The Mongrel Dogs Who Teach

Author: mongreldogs

  • “We are not a people who fear the future. We are a people who make it.”

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    In general, I’m not overly impressed with the Presidential Saturday radio address (now of course really a YouTube address).  But I liked today‘s, probably because it resonates with something I’ve said before (twice, even). Happy Birthday, America.

  • Week 29 in the Program

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    Weight this week | Change since last week | Total change 267.0 | -1.4 | -106.0 Not much of note here. I’ve really given up predicting the details of my weight change. I don’t know why it dropped off some, but that can apparently happen. Anyway, I’m still pretty happy with where I am.

  • Week 28 in the Program

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    Weight this week | Change since last week | Total change 268.4 | -2.6 | -104.6 Not that much to note.  I’m back on track and feeling good about it.  Soon I’ll be switching to Thursdays instead of Tuesdays for the weigh-in, so that will glitch the weekly numbers a little.

  • Week 26 in the Program

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    I’ve been bouncing around some.  But I finally broke the 100-pound mark. Weight this week | Change since last week | Total change 271.0 | -6.6 | -102.0 NB: I’ve recalibrated a bit here to use the original weight as measured by PWMC (373 lbs), since that’s where I’m getting my weekly numbers. Six months…

  • Week 23 in the Program

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    Wow, it’s been a while since I updated this. No particular reason — I guess I just got distracted. Weight this week | Change since last week | Total change 277.2 | -1.4 | -91.2 It’s more than a little odd, as my numbers don’t seem to be tied to what I actually do during…

  • The Start of Summer

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    Everyone has their own unique signs that summer is upon us, the signature sound that signals the academic year is winding down. For me, it’s “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” by Tears for Fears. More below the fold.

  • Two Finales (2): Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

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    As mentioned in a previous post, recently two of my favorite shows reached their conclusion.  While the Battlestar Galactica finale left a lingering bad taste in my mouth (The Cylons had a plan all along?  Bollocks!), the conclusion of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles was gripping and satisfying.  In fact it was one of the…

  • Week 19 in the Program

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    Weight this week | Change since last week | Total change 284.8 | -8.0 | -83.6 A pretty good week for me… which is baffling, as I have not (as far as I know) done anything materially different in any of the past three weeks, but my weight loss has fluctuated wildly.  Odd.   It’s…

  • Week 18 in the Program

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    Weight this week | Change since last week | Total change 292.8 | -2.0 | -75.6 After a couple of see-saw weeks, I’m back at a usual weight loss number.  Most likely this reflects a return to “established” weight — the weight so easily put on over Spring Break came off relatively easily but now…

  • Two Finales (1): Battlestar Galactica

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    In the past couple of weeks, two science fictions shows I follow have had their finales: the reimagined Battlestar Galactica and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. (OK, so technically, the word is still out on Sarah Connor, but many people feel it’s doomed, and although I have no inside information, the reasoning seems solid.) Very…