Comments on: Not Where My Passions Lie http://qmusings.com/blog/2008/05/07/not-where-my-passions-lie/ Something To Think About Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:28:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: MsQ http://qmusings.com/blog/2008/05/07/not-where-my-passions-lie/#comment-76031 MsQ Thu, 08 May 2008 23:05:57 +0000 http://qmusings.com/blog/?p=414#comment-76031 <strong>UT:</strong> My mom does the trial issue thing and she puts a reminder in her calendar to cancel after the trial period! So far, no big issues. UNLIKE her Comcast woes! I am not sure why but my mom seems to be some kinda "We are experiencing technical difficulties" type of magnet. <strong>HMTKSteve:</strong> I did see something about Wii FIT on your blog. Since I am totally out of the Wii loop (barring the funny YouTube parody of Amy Winehouse's, "Rehab" as "WiiHab" that UT posted a while back...) my brain couldn't really connect to it. I haven't really done fitness videos or even followed along on TV like when Jack Lalanne was on. He may still be on for all I know. I hope that Wii Fit works out for you. You mean you aren't fit already? UT: My mom does the trial issue thing and she puts a reminder in her calendar to cancel after the trial period! So far, no big issues. UNLIKE her Comcast woes!

I am not sure why but my mom seems to be some kinda “We are experiencing technical difficulties” type of magnet.

HMTKSteve: I did see something about Wii FIT on your blog. Since I am totally out of the Wii loop (barring the funny YouTube parody of Amy Winehouse’s, “Rehab” as “WiiHab” that UT posted a while back…) my brain couldn’t really connect to it.

I haven’t really done fitness videos or even followed along on TV like when Jack Lalanne was on. He may still be on for all I know.

I hope that Wii Fit works out for you. You mean you aren’t fit already?

]]> By: HMTKSteve http://qmusings.com/blog/2008/05/07/not-where-my-passions-lie/#comment-75973 HMTKSteve Thu, 08 May 2008 18:14:11 +0000 http://qmusings.com/blog/?p=414#comment-75973 Speaking of running... which leads to exercise in general... I pre-ordered my Wii Fit yesterday. I think I'll be doing a series of articles relating to how it works out for me. Speaking of running… which leads to exercise in general… I pre-ordered my Wii Fit yesterday. I think I’ll be doing a series of articles relating to how it works out for me.

]]> By: Urban Thought http://qmusings.com/blog/2008/05/07/not-where-my-passions-lie/#comment-75967 Urban Thought Thu, 08 May 2008 17:59:16 +0000 http://qmusings.com/blog/?p=414#comment-75967 Trial issues are the worst. They have a habit of send you a bill later when you know good and well you had no intention of actually continuing the subscription. Trial issues are the worst. They have a habit of send you a bill later when you know good and well you had no intention of actually continuing the subscription.

]]> By: MsQ http://qmusings.com/blog/2008/05/07/not-where-my-passions-lie/#comment-75712 MsQ Wed, 07 May 2008 21:55:40 +0000 http://qmusings.com/blog/?p=414#comment-75712 <strong>delmer:</strong> I don't mind reading magazines while waiting but I am not willing to pay for a subscription - even for a dollar an issue! I did subscribe to Consumer Reports but those things justs piled up and now I just have it online. With respect advertising, I think the !!! Exclamation ??? Points ???? !!! are appropriate. Not that I need them but the advertisers seem to like 'em. It's probably their default separator. Too bad about the running but I know you bike. I find bicycling torturous! I've tried it and even bought a nice bike but dang, not my sport. I've been running for so long that 3 miles seems like not much of a run for me, even when I've had to take time off. Now I work on speed although it's not so much for competing, it's just kinda cool to be faster and I love being fit. It's so great to be able to floor it physically, with my heartrate zooming along and then I slow down or stop and I recover fairly quickly. I was running up to 42 miles a week at one point but the most I do is probably around 35. Now I also do the elliptical. <strong>UT: </strong>I had no real idea where I was going with the post. It wandered around a bit but I'm doing my version of "free writing" these days. I'll give a pure free writing a shot at some point! I used to like stainless Parker ball pens - I liked a bit of weight to my pens. Then I began writing postcards while on the road and wanted a really fine pen (I wrote quite a bit in a postcard) and ended up really liking the Pilot P-500s which have a needle point. Those are hard to find unless you go to Office Depot. Then I went to visit my friends in Capetown and Shirley loves pens and she gave me a Faber-Castell SP-ICE. I didn't much pay attention to it, what with still being in love with my P-500s (which I bought a box of) but then I found that the SP-ICE fine didn't smear on slick surfaces (like some postcards have). It also had a smooth less scratch action. NEW LOVE! BUT NOT AVAILABLE IN THE US! When I went back she gave me a package of 5. I hoard them and watch 'em like a hawk. <strong>HMTKSteve: </strong>Eh, not much into going through "trial" issues and suchlike. delmer: I don’t mind reading magazines while waiting but I am not willing to pay for a subscription - even for a dollar an issue! I did subscribe to Consumer Reports but those things justs piled up and now I just have it online.

With respect advertising, I think the !!! Exclamation ??? Points ???? !!! are appropriate. Not that I need them but the advertisers seem to like ‘em. It’s probably their default separator.

Too bad about the running but I know you bike. I find bicycling torturous! I’ve tried it and even bought a nice bike but dang, not my sport. I’ve been running for so long that 3 miles seems like not much of a run for me, even when I’ve had to take time off. Now I work on speed although it’s not so much for competing, it’s just kinda cool to be faster and I love being fit. It’s so great to be able to floor it physically, with my heartrate zooming along and then I slow down or stop and I recover fairly quickly.

I was running up to 42 miles a week at one point but the most I do is probably around 35. Now I also do the elliptical.

UT: I had no real idea where I was going with the post. It wandered around a bit but I’m doing my version of “free writing” these days. I’ll give a pure free writing a shot at some point!

I used to like stainless Parker ball pens - I liked a bit of weight to my pens. Then I began writing postcards while on the road and wanted a really fine pen (I wrote quite a bit in a postcard) and ended up really liking the Pilot P-500s which have a needle point. Those are hard to find unless you go to Office Depot.

Then I went to visit my friends in Capetown and Shirley loves pens and she gave me a Faber-Castell SP-ICE. I didn’t much pay attention to it, what with still being in love with my P-500s (which I bought a box of) but then I found that the SP-ICE fine didn’t smear on slick surfaces (like some postcards have). It also had a smooth less scratch action. NEW LOVE! BUT NOT AVAILABLE IN THE US! When I went back she gave me a package of 5. I hoard them and watch ‘em like a hawk.

HMTKSteve: Eh, not much into going through “trial” issues and suchlike.

]]> By: HMTKSteve http://qmusings.com/blog/2008/05/07/not-where-my-passions-lie/#comment-75691 HMTKSteve Wed, 07 May 2008 20:41:49 +0000 http://qmusings.com/blog/?p=414#comment-75691 But, you can get a "no risk" issue!!! But, you can get a “no risk” issue!!!

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