This blog is not really all that serious. I am going to put together several
paragraphs. Some of them maybe totally
unrelated. At the end of each paragraph,
I will show you the running word count of the blog to that point. Note I did
not say the total number of words for that paragraph. (187)
A new beginning workout or what they lovingly refer to as exercise. YUK.
But, I am trying to do it anyways.
I am not sure why I need to because I rarely sit still. I’m sure that I’m driving the other students
in class crazy with my almost constant movement. I am trying to step it up just a bit. So three times this week, I’ve done a 15
minute intensive workout on the treadmill with a 5 minute cool down. Then I’ve gone to the pool for a 20-30 minute
aerobic workout followed by 10 minutes in the whirlpool. Tonight I realized, there is a sauna
too. So I sat a few minutes in the sauna
but the guy in there before me put too much water on the stones and it was very
hot and steamy. I have a treadmill and
Wii at home. Somehow I need to be
dedicated enough to keep it up there. (346)
Good eats! I’m in
training at Microsoft Fargo Headquarters this week. They have a cafeteria with at least a half dozen
stations with various choices healthy and not so healthy choices. Running down the center is a salad bar that
exceeds any other salad bar I’ve ever seen.
Today I chose a bison burger with sweet potato tots. I am hoping that is reasonably healthy. One thing I have found unique is that there
are free drinks (non-alcoholic) available all day long including milk, juices,
coffee, pop and as always water. (438)
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| Turkey Bowling |
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| More Turkey Bowling |
I promised you Turkey bowling. In the cafeteria today we heard “whomp! thump,
thump, thump, thump, tst, tst, tst, tst.” It was a frozen turkey in an empty
sand bag. The coordinator had taped together
(with duct tape) 3 sheets of plywood. A
plastic covering was over the plywood. Bales
of hay were set up around the edges to keep the Turkey from flying all over the
cafeteria. The “bowlers” would grab the
top of the bag and swing their arm in the same way someone would holding a
bowling ball. Except this was anything
but round and the delivery to the ten pins had the potential of being totally
out of control. Then again, that is the
fun of it. (563)
I have never personally Turkey bowled. But it looked so fun! I’ve seen it advertised usually before
Thanksgiving. An unusual sport but I
could tell by watching the employees around the bowling lane that it was a good
stress reliever. And the competition was
unbelievable. Part of the competition
was choosing a team name. “The Champions”
were the team bowling while I was watching.
They were the defending champs.
They won in 2010 which was the last time this event was held. I heard one of the guys brag as he walked
away, “I hope they will let me hold both years trophy’s when they take my
picture.” They were ahead and only a few
more teams to bowl. One guy nearby was
even wearing a kilt. Now, I’m not sure
if that had anything to do with the competition. I was already going to be late
for class and didn’t think it was wise to stand around just to find out. (726)
I don’t know about you; but, I think an 800 word blog is
just a little bit wordy. I’ll stick to
something a little closer to 300 words especially for and my A.D.D. Is it obvious that I can’t stay on one topic
for that many words in a row? Except for
when I am writing my Novella. ;^) Maybe that
is why I only write for a few hours at a time. (799)
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