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(aka “No Pain, No Gain”)

First, if you haven’t seen the movie “300” yet,
start with that. In it, 300 Spartans take to the battlefield for a fight that could motivate anyone. You’ll notice that all of the actors in the film are built, almost machine looking. How did they get that way? Enter the supposed “300” workout.

It’s been discussed all over the Internet. Mark Twight, a former world-class mountain climber is apparently responsible for the workout that gets its moniker from the total number of repetitions.

Take a look for yourself:

25 pull-ups
50 deadlifts at 135 pounds
50 push-ups
50 box jumps with a 24-inch box
50 “floor wipers” (a core and shoulders exercise at 135 pounds)
50 “clean and press” at 36 pounds (a weight-lifting exercise)
25 more pull-ups — for a total of 300 reps

There’s no rest between movements and the score is based on total time. The actors did not start with this tough regiment. It was what they worked up to during their training for the show. Don’t go out an train this way tomorrow. I think working up to this workout is key. I can tell you I’m not there but maybe someday.

I can say that because right now I’m working a Sunday through Thursday work week so today is actually Friday for me.

This week has been a particularly hectic and busy one for me. I’ve had luncheons, doctors appointments and early calls to work. Even with all of that other stuff, I still found time to get workouts in and keep up with my homemade program.

Browns vs. Pittsburgh on Sunday. OSU vs. Illnois on Saturday… oh, OSU vs. Michigan next weekend, I can’t wait!

Here’s a good uplifting question, (thanks to mom2amara), “what is your reason to smile today”. See above for mine, TGIT!!

My friend told me about Wal-Mart secret Friday morning sale yesterday while I was talking with her. She said she found the information on the Internet through an e-mail from one of those advanced sales ads sites. You can find them through Yahoo! (the official search engine of taawd’s thoughts). One of the most popular is Black Friday 2007.

Retailers are no longer waiting for the day after Thanksgiving to roll out door buster bargains. Wal-Mart spread the word through the Internet about a secret sale going on Friday morning.

I was part of a small crowd who gathered at the Wal-Mart in Avon to wait in line until employees wheeled out the merchandise. Today’s sales included:

• Fisher Price Nascar Ride-On — $144.72
• Sanyo 50″ Plasma HDTV — $998.00
• Acer Laptop w/ Celeron Processor & 1GB RAM — $348.00
• Blood Diamond HD-DVD — $14.96
• 12 Monkeys HD-DVD — $14.96
• Big Lebowski HD-DVD — $14.96
• Toshiba HD-A2 DVD Player — $98.87

Some analysts expect this to be a lukewarm holiday retail season. It’s probably the reason you’ll see more of these sort of deals at your favorite stores. Toys R Us also started the weekend with bargains. I took home two of the deals.

Wal-Mart is making it easy for customers to learn about secret specials. Bargain hunters can sign up for e-mail or text message alerts, or visit www.walmart.com/secret.

I don’t know why but I’m up this morning already. My body summoned me around 8:30am. Why? I’m not sure but I am sure I’m not excited about it.

I’ve been having problems with my laptop. It goes into hyper hard drive mode and the fan starts going at full throttle then it shuts down but not before giving me a blue screen of death error message. I’m trying to be gentle with it until I figure out what the problem is. I need to back up the hard drive. Maybe I’ll do it when I take a nap in a little bit.

One more thought before I post this. This fall has been one of the most beautiful I can remember. Last night on the way home one of the trees was so brightly yellow it honestly looked like it glowed in the dark.

p.s., enjoy the new fall look, notice I’m not rushing Christmas like all of the retailers…

I have probably about 100 VHS tapes that I haven’t used in years. I’ve got “Meet The Parents”, “Star Wars”, “So I Married An Axe Murderer” and a bunch more. I hate throwing them away because I do believe there are still people out there who, for some reason, haven’t switched over to DVD yet.

Do I just throw them away? I’m not keeping them but is there a library that’d take them?

The stuff that I taped off the TV or from work I want to digitize them and put them on DVD because they will last longer. Of course, that’s really time consuming but I hope to do it sometime soon.

Your thoughts?

One of the first reasons I started blogging was to share tips and tricks I found after hours on the Internet or from other people. Here’s one for 2007 Honda CRV owners.

Recently, I took my vehicle in for an oil change but the mechanics couldn’t figure out how to reset the oil life message that flashed on each time I started my CRV.

Here’s how I did it. With the car either powered on or started, hold down on the button on the dashboard for several seconds. It could take 10-15 seconds. At one point, it’ll change to a display that says OIL, CANCEL and a temperature. Rotate the dial until OIL flashes then push that same button and it should reset it. Good luck, it’ll take an entire minute for you to do it and you won’t have to see the oil light come on all of the time, until it’s time again for an oil change!