You don't know me but i might have started following : An experiment in Authority

UPDATE: *** Experiment Abandoned ***

Results such as they are will be released at another time

Last night I was looking at tweepi.com to see some information about who I should follow or NOT.

I noticed a feature where you could follow everyone someone else follows which I must say was better when first implemented because you could click one button and bam all done. Apparently Twitter was not a fan of this behaviour as far as terms of service, SO you have to click every one individually.

The temptation was to not follow all 397 people but I wanted to behave as if the button was working so followed all of them. Then quickly un-followed the persons ISP AND a feed notifying of when certain files were available for use. EVERYTHING ELSE got followed, now over the next fortnight or so I will start to follow people I don't have much affinity with so maybe I will loose Donna and Martha very quickly.

Rules:-

• No un-follows for 7 Days to give time for an opinion


• Read feeds in FlipBoard this brings out rich content this is supposed to be interesting


• Favourite things in FlipBoard if I read all of it


• Anything favourited read the authors last 20 tweets to get to know them

When unfollows reduce the volume I will follow folk in my profession so looking for an influential in Opalis, FIM 2010 and Config Manager.

Adventures in fitness C25K might take longer

Thursday morning I embarked on a hugely underestimated journey to start getting fitter. I chose to start doing couch to 5 Kilometres and wow I might die, or at least have an experience like the dude in this clip. Yes I know they are blaming the treadmill and selling a credit card but bad stuff like that could be due to me collapsing too.

For Me more about the dude than the card

So I did not cope with the running and at the third run cycle of C25K I was in big trouble so stopped.

I am very grateful to my support network for the encouragement and yes it does make a difference.

 

Okay here is the plan:

• I'm starting to walk on the treadmill every day (Today I walked for 25 Minutes and went just shy of 2 Kilometres)
• At the end of next week I will add 5BX
• On or Before November 1st 2011 I will start C25K again
• Because I'm easing in I would hope to transition to 5to10K in first quarter 2012

So that's the plan and I'll use Twitter to keep honest. I wonder what these small changes will do let's find out.

Made my first dish from SuperChef @BenPobjie

On the weekend my Daughter (Miss7) and I went into Manuka for Baby-chino and a quick browse through the PaperChain bookstore. I picked up a copy of SuperChef by Ben Pobjie, she got a Disney Princesses book to help with decorating her room. I love step one "Prepare your space" which at our house means... Borrow a shovel from Daddy ;)

Anyway SuperChef comes highly recommended by my dear friend @gnomeangel and she told me Ben was running a competition on his Blog being a habitual joiner, I thought why not "Glass up" my first dish well you get the picture...

So with no further ado I present ... Esther's Stress-Water from page 201 ENJOY.

BTW the link to the book was going to be random but I giggled when I saw it was a cookbook site.

If you have not heard much about this book Ben has a promo for it

SuperChef

Extremely Disappointed although nothing happed to me

I have been told something very disturbing and I got agitatedly angry about it, and while nothing happened to me it makes me think about how people can be shallow and selfish. Not to mention how that reflects on me as a human being.

I was visiting a friend and was explaining how I had stepped on my dick again but hopefully this time not too badly when I asked a friend if they were moving. They told me that they were splitting up with their spouse, felling a little off guard I had not explored too deeply.

Imagine my bemusement when I discovered the reason for the break up was because the other partner would not lose weight.

The friend who told me about it had said she was upset by the situation but her husband indicated that she bear in mind that it wasn't her that it had happened to.

You see one partner has recently found the joy of working out and are making in roads into getting fitter (and not wanting to make a judgement but in my view has a way to go), but now the other partner seems to no longer fit the new view of what a partner should be so they are GONE ...

Let me describe myself and where I am coming from for context...

• I am 42 years old
• Weight more than 150 kilograms
• Am bad in bed
• Don't follow through when I start things
• Like my computer and Internet more than people

So in short a real catch ;).

What is certain is I love my wife and know without question she loves me.

We have even discussed this issue and she assures me we will not divorce over weight but she will divorce me if I keep tweeting about Masterchef :)

So why this type of response? I don't really know but I do need to consider if these are the types of people I want in my life. Yes I have in the past been much more about suck it up and move on but this degree of superficiality is making me feel angry later in life.

Before you go there I understand the "Beauty is only skin deep" and "What is on the inside that counts" are things fat and ugly people say.

Is a marriage vow based on "To have and to hold, in sickness and in health, as long we both are fat" not sure I remember that. To be clear if anyone has ground for complaint in my relationship it is SupaWife she has got a third more man than she planned on, while I have less than 12% interest on the investment I made ;)

Am I saying physicality does not play a part of course not, but if it's all about that then you are a "Preening dumb tool" search that on YouTube to see what I mean.

My wife is my life, which is a big change from when I once said "Navy life is my wife" and I need to ensure she knows that every day.

So why did this touch me in a way that makes me mad. If you are just looking for people to bang don't tie principles of monogamy and commitment to it. If you think a wedding ring has a 500 mile radius don't wear one.

AND if someone treats you like the way this couple have demonstrated don't, whatever you do take them back ever.

So I have ranted about issues that have not effected me...

BUT as a man I am offended by this and really hope the partner left behind realizes the bullet they have dodged.

Oh and an example of what does matter ..... Enjoy

Cooky’s been to war and Lila’s been to Denver

@CRDLderby Roller Derby is so VERY Cool

Tonight we went to our FIRST Canberra Roller Derby League bout and to say it rocked is to understate.

The Red Bellied Black Hearts (RBBH) 114 Defeated the BrindaBelters 110 at Southern Cross Stadium in Greenway ACT

There were thrills and spills and non stop entertainment. The lead changed many times culminating in a draw decided by a full two minute Jam and no lead Jammer so no early stop just a full on fight to the death. So Cool.

BrindaBelters vs Red Bellied Black Hearts

Now I don’t know anything, but to me the scoreboard didn’t show how truly marvellously the RBBH’s played. The Blockers skated in formation to create a wall against the Belters Jammer, when their own approached they opened and then snapped right back to the defensive stance. They seemed to have a play book which they followed.

Have a look next week when the Bout is Televised on ChannelVision Aurora Community Channel (Foxtel/Austar/Optus TV channel 183). you will see what I mean.

Any way my 12 Year old son and I am sold and he has become a RBBH’s fanboi in just one night. He has said next time we need to take a pen so I can get Autographs. He is also a Huge AC/DC Fan and loved the way Back in Black was played as a victory song.

For those who could not be there live here is the twitter feed link