from the Doonesbury blog

For all my friends in the USMC. :-)

(Backstory: the young man is an Iraq War vet with PTSD; the older man is his community college professor.)

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an interesting article on disaster charity

every journey begins with a single step

After having a talk with the trainer in the gym at work, I started on a new exercise program today. I'm aiming for 3-5 cardio sessions a week of at lest 30 minutes each. After two weeks, he wants to re-evaluate and add some weight training. He also recommended drinking more water (at least 64 oz. a day) and snacking between meals, while eating less at the meals themselves. All simple, basic stuff.

So today I started off with 30 minutes on the stair stepper. It was a bit tough, but I got through it without stopping and while managing a pretty steady pace.

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I see that Brigadier Gerard is in my model-building future.