most of my profs are in okay shape - can't recall a seriously roly-poly one offhand!). There is the possible flip side too, of course.

So here's the brief update on the additional workouts (and lack of Polo mints and other snacks) for the past week, and the results are... nothing, quantitatively. On the other hand, the quadriceps ache has gone (removing shoes helped) and energy levels are slightly up. The thing about this getting into shape shtick is that it takes time; most sources advise gunning for half a kg a week, so very short-term evaluations can't tell too much.

Half a kg a week is still six kg (hopefully of mostly fat) in three months, so I'll keep this topic under wraps until end March or early April. I'm taking the view that my body obeys the First Law of Thermodynamics, so in this at least, if not in research, success is guaranteed!

As for the week: Sat in on a Cosmology module with tpk (not too much science yet, just the introduction, including creation myths), and went for a swim afterwards, only to experience once more how ravenous one can get from being in the water.

Insured myself up to the gills (well, it had to be done sometime), attempted to hock a few old textbooks under sufferance (apparent lack of space), attended the module I should be getting for this semester (Speech Processing), bar the unforeseen, and tracked a couple of pieces of news with some interest. No time to expound upon them now, though.

Quick comic recommendation from Mr. Ham:


Source: Shortpacked.com


And nearly forgot to mention this gem from the lab meeting:



Finally, with Wigan vs. Villa snowed out last week, the prediction is null and void. Score for the Virtual Challenge therefore remains unchanged, and for tonight:

$100 on Birmingham to beat Portsmouth (at 2.40)



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