Monthly Archives: April 2009
Bikram 2, 3 and 4, I Don't Hate It Anymore
I am glad that I have been practicing long enough to know that if I hate it, I need to try it some more. I went back to Bikram Saturday, Monday, and today, and I might be hooked. Friday must have been a particularly stinky morning, because while the studio still does smell, it has [...]
Ickram
It is almost embarrassing that today was my first Bikram experience. As a yoga teacher who teaches hot yoga, it is something in which I should be well versed. Sure, I knew the Bikram sequence and the basics about classes, but knowing and experiencing are not the same. So, today, needing something a little different, [...]
What We Talk About When We Talk About Pug
Scott and I have this thing about naming animals. At the beach, we met Stu Crabson and Little Joe Crabstein, Myrna Turtle, and Shecky Gecko. We’ve encountered Herbert Slug, Earl Seagull, and Bob Crow at various times. I don’t know how or why we started doing this. On a walk recently, we saw a pug [...]
O-pening Day, Matzoh Brei, and eBay: It's April
O-pening DayThe opening day ceremonies and national anthem at Camden Yards made me all weepy. I am such a sucker. But, did I imagine it or did the crowd boo Biden throwing out the first pitch? Aside from the respect issue, Baltimore is overwhelmingly Democratic. What the hell? Totally disappointing behavior. I might as well [...]
Radio Free Your-Old.
I am surprised that I have been here almost two years and just found WRNR. As much I enjoy classic rock stations* -I feel like a dinosaur admitting that I actually listen to the radio – I have been thinking that it would be nice to have something else. Lo and behold, WRNR, a radio [...]
Get me off this crazy thing.
Regarding the wacky side effects of drugs that appear in approximately .014% of users: It turns out that I am the .014% of users. Radiating back pain and headache over the right eye? Got it. Nausea, fatigue, and sleep disturbances? Right on schedule. Dry mouth, indigestion, and metallic taste in one’s mouth? I’ll take one [...]
Shhhh.