My apartment windows face a meeting place for recovering alcoholics. I’ve noticed that alcoholics for the most part look just like everyone else. The one thing that most alcoholics have in common is they smoke. They smoke a lot. As a result many of those going to the building spend most of their time outside [...]
Even though I no longer workout at a Glitter Gym, sometimes elements of glitter rear their head. On a recent trip to the gym I was doing sit-ups when I overheard an older couple arguing. The woman was reading a flier posted on the wall. Our gym is sponsoring a body-fat test [...]
Prior to the 2000 election I created a web page where I tried to match each Presidential candidate with an actor playing the role of President. The exercise was to determine who looked the most Presidential.
Which of the candidates in the 2000 Presidential election look Presidential? One measure for looking [...]
Before CriticalMAS existed I had a personal web site hosted with a local ISP in the Tampa Bay area. The site had a very popular local radio guide called What’s the Frequency Tampa?. It listed radio programming schedules much like television schedules are displayed. I built it by writing a program with [...]
I never thought that I would have enough stories to complete a new edition of Tales From the Glitter Gym just two days after my last post. Then again, I wasn’t expecting to walk into the locker room.
I’m not a shower at the gym guy. For me it has always been too inefficient. In [...]
It’s been a while since I last did an installment of Tales From the Glitter Gym. For background on what a Glitter Gym is read Glitter and Rust. After just 3 visits to the 24 Hour Fitness in Bellevue, WA (140th Ave NE), I have enough stories for a new installment of Tales [...]
Inspired by the site ILoveBacon.com, here are a few photos I took between 2001 and 2003.
This is how we cross the street in San Diego.
Bench ad gets new meaning after an “L” is made into an “H”.
Tampa driver has the only Ferrari hatchback.
Assorted Bacon 2001-2003
Last Saturday an older man thanked me for racking my weights. I said no problem and mentioned most people in this gym seemed considerate. Then he said something odd. He said:
For someone that lifts as much weight as you, I’d think you’d be more built.
By my count that could be taken three different ways.
He recognizes [...]
The following post and photos are from Carl Melville. They were taken today in Mammoth, California.
This is going to look like one of the internet pictures you see. It’s not. They are about an hour old. Don’t look at it yet. Read first.
In a search for a local Starbucks (email) I encountered [...]
