Transcending

I'm transcending from Yahoo 360 so please excuse the plainness of my blog here whilst I work through the different layout. One part I love already is the spell check :) and the fact that I can include pictures in the middle of my text he says hopefully. Ok I need to work on that lol. The photo is of an outside chess set I have, and I took the photo as I've just painted the table and varnished the chessmen.

Next thing I need to do is configuire this blog so that all my old blogs on yahoo are searchable from here, that should keep me entertained.

gym monkey

I went up to Sutherland gym this morning for my first workout since finishing up at the cardio rehab 2 weeks ago, the place was packed and reminded me of a gents loo a bit with no one looking at anyone else, I just listened to the mp3 and did the required exercises, not at all like the rehab which was quite social everyone cursing the machines and difficulty you know.
Anyway there was this bloke in the weights room was hopping up onto a bench then jumping as far as he could across the room in a sort of apelike manner it was comic to watch this musclebound hmmmmmmmmmm whats the word, Mufti? no that's not it, Wally, doing this ape thing, it quite made my day. No matter how fit I get I shall never ever do the ape jump.
I saw something weird on the news, what was it? ohhh yeah the Asian games disqualification of Indian Santhi Soundarajan ha who was stripped of the Asian Games women's 800 metres silver medal after failing a gender test in Doha. The Indian Olympic Association says the 25-year-old was asked to undergo a femininity test after her race earlier this month and the Olympic Council of Asia then directed India to return the medal. Santhi's disqualification allows third-placed Viktoriya Yalovtseva of Kazakhstan to claim silver. I wonder if he got selected for the event because of a pre school incident where he competed by accident in the girls 100 meter dash, also how hairy is the Kazakhstany?

space shuttle

Budding astronomers were today urged to cast their eyes skywards for a glimpse of the Space Shuttle Discovery and the $100 billion International Space Station. David Moore of Astronomy Ireland said both craft could be seen as extremely bright star-like objects blazing across the sky.Mr Moore said the space shuttle had undocked from the station in preparation for its landing back on Earth tomorrow night.
"I have seen International Space Station being chased by a shuttle in the past and it is one of the most incredible sights I have ever seen - so we want everyone in Ireland to witness this rare and spectacular event," Mr Moore said.He called on everyone to go outdoors each evening until January 3rd next to catch a glimpse of the spectacle. "Normal eyesight and a clear sky over the next 10 days is all you need," he said. Maybe Marijuana would help too, then, even if it was cloudy everyone would have something to not talk about.
An Irishman attended a concert where a ventriloquist who fancied himself as a comedian told about twenty Irish jokes in a row.
"Look," shouted the Irishman, standing up in the audience, "I'm fed up being insulted by all these jokes. We're not as stupid as you make out."
"Please sit down sir & be calm," said the ventriloquist, "after all it's only a joke, and don't tell me that Irishmen haven't got a sense of humor."
"I'm not talking to you," said the Irishman "I'm talking to the little fellow on your knee..."