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Diet reflections
Week #2 of my summer diet will be my first “full drive,” by which I mean five day’s hard dieting Monday-Friday. The key thought from my first week was that holding firm at 2,000 calories a day isn’t feasible once I ramp up the workouts. A ride day often means 6,000 calories being burned. Without…
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Amateur gardening weekend
It was the right time to get some cyclical and long-term garden work done. The perfect after pictures will take a few weeks because to make an omelette you have to break some eggs. Planting/uprooting trees is a messy business, in the immediate sense you have to go backwards to go forwards. Like most things…
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Summary: Diet week #1 completed
The debut week of my summer diet was only 4 days long, serving as a test-of-concept. Initial results have been excellent, better than expected. I’m 6lbs lighter than my start weight against the backdrop of a 9,500 calorie deficit. On one day of four hunger chased me for a significant portion of the day, but…
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“The View from Goffman”
I’m excited to have received this collection of essays edited by Jason Ditton today, who himself was the author of some of the best organisational studies of his time. “Part Time Crime” and “Controlology” remain under-appreciated masterpieces in my view. Regardless, I believe this to be the first collection of Goffman essays compiled (back in…
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What I’m working out to at the moment
Thank you John Digweed for this exceptional mix. It’s ambient and meditative rather than euphoric. The Inception/Hans Zimmer mix at around 1:08 is inspired. Me and John go way back, I’ve loved his music since my teens and we first met back in 1999 – 21 years ago! I probably remember it better than he…
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All the pieces in place
Tomorrow I commence the new weight loss/fitness regime after weeks of preparation. I am not a faultless planner or strategiser, I second guess myself too much and fuss over minor details. Perfect or nothing is problematic in the real world, I know it but I can’t help it. We make plans so that we can…
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Days out, at home
Today was the birthday of my oldest and dearest friend. Neither of us have great families (to say the least) so we are “the family we’ve chosen.” I’m always happy to treat someone who deserves it. The only downside is I’ve gone sideways on all other agendas. Oh well, it’s been fun nonetheless (and perhaps…
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Dr Martin James 