May 2011
Bench Pressed 200 Pounds
May 31, 2011 Filed in: CrossFit
“The bench press is the best exercise for absolute strength in the upper body.”
--Mark Rippetoe
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Shot A Diet Coke And Mentos Geyser
May 30, 2011 Filed in: Science
“I took a big swig and popped a couple of Mentos in my mouth, and the soda pretty much came out my nose and sprayed all over the place. Everyone laughed.”
--Jamie Hyneman, Mythbusters
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Been To San Francisco Carnaval Festival And Grand Parade
May 29, 2011 Filed in: San Francisco
“A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.”
--Mohandas Gandhi
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Gone To The Treasure Island Flea Market
May 28, 2011 Filed in: San Francisco
“You've never been to a flea market and you think they have fleas there.”
--Jerry Seinfeld from the Seinfeld episode "Pez Dispenser"
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Made A Crossbow Out Of Office Supplies
May 27, 2011 Filed in: Crafts
“If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it; every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth.”
--Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Had A Four Barrel Coffee And Croissant
"Black as the devil, hot as hell, pure as an angel, sweet as love."
--Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord’s recipe for coffee
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Played At A Trampoline Park
May 25, 2011 Filed in: Entertainment
"If I ever opened a trampoline store, I don't think I'd call it Trampo-Land, because you might think it was a store for tramps, which is not the impression we are trying to convey with our store. On the other hand, we would not prohibit tramps from browsing, or testing the trampolines, unless a tramp's gyrations seemed to be getting out of control."
--Jack Handy, Deep Thoughts
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Made Croutons
"Why do croutons come in airtight packages? It's just stale bread to begin with."
--George Carlin
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Watched Fred Zinneman's 1952 Western "High Noon"
"People gotta talk themselves into law and order before they do anything about it. Maybe because down deep they don't care. They just don't care."
--Martin Howe, The Judge
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Taken The Golden Gate Ferry To Sausalito
May 22, 2011 Filed in: San Francisco | Outdoors
Tied A Dozen Different Types Of Knots
May 21, 2011 Filed in: Crafts
"When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on."
--Thomas Jefferson
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Designed A T-Shirt On Zazzle
May 20, 2011 Filed in: Crafts
"I've always thought of the T-shirt as the Alpha and Omega of the fashion alphabet."
--Giorgio Armani
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Eaten The Duck Larb From Lers Ros Thai
Pushed A Prowler
May 18, 2011 Filed in: CrossFit
"I am thoroughly convinced that the Prowler is the answer to most of our world’s problems: debt, overpopulation, drugs, obesity, etc."
--Jim Wendler
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Played A Song On An Ocarina
May 17, 2011 Filed in: Music
"They say it's your birthday
We're gonna have a good time
I'm glad it's your birthday
Happy birthday to you."
--Birthday, The Beatles
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Watched Billy Wilder's 1950 Film "Sunset Boulevard"
"There's nothing tragic about being fifty. Not unless you're trying to be twenty-five."
--Joe Gillis
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Run Bay To Breakers
May 15, 2011 Filed in: Running | San Francisco
"They're letting that go... The nakedness should be enforced. Specially the people I've seen, should be a felony."
--San Francisco Police Officer
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Watched The 1981 Comedy "Saturday The 14th"
May 14, 2011 Filed in: Movies
Owned A Fish
May 13, 2011 Filed in: Personal
"No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish."
--John Ruskin
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Gone To NightLife At The California Academy of Sciences
May 12, 2011 Filed in: Museums | San Francisco
Completed A 100 Day Burpee Challenge
May 11, 2011 Filed in: CrossFit
"I have incredible self-discipline. But see, I think it’s obviously a form of stupidity."
--John Malkovich
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Eaten The Super Special #1 At Lucca Delicatessen
"I'm going to marry a Jewish woman because I like the idea of getting up Sunday morning and going to the deli."
--Michael J. Fox
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Shot A Time Lapse Video
May 09, 2011 Filed in: San Francisco
Gone To The Ballet
May 08, 2011 Filed in: Art
"Ballet is completely unnatural to the body, just being turned-out... it's not the way your body is supposed to function, so you actually train your body to be a different structure than you were born with."
--Neve Campbell
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Watched Martin Scorcese's 1976 Drama "Taxi Driver"
"You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Then who the hell else are you talkin' to? You talkin' to me? Well I'm the only one here. Who the f#!k do you think you're talking to?"
--Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle
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Made Baklava
"Say what you wish, it’s yours! True dish! How about a little more baklava?"
--The Genie, Aladdin, “Friend Like Me”
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Gone To A Political Debate
May 05, 2011 Filed in: Life
"Do you ever get the feeling that the only reason we have elections is to find out if the polls were right?"
--Robert Orben
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Made Papier-Mâché
May 04, 2011 Filed in: Crafts
"America is a country of inventors, and the greatest of inventors are the newspaper men."
--Alexander Graham Bell
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Eaten The Secret Breakfast At Humphry Slocombe
"Life is like an ice-cream cone, you have to lick it one day at a time."
--Charles M. Schulz
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Taught People How To Fold Origami Cranes
"You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him to find it within himself."
--Galileo
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