Google streets, a year ago

by Duf Anything and Everything

Google Street View is an amazing project Google is undertaking to map out real street views all across the country.  They just got done mapping out our area.  You can punch in most addresses in our area and get a 360 degree image of the location.  It’s amazing.  I’d love to know how in the world they do it.  They must have some special vehicles with panoramic cameras that drive the country 24×7.  It’s really cool.  Want to see what the government complex I work at looks like from the street?  Click here. You can even see my street/house if you know the address.

My first night alone was uneventful.  We got some strong rain which probably dumped at least an inch on our house which was welcomed.  I did some laundry, ate dinner and then played WoW and some Wii with Charlie later.  I wrapped up my exciting evening by watching The Ultimate Fighter.

Man my biceps are wiped.  Every other week I do this ass kicking bicep routine, it goes like this. I take up position by the barbell tree that has preset barbells ranging in weight from 110 to 20 pounds.  I start with the 90 pound barbell and grind out 10 reps, then I rack it and immediately pick up the 80 pounder and do another 10, rack and pick up the 70, repeat all the way down to 20 pounds.  The object is to go from set to set with basically no rest.  It is extremely difficult.  The biceps are a small muscle so they fatigue rather quickly.  By the time I get done I have knocked out 80 repetitions in a little more than 5 minutes.  My arms are rubber at that point.  If I was a beast I would be able to do the entire tree, starting at 110 and going to 20. It gives me something to shoot for I guess.  the pain equates to some results.  I have noticed since I started doing this 6 months or so ago my arms are bulking up a bit.

If you some days my daily entry seems kind of lame, I would recommend scrolling down the left hand column and checking out the “A Year Ago” entries.  I often will flip back to them and reread them.  Some make me laugh, some make me cry, some make me scratch me head and wonder WTF was I thinking…