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    Day 191 – Better

    Starting weight: 291.8 lbs (08/11/2003) Last week: 258.8 lbs This week: 257.6 lbs Loss this week: 1.2 lbs Total loss: 34.2 lbs Loss rate: 1.25 lbs/week Flex points left: 0 I&apos;m beat, so this will be quick. Much better than the past few weeks. I was not feeling very positive about the whole weigh-in thing this week; in fact, I was this >    < close to using my get out of jail weigh in free card. But, I didn&apos;t – and it turned out I lost. Yay! This week I will focus on the same things I always need to focus…

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    QOTD

    “You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence.” — Charles A. Beard

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    More books…

    Book 10 – The Shadow Rising (The Wheel of Time, Book 4) – Robert Jordan (finished 02/13/2004) “The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again. In one Age, called the Third Age by some, an Age yet to come, an Age long past, a wind rose in the Mountains of Mist. The wind was not the beginning. There are neither beginnings nor endings to the turning of the Wheel of Time. But it was…

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    .SIG!!

    OK, so the “marriage is love” thing (see previous post) has been spreading like wildfire. When I posted my part, there were 59 pages of comments – now there are 69 (heh heh – she said “sixty-nine) pages of comments – that&apos;s more than 1800 comments! I was skimming them and found this quote – I am much amused: “The revolution will not be televised, it&apos;ll be on livejournal.” – Huh. Meme tracker isn&apos;t working? Darn.

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    wha? Snow? SNOW??

    But this is Austin! Sheesh. OK, if you check out you&apos;ll see pictures taken at 3 am, (not by me, that&apos;s for damn sure) when it was still sticking on the roads and stuff. Plus, our sprinklers probably went off this morning, which wrecked what snow remained in our yard. It&apos;ll all be gone in a few hours, I&apos;m sure. Anyhow, I went out at 7 and got a few pictures. :) There&apos;s gotta be almost an inch! Looking down our street Deformed looking little guy, ain&apos;t he? Sad looking summer chair… Jake seems to like it – one of…

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    YAT – "He's purty!"

    Match.com’s physical attraction test is pretty dang close. Here is a summary of your report.                 Your photo choices suggest a man over 50 is probably getting a little old for your tastes                 You seemed interested in dating a man at least 35 or older                 Mainstream, attractive men                 Sharp, narrow chins                 So-called “Ecto-Mesomorphs,” with narrow chins and nicely angular faces                 So-called “Endo-Mesomorphs,” with full, oval faces You seem to like qualities often found in men some describe as “Bears.” They tend to be bigger guys, with full roundish or oval faces. Most have beards or some kind of facial hair. Typically,…

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    Day 184 – Plateau City

    Starting weight: 291.8 lbs (08/11/2003) Last week: 259.0 lbs This week: 258.8 lbs Loss this week: 0.2 lbs Total loss: 33.0 lbs Loss rate: 1.26 lbs/week Flex points left: 9 or thereabouts OK, enough of that. This week I break the little barrier thingie or whatever. Water. Breakfast. Vegetables. Religiously recording what I eat. I&apos;ve been backsliding on that part again.