http://toppledwagon.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ Thoughts, musings, and stats en Vox Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:54:51 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://toppledwagon.vox.com/library/post/100-push-ups---week-2-day-3.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(toppledwagon) http://toppledwagon.vox.com/library/post/100-push-ups---week-2-day-3.html?_c=feed-rss http://toppledwagon.vox.com/library/post/100-push-ups---week-2-day-3.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:54:51 -0700 15-15-12-12-27 I notice that at least some of you are well exceeding your initial tests after just two weeks AND after doing 4 sets of push ups. That's just amazing. I'm not quite there yet, but I'll try to join that club next week! <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://toppledwagon.vox.com/library/post/100-push-ups---week-2-day-3.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0715ac1bc000fa9682f1bb0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> hundredpushups http://toppledwagon.vox.com/library/post/100-push-ups---week-2-day-2.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(toppledwagon) http://toppledwagon.vox.com/library/post/100-push-ups---week-2-day-2.html?_c=feed-rss http://toppledwagon.vox.com/library/post/100-push-ups---week-2-day-2.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:31:45 -0700 16-13-11-11-20 The pain today is more dull than it was last week, but still.. ouch. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://toppledwagon.vox.com/library/post/100-push-ups---week-2-day-2.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0715ac1bc000fad694c2940004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> hundredpushups http://toppledwagon.vox.com/library/post/100-push-ups---week-2-day-1.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(toppledwagon) http://toppledwagon.vox.com/library/post/100-push-ups---week-2-day-1.html?_c=feed-rss http://toppledwagon.vox.com/library/post/100-push-ups---week-2-day-1.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:48:07 -0700 Week 1, day 3 was on Saturday and I did 15-13-10-10-15 Today is Week 2, day 1 and I did 12-12-9-7-20 Last week jprall and Abe expressed interest in joining the challenge, but I don't see any posts from them about it. Come on and join guys,... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://toppledwagon.vox.com/library/post/100-push-ups---week-2-day-1.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0715ac1bc000fad69421e60004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> hundredpushups http://toppledwagon.vox.com/library/post/100-push-ups---week-1-day-2.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(toppledwagon) http://toppledwagon.vox.com/library/post/100-push-ups---week-1-day-2.html?_c=feed-rss http://toppledwagon.vox.com/library/post/100-push-ups---week-1-day-2.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:20:25 -0700 Despite being in pain from the other day, I went ahead with day 2 this morning. 12-12-10-10-11 My muscles have tightened up quite a bit, I've lost some amount of movement in my arms, and I'm aware of the muscle groups involved with doing push... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://toppledwagon.vox.com/library/post/100-push-ups---week-1-day-2.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0715ac1bc000fa967fd8640002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> hundredpushups http://toppledwagon.vox.com/library/post/100-push-ups---week-1-day-1.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(toppledwagon) http://toppledwagon.vox.com/library/post/100-push-ups---week-1-day-1.html?_c=feed-rss http://toppledwagon.vox.com/library/post/100-push-ups---week-1-day-1.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:45:56 -0700 A few hours after I did the initial test yesterday, I started day 1. 10-10-8-6-12 Today I feel slightly stiff in my pecs and abs. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://toppledwagon.vox.com/library/post/100-push-ups---week-1-day-1.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0715ac1bc000fa968028e60003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> hundredpushups http://toppledwagon.vox.com/library/post/100-push-ups---initial-test.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(toppledwagon) http://toppledwagon.vox.com/library/post/100-push-ups---initial-test.html?_c=feed-rss http://toppledwagon.vox.com/library/post/100-push-ups---initial-test.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:18:29 -0700 Ok, I'll join, 100 Push Ups, here I come! Today I did the initial test. I hit 27 before I fell over trembling. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://toppledwagon.vox.com/library/post/100-push-ups---initial-test.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0715ac1bc000fa967ff66b0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> hundredpushups http://toppledwagon.vox.com/library/post/qotd-random-acts-of-kindness.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(toppledwagon) http://toppledwagon.vox.com/library/post/qotd-random-acts-of-kindness.html?_c=feed-rss http://toppledwagon.vox.com/library/post/qotd-random-acts-of-kindness.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:02:44 -0700 What was your random act of kindness today? Submitted by Cher Cabula. A girl passing by asked where 3rd and 27th was. Instead of pointing her in the opposite direction, I just told her I had no idea where it was. That counts, right? <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://toppledwagon.vox.com/library/post/qotd-random-acts-of-kindness.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0715ac1bc000fa967f05510002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd random kindness http://toppledwagon.vox.com/library/post/enlarged-image.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(toppledwagon) http://toppledwagon.vox.com/library/post/enlarged-image.html?_c=feed-rss http://toppledwagon.vox.com/library/post/enlarged-image.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:05:14 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://toppledwagon.vox.com/library/photo/6a00b8ea0715ac1bc000fa967d470e0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00b8ea0715ac1bc000fa967d470e0002-50si" alt="Enlarged image" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Ladies and Gentlemen, this does NOT qualify as an 'enlarged image'. It *might* have qualified as an enlarged image in 1995, but not in 2008. My screen is 1440 x 900. I expect something considerably larger than 380 x 380 (as this enlargement ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://toppledwagon.vox.com/library/post/enlarged-image.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0715ac1bc000fad6905c660004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> pet peeves http://toppledwagon.vox.com/library/post/a-gas-tax-holiday-is-opposite-of-what-we-need.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(toppledwagon) http://toppledwagon.vox.com/library/post/a-gas-tax-holiday-is-opposite-of-what-we-need.html?_c=feed-rss http://toppledwagon.vox.com/library/post/a-gas-tax-holiday-is-opposite-of-what-we-need.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:45:48 -0700 McCain 'resurrects' his call for a gas tax holiday. This is so unbelievably wrong. It's exactly the opposite of what we need. It might help some people in the short term, but it will hurt all of us in the long term. What will happen if gas ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://toppledwagon.vox.com/library/post/a-gas-tax-holiday-is-opposite-of-what-we-need.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0715ac1bc000fad68f50c80005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> oil energy taxes gas http://toppledwagon.vox.com/library/post/composting.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(toppledwagon) http://toppledwagon.vox.com/library/post/composting.html?_c=feed-rss http://toppledwagon.vox.com/library/post/composting.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:17:35 -0700 I got notice that my building has ordered a 'green bin' for composting (as offered by the city of San Francisco.) So I've started filling up some BioBags with compostables. Then I looked in the trash. Most of it is various plastic stuff. Zip... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://toppledwagon.vox.com/library/post/composting.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00b8ea0715ac1bc000fa967bb1090003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> future of humans on earth