Thanks doog!
In reply to this comment by doogle:
*PROMOTE!

It's sort of scary how spot on the guy is...

In reply to this comment by oritteropo:
Thanks :

I was going to say "now when did this guy sneak into my house and spy on us" but then I saw that it was posted in 1997.

thanks!

In reply to this comment by doogle:
*doublepromote

totally agree, once you get going it can be really addicting, which rocks. You really should consider rock climbing, I think per capita it's one of the best workouts and it doesn't feel like working out at all. Huge thrill, not dangerous at all, addicting and as challenging as you want to make it. If you can find a gym, that's a nice safe place to start and you don't need to get on-rope either. Plus, there's no real ceiling to how good you can get. I got tired of running because even running daily and on weekends for distance, I wasn't really getting much faster, and running longer just takes more and more time.

Keep up the good work!

In reply to this comment by EDD:
Thanks - and great to hear about you too! I don't know much and I've seen even less of mountain climbing, but I gotta say, I'm starting to see the appeal and maybe one day I'll try my hand in it - for now and for at least a year yet I'll be primarily a runner/triathlete though. High five for us both turning turning our lives around! Don't you just love the addiction and the post-workout high? :

In reply to this comment by residue:
awesome story! I was in horrible shape long ago and got sick of it.. now I'm an avid rock climber and run a couple half marathons each year. I don't think I ever want to do the full...

In reply to this comment by EDD:
I'm going to work out and work out, and work on it, and keep pushing myself until I can do at least one.
Seriously.

Let me elaborate a bit. A year ago I was a complete couch potato. I couldn't jog for more than a kilometer, couldn't do more than 6 or 7 consecutive pushups - near-zero marks on a fitness scale, basically. That all changed this April, when I finally decided to get of my (fat) ass. I'd already started gradually changing my eating habits since year's end 2010, and in April I finally started working out. For half a year I've been allocating somewhere between an hour and two and a half practically each day for workouts; running almost every other day and in between - also every other day - did bodyweight exercises: started with these, built a routine around them, but recently substituted it for a weightlifting program in a gym. I've lost some 15 kg, I've done the 100 pushups program (yup, pretty much anyone can do it, and in less than six months, too), recently ran my first half-marathon (1:47, very proud of that time), and I'm aiming for 2 marathons (NYC among them, hopefully), a 70k ultra, and a long-course triathlon next year.

So because this is so inspiring to me, and because I want to be able to do what he does, and because I realize now that anyone who sets their mind to it and works towards it relentlessly can do it, let's *doublepromote

awesome story! I was in horrible shape long ago and got sick of it.. now I'm an avid rock climber and run a couple half marathons each year. I don't think I ever want to do the full...

In reply to this comment by EDD:
I'm going to work out and work out, and work on it, and keep pushing myself until I can do at least one.
Seriously.

Let me elaborate a bit. A year ago I was a complete couch potato. I couldn't jog for more than a kilometer, couldn't do more than 6 or 7 consecutive pushups - near-zero marks on a fitness scale, basically. That all changed this April, when I finally decided to get of my (fat) ass. I'd already started gradually changing my eating habits since year's end 2010, and in April I finally started working out. For half a year I've been allocating somewhere between an hour and two and a half practically each day for workouts; running almost every other day and in between - also every other day - did bodyweight exercises: started with these, built a routine around them, but recently substituted it for a weightlifting program in a gym. I've lost some 15 kg, I've done the 100 pushups program (yup, pretty much anyone can do it, and in less than six months, too), recently ran my first half-marathon (1:47, very proud of that time), and I'm aiming for 2 marathons (NYC among them, hopefully), a 70k ultra, and a long-course triathlon next year.

So because this is so inspiring to me, and because I want to be able to do what he does, and because I realize now that anyone who sets their mind to it and works towards it relentlessly can do it, let's *doublepromote

got it, thanks

In reply to this comment by Skeeve:
*dead

well it's certainly been hot, but unfortunately short..

In reply to this comment by chicchorea:
You are most welcome my friend...always...and I love your taste.

H O T and L O N G !!!!!!!

How is yours?
In reply to this comment by residue:
thanks for the promote chic! I love that song... How's your summer going?

thanks for the promote chic! I love that song... How's your summer going?

uh oh, I'll look for it. I couldn't find it originally but if anyone knows if a video is a dupe, it's you

In reply to this comment by chicchorea:
dupeage?

aha welcome back!

ack, I just noticed! unbelievable...

ack! you're a master of disguise. the one that made me laugh had a baby alligator in it, though this one is excellent as well. good at striking fear into hearts

In reply to this comment by peggedbea:
hehe. which one? i've changed it 3 times!
In reply to this comment by residue:
your avatar made me giggle

your avatar made me giggle

hilarious. I've always wanted to go to one of those events. not so much if there are hipsters involved.. thanks for the promote!

In reply to this comment by Fusionaut:
I went to a story slam last week and three asshole hipsters thought they would be clever and all tell a story about women in a river. All of the stories sucked but they brought their lame-ass hipster friends along to vote for them and one of the douches won. I wish that the old man, Verne, won with his awesome story about getting in a fight with his brother when he was a kid... Stupid hipsters... *promote

Chrono trigger is my favorite game of all time.. I think I maxed all the character levels through repeated new game+

In reply to this comment by Morganth:
Always been on my top games list along with FF7, HL2, Portal, & Chrono Trigger