Monday, December 29, 2008

Bonzer WebLink Monday (aka Measure Up Monday)

I'm still on holiday from rigorously monitoring my weight, but I can honestly say I have not veered too far and could reasonably be called maintaining.

I promised to try and have an interesting link here every Monday. It seems my idea of interesting may not match everyone else's. If you know of an interesting link with general appeal, email it to me. Otherwise, it's my blog so I get to pick.

Today's link is to Yesterland. While your grandchildren will probably be able to ride the flying Dumbo ride just like you did, there are dozens of other Disneyland attractions that have become outdated or removed to make room for something else. Yesterland documents what has disappeared from Disneyland over the years.

Friday, December 26, 2008

Music Video Friday - Blame It On The Rum

Back in May of 2004, we went on our first Caribbean cruise, which was a lot of fun. To get in the mood for the cruise, I made a compilation CD of about 20 tropical themed songs, and this is one of the songs that was on that CD. It sounds like a Jimmy Buffet song, but it's actually by 'Sunny' Jim White, and is from the Tom Cruise movie "The Firm".

Blame It On The Rum


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Monday, December 22, 2008

Measure Up Monday (aka Bonzer WebLink Monday)

The past week has included: Daily treats and snacks on colleagues' desks, an office holiday party, a birthday party, holiday drinks and dinner with friends, and home baked cakes and Christmas cookies. Therefore due to the plethora of consumed calories, the great Lose Weight by Blogging experiment has gone on holiday. I wish all the readers who have been following my progress a Merry Christmas, and promise that I won't completely abandon my efforts.

I'll still try to have something of interest to share here on Mondays in the interim. Today I have an interesting educational link from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game concerning certain subspecies of Reindeer.

Friday, December 19, 2008

Music Video Friday - Wasted On The Way

We played several Crosby Stills & Nash songs during our 'Way Off Broadway' days. This one is from the 1982 "Daylight Again" album, the same as Nov 7th's video was. I didn't do any cloning of myself this time, although the vocals are recorded in 3 part harmony.

Wasted On The Way


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Monday, December 15, 2008

Measure Up Monday

No surprises here. If I come out of the Holiday Season within a few pounds of 211, I'll consider it a success. I don't expect to show any real progress again until after the CES in January.

DateWeightGain/LossUpper WaistLower Waist
11/24/08210+343.041.0
12/01/08212+243.540.5
12/08/08209-343.040.0
12/15/08211+243.540.0

Friday, December 12, 2008

Music Video Friday - Teach Your Children

In 1970, Crosby Stills and Nash became Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young. Their first album after adding Neil was "Deja Vu", and it included this great song that I'm singing for you this Friday.

Teach Your Children

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Monday, December 8, 2008

Measure Up Monday

You may have noticed that since about July, my weight hasn't really changed much. I've been pretty much maintaining at 211, plus or minus about 3 pounds. While maintaining a 30 lb loss might be considered a success, I'd still like to get it down a little more. However, I will be happy to get through the holidays still maintaining at this level, and maybe make some exercise resolutions in January.

DateWeightGain/LossUpper WaistLower Waist
11/10/08207-242.540.5
11/24/08210+343.041.0
12/01/08212+243.540.5
12/08/08209-343.040.0

Friday, December 5, 2008

Music Video Friday - All I Have to Do is Dream

This Friday I'm singing the Everly Brothers' hit single from 1958, "All I Have To Do Is Dream". This video took a lot of extra work because I actually made 2 videos and put them together. So I made up for it by using a recording of the song that I did a while back.

But pay no attention to the man behind the guitar. This video is all about the pretty lady in the cloud, who is still the girl of my dreams.

All I Have To Do Is Dream

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Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Stellar Smiley

You may have noticed the 2 bright stars that have been appearing in the western sky shortly after sunset for the last month or so, and wondered just which stars or planets they were. I know I did. We first noticed them while watching sunsets in the clear skies of western Maui last month.

What you're actually looking at are the planets Venus and Jupiter. Sunday, the crescent moon appeared in the sky with them, forming an elongated smiley face captured above Los Angeles by photographer Dave Jurasevich.

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Unfortunately for us midwesterners, the snowy weather obscured this view from us.

Monday, December 1, 2008

Measure Up Monday

It's been a food filled weekend. Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday, birthday celebrations with pizza & cake on Friday, the American Girl dinner on Saturday, and a dinner outing with friends on Sunday. A mere two pound gain after four days of excess is almost good news. I've got about three weeks to make some progress before we hit the Christmas holidays.

DateWeightGain/LossUpper WaistLower Waist
11/03/08209-243.040.5
11/10/08207-242.540.5
11/24/08210+343.041.0
12/01/08212+243.540.5