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Monday, October 25, 2010

On build muscle fast

I have to admit I'm not much attracted to the whole idea of bodybuilding for appearance, but I am for strength. I'm not obsessed with the desire to build muscle fast. I have tended to take my muscles and strength for granted. I got them largely from being a swimmer when I was a kid. I went to the workouts because I was on the team. I was on the team because it was a lot of fun. But as a side result, I got pretty strong. Like other swimmers, I am stronger than I look. In the 8th grade we had to take a test in gym class of how many pullups we could do -- pull ups, not chin ups, which are much easier. With pull ups, you hold your hands so your palms face away from you, not toward you -- and I did 8 without stopping, even though much stronger guys on the football team could only do 1 or zero. As I continued, my gym teacher looked at me and said, "swimmer -- you must be a swimmer."

On salicylic acid acne

It's hard to believe, but my own skin condition doesn't seem to be getting any better, though I am taking more 5 Loxin than before. Maybe when I go back on the full Zone diet, instead of being on it just during the day but falling to temptation of too much insulin producing foods once the sun goes down, and sometimes before. However, I don't need salicylic acid acne, just hydrocortisone 1% cream. That seems to help especially in the short run, and sometimes locally in the long run, but the itching seems to pop up somewhere else. Like all I do is encourage it to move from one part of my body to another. It's very annoying, and I often just give in to the itching and scratch although I know I'm not supposed to.

On Easter gift for her

Recently I read a recent Spenser novel by Robert Parker, The Professional -- which was an ironic title because nobody in it fit the title, so far as I could see, including the author. Maybe the attorney who represented the group of wives being blackmailed by the same guy. I can see the influence of Spenser on James Patterson, though Patterson also goes back a long time. Both favor lots of short, choppy chapters with short, choppy dialog that is supposed to be highly meaningful and Socially Significant, and are full of lots of material about the detective's personal life. I will admit, in this instance, Spenser's monogamous relationship with his girlfriend is compared to the Gary Eisenhower and the women. Still, there's too much of him romancing her and their great sex and so on and on and on. If you're looking for an easter gift for her, don't get this book unless you think she'll like to read about tough guys who are also monogamous.