I have found the holy relic, left from the Great Perfection, to prove to us that we can be better. I took it into my body and felt it correct that which was wrong with me, felt it purify my spirit and intentions.

ten01’s truffle fries.

I’m serious.

They’re amazing.

I bought an Elliptical trainer, I found a Proform 1280s on Craigslist for $400. It’s not in perfect shape, but it works. I managed to do a 15 minute session on Sunday and again this morning, and the sweat did flow and there is much soreness in my legulons. Exactly what I wanted. The $100 and untold carbon-footieprints I saved over buying the Schwinn will go toward saving the planet (and/or bicycle parts. Probably more of the cash will go to bike parts as nobody takes carbon credits.)

Next thing to save up for? MSI Wind or Asus EeePC 901. Whichever Atom-based ultra portable hits retail first.

Again, my theme has spontaneously switched to the default wordpress theme. I have deactivated all the recent plugins I added to no avail, so… here’s Greenline. If this doesn’t freak out then I guess it’s Genkitheme, which sucks, because it’s amazingly pretty.

I’ve been feeling pretty fat for a while, and also still very cheap, so instead of springing for a gym membership, I’ve been looking at home elliptical trainers. I already have a weight bench and barbells at home, I can do situps and pushups and jumping jacks, but using the elliptical trainer at Bally’s was one of the compelling reasons to have that membership in the first place.

I’ve done some research, and it looks like the main complaints about ellipticals all hit the same couple of notes. Cheap frame/shitty welds. Unstable. Noisy. Short Stride Length.

I’ve looked around and it looks like the best “new purchase” elliptical in my price range (under $600) is the Schwinn 418 (currently $499 at Amazon with free shipping). So I’ve been looking on Craigslist.

Seriously, folks, exercise equipment isn’t wine. It didn’t improve as you aged it. You sweated on it, now stop asking 95% of MSRP. Bleah. However, unless I have found something used by this weekend, I think I’m going to drop the hammer on that Schwinn.

Guess I need to actually up and get rid of those couches and chairs, huh?