Melinda Musil dot Com » Uncategorized http://melindamusil.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:22:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 updates, updates http://melindamusil.com/2011/03/26/updates-updates/ http://melindamusil.com/2011/03/26/updates-updates/#comments Sun, 27 Mar 2011 04:23:06 +0000 melinda http://melindamusil.com/2011/03/26/updates-updates/ Continue reading →]]> What a day! what a week! Busy, busy, busy.

Not that I’m complaining, really. This has been a good week- very productive. Only bad thing has been that I haven’t worked out as much as I’d like.

I am looking into getting a new cell phone soon. My trusty blackberry is just aging and showing it. I’m actually thinking about biting the bullet and getting an Iphone. We’ll see.

I got to visit a friend in the hospital, both yesterday and today. She has been there for over a month and is just climbing the walls and ready to get out of there.

My mom has been sick for most of the day. She went to a pancake breakfast this morning for the school where she teaches, and must’ve eaten something bad there.

Not much else going on. I’m sure I will update again soon.

]]> http://melindamusil.com/2011/03/26/updates-updates/feed/ 0 exercise http://melindamusil.com/2011/02/24/exercise-2/ http://melindamusil.com/2011/02/24/exercise-2/#comments Thu, 24 Feb 2011 21:00:51 +0000 melinda http://melindamusil.com/?p=6921 Continue reading →]]> I’ve been bad this week. I haven’t been working out nearly enough, and I know I will pay for it when I do get to the gym and I struggle on the treadmill. But, it is what it is and I’ll manage. I refuse to attempt a shortcut to being healthy, like diet pills, since I know that those virtually always cause more problems than they solve. A few missed workouts won’t kill me- next week I’ll be back at the gym and working hard again.

]]> http://melindamusil.com/2011/02/24/exercise-2/feed/ 0 playing with the theme http://melindamusil.com/2011/01/24/playing-with-the-theme-2/ http://melindamusil.com/2011/01/24/playing-with-the-theme-2/#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:33:11 +0000 melinda http://melindamusil.com/?p=6794 Things might be a little messy around here for awhile…

]]> http://melindamusil.com/2011/01/24/playing-with-the-theme-2/feed/ 0 running errands http://melindamusil.com/2010/10/18/running-errands/ http://melindamusil.com/2010/10/18/running-errands/#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2010 03:19:20 +0000 melinda http://melindamusil.com/?p=6471 Continue reading →]]> Today I went to the library, stopped at a drugstore to buy vitamins, and stopped at Kmart to pick up a handful of other necessities. I suppose I should run to the grocery store tomorrow to buy Blistex Fruit Smoothies- my favorite brand of lip balm, and it’s not sold at Wal-Mart! I actually probably need to go to a different grocery store later this week to shop a sale there. But I still feel like I’m forgetting something!

]]> http://melindamusil.com/2010/10/18/running-errands/feed/ 0 running and twitter tools http://melindamusil.com/2010/09/03/running-and-twitter-tools/ http://melindamusil.com/2010/09/03/running-and-twitter-tools/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:41:38 +0000 melinda http://melindamusil.com/?p=6214 Continue reading →]]> I’ve created a new website totally devoted to tracking my progress as a runner. Check it out: http://theresheruns.com.

I’m officially irritated by all the hoops I have to jump through with the new release of Twitter Tools. I blame Twitter. Grr.

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]]> http://melindamusil.com/2010/09/01/insurance-7/feed/ 0 doggie lifeguards http://melindamusil.com/2010/08/26/doggie-lifeguards/ http://melindamusil.com/2010/08/26/doggie-lifeguards/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:55:39 +0000 melinda http://melindamusil.com/?p=6155 Continue reading →]]> How cool is this?

Italy has hundreds of specially trained canine “lifedogs” that assist human lifeguards on the beaches.

I would totally love to be rescued by one of these! Forget humans- shoot, I’ve pretty much given up on men entirely. I’ll take a dog anyday!

]]> http://melindamusil.com/2010/08/26/doggie-lifeguards/feed/ 1 living entirely digital? http://melindamusil.com/2010/08/20/living-entirely-digital/ http://melindamusil.com/2010/08/20/living-entirely-digital/#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:14:27 +0000 melinda http://melindamusil.com/?p=6108 Continue reading →]]> Cult of less: Living out of a hard drive

I see the point that is made by these people, and in a way I see how it’s possible. But I just don’t think I could do it. It’s not the possessions thing- I could pare down my possessions to digital format. But there’s something about having your own address, your own bed, your own bathroom- it is a marker for your place in this world. It means something. It would be hard to give that up.

]]> http://melindamusil.com/2010/08/20/living-entirely-digital/feed/ 0 testing google reader’s send to… http://melindamusil.com/2010/08/14/testing-google-readers-send-to/ http://melindamusil.com/2010/08/14/testing-google-readers-send-to/#comments Sat, 14 Aug 2010 20:41:35 +0000 melinda http://melindamusil.com/?p=6096 Continue reading →]]> Dinosaur Comics

via for t-rex the difference between a “will” and a “final wish” is that the final wish is something you tell people well in advance but never write down. it is somehow the more legally binding of the pair.

]]> http://melindamusil.com/2010/08/14/testing-google-readers-send-to/feed/ 1 that ain’t no johnny-on-the-spot!! http://melindamusil.com/2010/08/05/that-aint-no-johnny-on-the-spot/ http://melindamusil.com/2010/08/05/that-aint-no-johnny-on-the-spot/#comments Fri, 06 Aug 2010 03:25:20 +0000 melinda http://melindamusil.com/?p=6025 Check out the port-a-potties from Chelsea Clinton’s wedding:

(or click here to read the whole article)

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