Ok, it’s the end of week 2, and although I haven’t been able to squeeze in any work out sessions yet (although I’ve been doing a lot of walking around and still take the stairs everywhere I go), I’ve still managed to drop 4 pounds, so now I”m down to 172. Feels good. Really need to start doing some workouts though, but with this AAPM assignment I need to get finished by next week, I don’t seem to have much time. Maybe this coming week.
Friday Five
At this moment, what is your favorite…
1. …song?
Man in Motion by John Parr
2. …food?
Cold smoked salmon
3. …tv show?
Stargate SG1
4. …scent?
Chocolate
5. …quote?
The one in my email sig,
“For I am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and long words Bother me.” Winnie the Pooh
RSS Feed validating
Over at Dive into Mark, he talks about RSS Feed validating, and how even with feed validating services, there are still plenty of RSS feeds with badly formed XML. So there’s this nifty feed validator that’s simple to use, and offers suggestions to fix your bad feeds. Very neat. Worth checking out.
A happy Chinese New Year
Had a delightful Chinese New Year celebration at my wife’s boss’s house. Mostly people from the lab she works in, lots of good food. It’s become a pretty multi-cultural lab since my wife started working there. Where else can you go to celebrate Chinese New Year, and have a conga line and salsa dancing break out? A good time was had by all I think. It was a good start to the new year.
It’s tax time!
Found my W-2 on my desk today. That means it’s the start of that dreaded tax season. But, since I don’t own a house, or have any investments outside my 401K, taxes for me are pretty simple. And I use TurboTax and E-file my return, so about all I have to do is enter numbers and see how much more I owe, or how much I get back. Pretty simple if all you need to do is fill out the 1040 or 1040EZ. And if you’re expecting a refund back, it shows up in your bank account automagically in just a couple of weeks! It’s the way to go.