Blood pressure

Dad’s got a machine for testing blood pressure now, since the doctor recommended he keep an eye on it. 🙁 He tested my blood pressure. It’s 118 over 66, and my resting heart rate is 65 bpm, which is apparently pretty good. I have to look it up later to see...

Weekend Update

It seems like a long time since I’ve written in here, and well, that’s because it’s been a long time since I’ve written in here. I had thought I wasn’t busy for the last few nights, but apparently I have been. More detailed entries will...

Christmas Party

So I go to this Stoney Creek Chamber of Commerce Christmas party, and who’s there, but the Federal Heritage Minister, Sheila Copps. It’s not surprising that she’s there, really. She’s a the Member of Parliament for Hamilton East, and her riding...

Swimming

I called up the rec centre yesterday to find out when I could go swimming. I found out that swimming for adults is on Monday and Wednesday nights, so I decided that tonight was the night to get back in the pool. Swimming will be perfect for my new fitness goal, which...

New DVD player

As if I needed an excuse, I discovered that DVD’s burned on a DVD+RW drive don’t work in my old DVD player, so I went out and bought a new one. It’s a Toshiba SD-430VSC — nothing especially fancy, but it’s got progressive scan and MP3...

Master and Whatever

I went to see Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World: The Longest and Most Unremarkable, Hard-to-Remember Movie Title for a Pretty Good Movie. Well, like the title implies, it’s a pretty good movie. It’s basically the story of a British sailing...