In the movie Beowulf, the monster Grendel has an achy left ear. Mine is an achy right ear. All month it has been frustrating in the fact that I don’t think I can hear all the way with it anymore and today it feels like it got worse. Maybe some errant water? A pill I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘me’
Great American Smokeout
Posted: November 15, 2007 by oboros in health, smoking, tattoosTags: me, smoking, tattoos
how to stop smoking
For reasons of my own I have been looking into my military past a lot this last weekend (USMC b.day and Vets Day), more so than any other since I left the Marines. I found this today: Marine Code of Conduct. Not surprisingly; I remember it all. Even after 14 years. Also this: UCMJ.
How High Should Heart Rates Go? Good article on understanding your Heart Rate. The Yoga Garden. It’s not enough that I have started exercising approximately 1½hrs @ 5 days a week. Now I feel the need for Yoga? The Yoga Garden is right by my gym. Massage is also part of their services. My lower [...]
Marine Corps 232nd Birthday Celebrated: Thank a Marine
Posted: November 11, 2007 by oboros in birthday, lifeTags: me, usmc
“Some people wonder all their lives if they’ve made a difference. The Marines don’t have that problem. “ Ronald Reagan On Nov. 10, the Marine Corps turns 232 years old. Ever since it was formed in a Philadelphia bar in 1775, the Corps has given Marines countless reasons to take pride in the heritage of [...]
TMI From Dove. Interesting article on Dove’s campaign. I liked it and enjoyed the videos the author referenced. Especially the one at the end of the article, to whit: Apropos of nothing: We really liked this completely unrelated ad. Reminds us of when Tarantino made good movies. Dale Carnegie Training, indeed. LOL (Actually I highly [...]
Every Day is a Self Portrait
Posted: October 27, 2007 by oboros in health, india, mentalTags: india, me
self discovery day
starting to work it out
Posted: October 25, 2007 by oboros in gym, health, mental, physicalTags: me
working it all out
soft-shelled zombie crabs
Posted: June 13, 2007 by oboros in blog, me, zombiesTags: bliteotw, me, zombie
Spouse took me out to a restaurant tonight and I ordered ‘soft-shelled crabs’. Having never had them before I thought nothing of it, until the plate was set before me with bodies of two small crabs whole. That I was supposed to eat. Now I have worked on a crab-processing boat in the middle of [...]
I went to a club on Saturday night (The Mercury) with a couple friends & had a lot of fun. One of my friends was introducing me to another friend and when I introduced myself as Seret he looked at me odd and said/motioned “as in … *points to his arm area*?” I replied “Seret [...]
