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ACK! Half Naked Me

Posted 02-19-2010 at 05:26 PM by Jeff
Updated 02-19-2010 at 07:55 PM by Jeff
Can I say that each time I visit the site's home page and scroll down and see the half-naked picture of me in the left sidebar, I freak a little? Aaaah! What's that!

Oh. Just me.
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Where I've been

Posted 02-02-2010 at 12:36 PM by Jeff
Traveling. And barfing. Got a stomach virus. Probably good for weight loss, but not much else.

I haven't forgotten about anybody. Just working back to full strength, that's all.
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The down side to getting old

Posted 12-20-2009 at 10:27 AM by Jeff
Is there really an up side?

Anyway - I've been working out like a man possessed lately - lots of cardio work at least 5 days a week, and just started mixing in weights.

And then my right knee came a-calling. In my right knee I have a medial meniscus that looks like a pumpkin about two weeks after Halloween: misshapen and ugly. It's been in various stages of decay since I was about 18, but it hadn't been bothering me for at least two years. Until yesterday.
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Chucking the Heart Rate Monitor

Posted 12-05-2009 at 04:16 PM by Jeff
Call it a mid-life crisis. Call it a grand cardiovascular experiment. Call it a middle-age guy growing tired of waiting until next year before he finally gets off his ass and starts making himself trim and healthy.

You can even call it a benefit of popping antidepressants like Tic-Tacs (ok, I don't really do that, but you get the idea).

Whatever you call it, I'm getting myself into shape, and for those of you who've seen the Rocky movies, I feel like Rocky in Rock IV....
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Driven to Help

Posted 09-14-2009 at 10:58 PM by Jeff
Some days I wish I'd been a bit more disciplined like Jodie, and become a cardiologist (Jodie's not a cardiologist, but she IS more disciplined than I am). Over the last few months I have found myself completely intrigued by ECG tracings and the vast amount of information they can provide. Every single millimeter of that squiggly line can provide valuable information about the health status of your heart.

But sometimes I'm not sure if I go too far. I'm corresponding with a single...
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