I posted about this before: Dr. Stephen Hawking to speak in San Jose. The show is happening on Monday. Is anyone else going to this? If so, want to meet us for dinner? We are going to be at La Pastaia at about 5:00 and that should give us time to eat and socialize before the show. (And Klae, if you’re working that night we would love to see you!) Update: Could not get reservations at preferred restaurant. We will try for Pasta Pomodoro, Santana Row instead, 5 pm.

Exercise log for November Tue 11/1: exercise bike, 30 min, 7.5 miles Wed 11/2: none, slacker! Thu 11/3: exercise bike, 40 min, 9 miles. weight 253.0 net, a.m. Fri 11/4: exercise bike, 35 min, 9 miles Sat 11/5: exercise bike, 40 min, 10 miles Sun 11/6: exercise bike, 45 min, 12 miles Mon 11/7: exercise bike, 40 min, 10 miles Tue 11/8: exercise bike, 40 min, 10 miles, weight 252.8 net, a.m. Wed 11/9: stairs, 51 levels in 33:07, 38.9 sec each, weight 251.0 net, a.m. Thu 11/10: not feeling well Fri 11/11: none Sat 11/12: none Sun 11/13: none Mon 11/14: none Tue 11/15: none Wed 11/16: none Thu 11/17: none Fri 11/18: none Sat 11/19: none Sun 11/20: weight 256 or so (creeping back up) Mon 11/21: bike, 45 min Tue 11/22: none Wed 11/23: Thu 11/24: Fri 11/25: Sat 11/26: Sun 11/27: Mon 11/28: Tue 11/29: bike, 48 min, 13.65 miles. Weight 259. ack! Wed 11/30:

I signed the following petition… “The nomination of Samuel Alito poses a grave threat to the protections Americans count on, including basic workers’ rights, women’s rights, and civil rights. We call on the Senate to stand up for all of us and reject the nomination of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court of the United States.” If you feel the same way, please go here: http://www.moveonpac.org/stopalito/ Thanks!

I am still exercising 5 days a week, but I changed up my routine a bit… instead of walking up stairs, I am riding the exercise bike. 30-45 min, every day except sat/sun (In theory I can use sat/sun as make-up days if I miss one during the week, but I have managed every mon-fri for almost 7 weeks now :)

Happy birthday to helenschappell, and may you have many more, just as happy. Thank you for letting us kidnap you and share your special day. Also, da_zhuang, you rock. You rock six ways from Sunday. That is all.

Hey, is anyone interested in going to this? If you would like to be seated with our party (currently 4 but may grow to 8 or 10) please RSVP by mid-day Friday. Tickets are $95 (possibly less if I can get them direct instead of using TicketBastard™). If you RSVP I will assume you will attend, or be responsible for finding someone else to attend in your place, or otherwise cover the cost of your ticket. If you’re not sure you can make it, or if you don’t RSVP, you can still get tickets directly from ticketmaster.com or possibly a bit less by calling SJ CPA directly. We may also plan for dinner (La Pastaia could be good). I will post again with dinner plans as we get closer to the date. ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSE DR. STEPHEN W. HAWKING Mon, Nov 7, 2005 08:00 PM San Jose Center for the Performing Arts 255 Almaden Blvd., San Jose, CA 95113 Hawking Rethinks Origin of the Universe In two, rare public appearances, at a moment of revolutionary change, world-renowned cosmologist Dr. Stephen Hawking presents a popular lecture entitled “New Perspectives on The Origin of the Universe” at the Center for Performing Arts in San Jose on Monday, November 7th, and at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland, Thursday, November 10th, 2005. Both events begin at 8pm. _

I have sunk to a new low. (253.0 lbs.)

Exercise log for October Sat 10/1: none Sun 10/2: none Mon 10/3: exercise bike, 30 min Tue 10/4: walk/run (about 90/10), 35 min, approx 2 miles Wed 10/5: stairs, 37 levels, 23:39, 38.35 sec each. weight 253.0 (home, a.m., net) and 254.0 (work scale, after breakfast) Thu 10/6: stairs, 40 levels, 25:31, 38.27 sec each. Fri 10/7: stairs, forgot the count Sat 10/8: none Sun 10/9: none Mon 10/10: stairs, 40 Tue 10/11: stairs, 42 Wed 10/12: stairs, 45 Thu 10/13: stairs, 45 Fri 10/14: stairs, 46 in 27:33, 35.93 sec each, weight 252.5, afternoon Sat 10/15: none, wt 251.2 (home) Sun 10/16: none, wt 249.4 (home) Mon 10/17: stairs, 47 in 29:33, 37.72s each, weight 250.0 after workout (before lunch) Tue 10/18: stairs, 48 Wed 10/19: stairs, 50 in 29:52, 35.84s each Thu 10/20: stairs, 51 in 30:32, 35.93s each Fri 10/21: exercise bike, 7.5 mi, 30 min Sat 10/22: none Sun 10/23: none Mon 10/24: exercise bike a.m., 9 mi, 40 min Tue 10/25: exercise bike, 7.5 mi, 30 min Wed 10/26: exercise bike (work), 11 mi, 30 min Thu 10/27: exercise bike, 7.5 mi, 30 min. wt 248.6 a.m. Fri 10/28: none Sat 10/29: exercise bike, 10 mi, 40 min Sun 10/30: none Mon 10/31: stairs, 51 in 34:something, wt 256 (hmm, weird)

Miche and I had sex again tonight. She had some pain, but we managed to find a position that was not painful, and which she said was actually kind of nice, so I’m encouraged by that. We have been trying to get together and have snuggle time for the last week or so, with some success. I want us to get in the habit of being in bed together and paying attention to each other, every night for an hour, whether or not we have sex. My thinking there is that hopefully we can create an environment where she feels slightly more comfortable (as in not anxious) and also one where she is willing to experiment with being varying levels of uncomfortable, taking small risks and feeling safe to do so. ...

Nekodojo.org is down for the second time in three days. Looks like it will stay down tonight and well into tomorrow. Poly readers: www.polyamory.org will also be down, as will any lists ending in @polyamory.org. Yesterday: Connection went down Sat. night but I didn’t call them until Sunday, because I didn’t have the number. (It’s supposed to be found on the bill but all my bills are stored online as well :) Sunday, they had me change a bunch of settings, and then change them back, and then hold a long time, and finally it worked, after the tech fiddled with something on their end. ...