I’ve hit upon a new fitness program. I call it the “Moving Fitness Program.” I wonder why more people don’t know about this highly effective program? Maybe because not enough people read MT.Net, but I digress.

Contrary to ten-step plans that others offer, this one is a nine-step plan:

1. Live in a ranch house with plenty of storage space.
2. Spend every weekend for two months fixing up said house.
3. Pack up boxes upon boxes of useless stuff.
4. Haul these boxes into a spare room for storage.

Now, we get into the really intense part of the program. Are you with me? I said, “ARE YOU WITH ME?!”

5. Buy a two-story house with less storage.
6. Help movers load up the truck. Pay movers by the hour for extra motivation. Rake in bonus points if the truck used is too small, as extra trips are good for fitness.
7. Help movers unload the truck. Pile your garage floor to ceiling with mystery boxes of junk.
8. Haul 40 pound boxes up and down stairs until you finally quit worrying about where each one goes.
9. Repeat step 8, for the next few weeks. Stay up past midnight every night.

Seriously, after doing all of this, I have dropped ten pounds. And not just a ten pound box, either! Ten honest to goodness pounds.

I have also been taking advantage of the nearby park and greenway. Three times already, I have hauled myself out of bed in the morning and wheeled the bike around the local paths. This morning, I rode 7 miles! This was following some warmup rides of 4-5 miles on previous mornings.

I hope to do more riding and make it a habit. I feel fantastic! Better than I have in a long time. There was always a cyclist in me, one that got neglected for far too long. I won’t let that happen again.

My blogmate Jamie Gaines posted about Bill Gates starting a blog. Reading that got me wandering around to other tech legends whom I thought would have more interesting blogs.

One of those characters is Steve Wozniak, the wizard engineer who built Apple Computer (hell, the whole damn computer industry!). According to his website, he visited the Pack Macintosh Users Group at N.C. State on April 26th.

I can’t believe this legendary man was in Raleigh and I didn’t find out about it until two months later. Life is just not fair.
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This weekend I tackled a large yard project. There were waist-high weeds in front of the treeline, making a jungle out of a significant part of our backyard. My mower and I spent a few hours and three tanks of gas to tame that jungle. Successfully, I’m happy to report.

As I was mowing, I kept finding these golf balls near the woods. I figured the previous owner liked to tee off into the woods behind the house, just for practice. After I discovered a few, I picked one up and gave it a look.
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Smart move on the part of Paul Bremer and the U.S. to give the reigns back to Iraq two days early. Sounds like just about everyone was surprised.

I hope this transfer can begin the long process of settling things down over there.