Hot Rod, Tech content
On the way home I spotted this hot car, a Reliant K car with mag wheels! There is something very ironic about a K car, one of the most basic, plain vanilla, boring vehicles ever produced with a set of mags on it. It was the deep type that made the tires sit outside the wheel well, almost go-kart style.
It just looked ridiculous. I wish I could have gotten a better pic of it. Ali asked me what the hell I was doing when I snapped the pic. When I explained it to her she realized it was going to be blog material and just shook her head. I think she realizes me with a camera phone is going to be dangerous.
After work Ali put in 7 miles, she is making good progress in her goal to run the half marathon. If she can do 9 to 10 miles she can run a half.
This morning I had my follow up meeting with the knee doctor. He asked how things were and I said fine. In reality my right knee is still noisy and is in pretty much the same shape it was before the 3 knee shots. However I had zero interest in prolonging my treatment plan. My knees are better, good enough that I can work my legs at the gym again. My plan is to get them stronger and then try some limited impact and see the results. If the pain immediately resumes then I will need to permanently alter the physical hobby/activities I do away from things that impact my knees. We’ll see.
A chiropractor I talk to at the gym turned me onto a good unconventional lower body exercise that is a great all around activity to strengthen everything from the waist down. I grab a 12 pound medicine ball and squat. Then I take relatively large sidesteps, 10 to the left, 10 to the right and then back and forth one more time, all the time trying to stay crouched, holding the ball. By the end your legs should be burning. It is the type of movement that really helps the stabilizing muscles around the knee as well building strength in your quads and hamstrings. Try it, the deeper you can crouch, the harder it becomes.
Between my new computer and my new Treo phone I am in tech nirvana. My computer is slick looking, fast and cool. My Treo allows me to be plugged in 24/7 from almost anywhere, I really like it.
I watched maybe 20 minutes of the game last night. We got home late and had to watch Big Brother and then I set up a domain name for the 5k run Ali is organizing and took 5 minutes to throw a page up there. By the time that was all done it was after 10 and I was too tired to watch much of it. I saw the Dolphins take the lead in the 3rd quarter. I was glad to see the Steelers came back to win it in the 4th.
This weekend the Eagles start their season. Fittingly I want to go see Invincible this weekend, the flick about the walk on player Dick Vermeil signed up in the late 70’s. It should get me pumped up for the season. Otherwise there aren’t any huge plans for the weekend. We will continue our new Sunday tradition of taking Nicki on an extended walk. Once football season starts, Sunday afternoons are reserved exclusively for Eagles games.