2.2 mile interval run 2 eggs, 2 egg subs, salsa: 230 cal, 90 fat cal, 10g fat, 3g saturated fat, 5g carb, 1g fiber, 26g protein Lean Cuisine: 260 cal, 45 fat cal, 5g fat, 1.5g saturated fat, 27g carb, 4g fiber, 23g protein Corn: 120 cal, 15 fat cal, 2g fat, 0.5g saturated fat, 22g carb, 2g fiber, 3g protein Dinner: 540 cal, ? fat cal, 22g fat, ?g saturated fat, 16g carb, ?g fiber, 66g protein Yogurt: 100 cal, 0 fat cal, 0g fat, 0g saturated fat, 19g carb, 0g fiber, 5g protein Totals:...

So, I've been clipping recipes when I can find them, wanting to stretch my range of preparing food. Most of what I eat is frozen->nuke->eat, so occasionally I like something with a little more effort. The double-edge of that sword is that it then, by definition, requires more effort. I sit typing this with two sinks full of dishes right now... I cut this recipe out of Parade magazine a few months ago (fuck you, yes, I get recipes out of Parade magazine) and kind of shuffled it aside for...

35 minutes on the eliptical machine, light triceps/chest workout on different machines 2 eggs + salsa: 170 cal, 90 fat cal, 10g fat, 3g saturated fat, 3g carb, 1g fiber, 14g protein Oatmeal: 160 cal, 20 fat cal, 2g fat, .5g saturated fat, 27g carb, 6g fiber, 4g protein Protein Bar: 190 cal, 45 fat cal, 5g fat, 4.5g saturated fat, 3g carb, 1g fiber, 19g protein 20 pushups Chili: 460 cal, 140 fat cal, 16g fat, 7g saturated fat, 34g carb, 16g fiber, 30g protein short walk,...

4 mile run (2 miles in 17 minutes, 2 miles at 10 minute/mile pace) Set of 10 reps 20 lb dumbbell curls superset with 10 reps 20 lb dumbbel hammer curls Oatmeal 160 cal 25 fat cal 3g fat .5g saturated fat 23g carbs 6g fiber 7g protein Protein Bar 190 cal 40 fat cal 4.5g fat 3g saturated fat 4g carb 0g fiber 20g protein Brocolli and Cheese 60 cal 25 fat cal 3g fat 1g saturated fat 5g carb 2g fiber 2g protein Lean Cuisine 350 cal 80 fat cal 9g fat 3g saturated fat ...

While on TDY (that's "Army business trip" to the lot of you), a Sergeant First Class I traveled with suggested that our group go out to the Flying Saucer. It's set up as a nice pub/bar, offering a wide variety of beers, pub-ish food and college age waitresses in short schoolgirl-style skirts. They have an around-the-world style checklist, but I didn't even make a dent in the list, having only six pints while I was there (it was Pint Nite, select pints at $2.50). I know I started with a...

From The Soldier's Comprehensive Study Manual , 11th edition: Q. What is the Army's separation policy for homosexual conduct? A. Homosexual conduct, to include pre-service, prior service, or current service homosexual conduct, is grounds for separation from the Army under Chapter 15 of AR 635-200. (para 15-2a) Q. What is the characterization of service for soldiers separated under the provisions of Chapter 15? A. The type of discharge will reflect the character of the soldier's servi...

Last Letters Home - Voices of American Troops from the Battlefields of Iraq Category: Documentary "Touching and powerful, Last Letters Home is an emotional documentary that features 10 families reading aloud the last letters they received from loved ones who lost their lives in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Presented in a suitably straightforward, unembellished style by director Bill Couturié (director of HBO's Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam), the film displays close-up pictures o...

The King of Masks Category: Foreign, Foreign Drama Nearing the end of his life, Wang (heh) -- a locally renowned street performer and wizard of the venerable art of mask magic -- yearns to pass on his technique. But custom prescribes that he can only hand down his craft to a male successor. Anxious to preserve his unique art, the heirless Wang buys an impoverished 8-year-old on the black market. When the child divulges a dreaded secret, Wang faces a choice between filial love and soci...

3 general seating tickets: $33 (with the military discount, I saved $21 by picking them up on Base) box of popcorn and two snowcones in commemorative white tiger cups: $26 two souvenier toys (a spinning light-up elephant that my son is currently flogging himself with and a stuffed white tiger with baby white tiger): $43 There weren't even any white tigers in the show, but try using logic on a 4-year-old. There was an elephant; they did a routine where a circus child laid down in bed...

The "big special" thing I'm doing with the kids this week (besides spending every waking moment with them) is taking them to the circus tonight. Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey presents "Upside-Down World." The boys are a bit ambivalent about whether they want to go or not. I know they will enjoy it, but sometimes when I ask them to leave the apartment they protest. Seems that, given a choice, they'd often rather sit around here, playing XBox, playing board games and watching TV. ...

From the front page of this week's Army Times : Bigger 'Surge' - 7000 more troops to get rush on (Actually, that last word is obscured by the sticker they attached to the front of my delivery copy.) And there had been evidence of this in the news over the last week as over 2000 military police were mobilized to be sent over to Iraq. On the one hand, the surge seems to be succesful so far, because these police units were sent over solely to deal with the influx of detainees acquired du...

I saw this earlier today on the Early Bird report, and Glen Beck was touting it as Gospel tonight: Link I mean, it's by the Associated Press and it's printed in the NY Post. Positive results with factual numbers, from them? Whodathunk? Of course, these numbers are one statistic: the number of bodies found on Baghdad streets this month is down nearly 50% from last month. 50% reduction from the surge? What Beck didn't point out is that means it's "only" 494 dead, tortured and left i...

He's not a great soccer player, but he's one of my two all-time favorites, and he certainly is much improved. He loves games; we even played RoboRally today, which is supposed to be well above his age level. Of course, even the younger one enjoyed the silly robot noises that their Dad made. I was surprised at how much he wanted to play, but I told him we would again the next time he was down. He's ticklish and he knows I am, too. I can packmule both of them while they're hanging off my...

Murderball Listed in the Documentary section. Recommended because I liked: Memento and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Description: Rugby-playing quadriplegics compete for the Paralympic gold medal in this documentary about an amazing sport and the strong-willed athletes who play full-contact rugby using specially designed wheelchairs. The film follows the U.S. Quad Rugby Team as they compete in the 2002 World Championships and the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens. Murderball w...

Delicatessen Listed in the Foreign section. Recommended because I liked: Yojimbo , Trainspotting , Being John Malkovich , Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind . Description: Gentle clown Louison (Dominique Pinon) moves into an apartment building with a deli on the ground floor and falls for the butcher's daughter, Julie (Marie-Laure Dougnac). It's soon discovered that Julie's father (Jean-Claude Dreyfus) is actually butchering people ( a la Sweeney Todd) and selling the meat to ...