Archive for February 25th, 2010

Today’s Business: 2010-02-25

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Today’s Activities

  • Shower.  DONE.
  • Schedule appointment for Mom with the retina specialists in Johnstown for sometime in April, 2010. 

 

Log

07:50 AM: I’m up. My weight is unchanged from yesterday.  It’s still  177.0 Lbs.

09:00 AM: I applied a software change to all my blogs that shortens all title tags for single posts; it eliminates the string:  Blog Archive  as well as one separator character from the titles.  This should fix the issues raised by my hosting provider about some of my title tags containing too many characters.  Presumably now, search engines will index more of my posts.  I’m not sure that this is actually true.  But the IT folks at my hosting company know lots more about this stuff than I do.  So I’ll take their word for it and bring the blogs into compliance.  Next thing to do, they suggest, is to remove all duplicate titles.  I did this for   Tom’s Diary  so far.  I’ll get to work on   Tom’s Love Quest   now.

11:20 AM: Spent the past couple hours categorizing posts on the   Tom’s Love Quest   blog.  I added categories for AffirmationsAloneness,  Cheating,   and   Loneliness   among others.    

01:30 PM: Watched today’s episode of   The Young and the Restless   with   [Emmy].

02:50 PM: We dined at our favorite Indian restaurant: Tamarind Flavor of India, on Craig Street in Oakland.  Yum.

03:00 PM: Categorized more posts on the   Tom’s Love Quest   blog.  Now, there are just 18 left to do.   Details   here.

04:00 PM: Watched today’s episode of   Dr. Phil.

06:00 PM: Made numerous revisions to the   Tom’s Love Quest   blog.

07:30 PM: Watched tonight’s episodes of    NBC’s Nightly News    and   The CBS Evening News   TV news shows.

12:25 AM: Read four more chapters of the book:  The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives   by Leonard Mlodinow.

12:30 AM: Bed time.  See you tomorrow. 

Tom Hesley

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Diary Revisions: 2010-02-25

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Today, I either added or modified the following posts in  the   Tom’s Diary   blog for improved brevity, clarity, categorization, decreased spelling errors, appearance,  and search-ability:

  • Today’s Business: 2010-02-25
  • Today’s Diet: 2010-02-25
  • Today’s Business: 2010-02-24
  • NLS DTB Player
  • Today’s Diet: 2010-02-24
  • Tom

    The Drunkard’s Walk

    Thursday, February 25th, 2010

    01:10 AM: Began reading the book:  The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives   (NLS book number DB-67164) by Leonard Mlodinow. 

    Reading time: Nine hours, thirty-one minutes.

    Hmmm, I’ve often felt that people either take too much credit for their successes, or others deify them overly for them.  This book bolsters the notion that while things like skill and tenacity might increase our chances of success somewhat, they by no means guarantee them; just as a person’s sheer imcompetence cannot promise that he’ll always fail at any endeavor he attempts.  I found much encouragement in the passages I’ve read so far; even if I truly am an awful writer, my chances of succeeding at it are still, by no mens, zero.  I like that, and can’t wait to read more later.

    Tom Hesley

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    Today’s Diet: 2010-02-25

    Thursday, February 25th, 2010

    Today, I consumed the following items:

    • Peppermint & spearmint tea and diet caffeine-free Pepsi throughout the day. 0 calories.
    • 08:00 AM: 1 bowl Kashi Heart-to-Heart cereal.  300 calories. 
    • 08:00 AM: 1 cup organic skim milk.  80 calories.
    • 01:45 PM: Indian lunch.  1 large plate of various foods, along with nan.  1500 calories.
    • 03:00 PM: Multivitamin.  0 calories.
    • 10:00 PM: 3 slices pumpernickel bread and butter.  500 calories.

    Total calories: 2380.

    Tom Hesley

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