How Much a Life?

Remember that guy who got killed at Wal*Mart on Black Friday when customers surged the gate and crushed the guy? He was 6' tall, 270 pounds. This wasn't some little guy like me.

OSHA's found Wal*Mart liable and is fining them $7,000. (That's OSHA's largest allowable fine*.) MSNBC says that Wal*Mart will make that much in 18 seconds. Probably took longer for the guy to die.

I think Wal*Mart should be fined the entire amount of profit that Wal*Mart made at that Long Island store on Good Friday.

(*There's some country... Norway? Sweden? Where a speeding ticket's fee is dependent on how many money you make, so that it's the same kind of relative pain no matter how much you make. OSHA needs to be able to levy fines in the same way.)

Pretty Cool Video

from Engadget

Magic Act

I was alternatively thinking of calling this "California Screaming" - as of today, Zillow puts the value of our former home in California at exactly $1,000 more than when we purchased it in August 2003.   (As we offered them $4,500 less than they were asking.)

I know this isn't really a magic act, because if you've heard our story, this was a God-thing - our getting out when we did.  But in some ways, this still disgusts me.  I can't wrap my mind around how money can materialize out of thin air and disappear just as quick.  (When we sold, we had a check large enough to pay for a third of this house in cash and pay off all of our credit cards and both cars.)

I feel bad for the single mom school teacher who financed the entire purchase.  I'm worried she's going to walk away from it and let it foreclose, that poor little house we worked so hard to make nice.

Sabotage

The cats keep sabotaging my Wii Fit use. They will step on the board upsetting the balance, they'll brush up against me messing up my balance, or when I'm doing events where my head is close to the ground, the cats will come by and either block my view of the TV or rub their tails in my face.

Wii 45 - 5/24 - 28.70, 189.4, 33, 56/270
Wii 46 - 5/25 - 28.94, 190.9, 32, 72/30
Wii 47 - 5/26 - 28.83, 190.3, 25, 30/50
Wii 48 - 5/27 - 28.63, 188.9, 29, 50/70

Redneck

Darn it all, I should have warn a towel under my hat today. I worked out in the yard a lot today and now my neck is burned.

Wii 43 (yesterday)

28.7 BMI, 189.4 pounds
Wii Fit Age: 35
16 minutes total, don't recall which exercises. Didn't do anything else, too busy.

Wii 44

28.7, 189.4 (yep, no change)
Wii Fit Age: 25
30 minutes total (did all the yoga exercises), 30 minutes step (3,401 steps)
5 hours working in yard (weeding, removing a big stump, minor construction in the garage, stuff like that.)

The Mentalist and The Interrupting Crow

The show has kinda grown on me, but don't get why the guy's got such a death wish. Maybe he doesn't care because his wife and daughter are already dead? We have like most of the season on DVR. Ditto a few other shows like Dollhouse where we've only watched three episodes so far, but have the rest of the season and hear it gets better. And Castle where we've only seen two so far. Weird to watch old commercials, though. Well, we mostly skip commercials, of course.

Oh, we think a crow clubbed something to death on our roof at 6:30 am. Wasted an hour trying to look in the attic only to conclude that nothing was up there or had been. Finally went outside to see the massive winged killing machine still perched at the peak right above where our headboard is, working at a major bone probably as big as any in my hand. (The eastern side of the roof is only visible by climbing a tall tree or Google Maps' satellite view. Wouldn't be surprised if there was a dead caribou up there.)

Wii 42

BMI - 28.67; 189.2 pounds
Wii Fit Age: 44 (stupid walking test again)
10 yoga, 10 strength, 30 minutes free step (3,455), 10 minutes walking and 30 minutes exercise bike

Is Hell Bad?

Ok, so this might concern some people, but hear me out.

Hell wasn't designed for humans. It was designed for Satan. By God. But God is good. And God loves us and wants the best for us, even when we turn our backs on Him (though granted, He doesn't just make our life all coffee and chocolate). And Satan is often depicted as happy in hell, especially when tormenting humans. So maybe hell isn't a bad place if you happen to be a disgraced angel? Just a thought. Not claiming it makes sense.

Wii 41

BMI - 28.87; 190.5 pounds
Wii Fit Age: 43 (stupid walking test)
10 balance, 10 yoga, 9 strength training, a five minute jog and 30 minutes free step. Also 15 minutes walking (1 mile) and 60 minutes on the exercise bike.