Rodrigo Y Gabriela

Wow!
I just discovered them and...wow!

See what I mean?

Textbook Blues

I went down to the office today. Pre-planning at the college doesn't start until the 19th, but I wanted to check in. I especially wanted to double-check that the new text book for our Computer Concepts course was in. It wasn't and probably won't be in the campus bookstores until the 21st.

So much for getting a jump on planning!

Listening To

Astral Weeks by Van Morrison.

Van Morrison has been a favorite of mine since the middle 60's when he was singing Brown Eyed Girl and Gloria. In the late 60's and early 70's he produced some of the best songs ever! Astral Weeks was his first sole album and the beginning of a string of great work. I think substance abuse (drugs/alcohol) derailed Morrison in the early 70's, but he seems to have overcome those problems as he continues to produce music today. Sometimes great music.

Astral Weeks has songs like Cypress Avenue, Madame George, Ballerina as well as the title song. This is perfect album to listen to when you need to mellow out, or get stoned...on life and music, not artificially. :)

Walking!

I've been doing the "10,000" steps a day thing for the last 3 months. Yes, I've lost some weight, but to be honest, I lost more in the 3 months before I started exercising. :)

Most days, I do three miles either on the road or on a treadmill. That gives me 6,000+ steps right there. I can get another 1 to 2 thousand just walking around the house before I go to bed. The rest I get from just moving around.

When I get back to teaching later this month I'm going to have a problem keeping up this pace. My schedule is going to keep me at work until about 9 pm three nights a week. I'll have time during the day to get in the steps, but if I do the *work* while at work, I'll also sweat like a pig. That's going to be a problem.

Well, we'll see...