1) After the catalyst of Stephen “The Hearts of Space Man Himself” Hill posting in my comments previously about subscribing to Hearts of Space, I broke down and did so. Well, it was more like arm twisting in the lightest of ways, in a direction I was heading for anyway. :-)

In any case, I’ve been pretty much listening to the weekly cast and the radio cast nonstop, even when I took a nap (which always starts spinning the weirdest of dreams). Later on I’ll troll through and hit up the Middle-Eastern themed sessions, the Lisa Gerard sessions, and then just roll around in it from there.

Anyway, I gotta say, if you like experimental/”space music”, I’m finding a subscription to HOS is pretty much worth the price.

Thanks, Stephen!

2) After Keith Senkowski’s glowing recommendation, I picked up and started reading Night Watch. I actually did like the movie a lot, and unsurprisingly I actually like the book more. It’s odd, because I usually don’t like books written in the first person, but this one is gripping enough that I don’t notice.  Plus, I think the horror genre gains points over me that override other dislikes.

3) Last week, I saw that a large gym opened up about 3 miles from my house. That was all I was waiting for. I signed up on Friday, and have been working out since. We’ll see if it lasts, but I have been thinking about going to a gym regularly for over a year now, the only thing stopping me was knowing that if it wasn’t near my house I’d stop going, and that I could hold the tide back a little with the small gym at work.

Anyway, we’ll see if I can stick to it.  I’m going to try to get back to my post-marriage pre-Cisco weight. Basically remove the last 40 pounds that stress and sedentary IT work (oh yeah, and the fact that I have No Self Control :-) ) have put on me. I picked up the book “Complete Conditioning for Martial Arts” a few weeks ago to basically build an exercise plan or three that are focused on a tight, athletic frame and not on “gaining beefcake”.

3) I forgot what the third thing was.

4) Organizing a house-con on a Saturday in early June to play some RPGs, board games and stuff with friends. If you’re in the RTP area and interested on coming by, let me know and I’ll make sure to keep you informed if you haven’t heard about it already.