{"id":212,"date":"2008-01-06T23:30:37","date_gmt":"2008-01-07T05:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=212"},"modified":"2008-01-06T23:30:37","modified_gmt":"2008-01-07T05:30:38","slug":"lashed-to-the-mast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=212","title":{"rendered":"Lashed to the Mast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>31\u00a0 91%\u00a0 29%\u00a0 omph WSW\u00a0bar29.75\u00a0rises windchill31\u00a0 Winter<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 New Moon<\/p>\n<p>There is something seductive about the large screen TV experience, seductive in an Ulysses lashed to the mast sense.\u00a0 The\u00a0visual image\u00a0is close to movies in a theatre, though not the same.\u00a0 Hard to describe, but it makes me want to keep watching.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t like this part of it and will have to pay attention so I don&#8217;t fade into the couch and become one with the fabric.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand the picture is fantastic.\u00a0 The set has so many different bells and whistles that it can accomodate different formats with ease and its easy to use.\u00a0\u00a0 Well, sort of easy.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve still got the manual to read.\u00a0 RTFM as my cello playing significant other in law likes to say.\u00a0 The HD DVD player upconverts and it does make non-HD DVD&#8217;s look great, not HD great, but crisp and clear.\u00a0 Since DVD&#8217;s are my main interest in the large screen, not sports (though I do watch football if the Vikings co-operate and win games), this set will take my interest in cinema to a different level.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve gone down two belt notches since the middle of December when Kate and I started Nutrisystem.\u00a0 I&#8217;m already scanning for maintenance after we finish with it at the end of January.\u00a0 At the end of twenty-eight days I&#8217;ll get on the scale and take my blood glucose.\u00a0 I expect\u00a0both will show positive trends.\u00a0 It&#8217;s the blood glucose level I really want to manage; so if it&#8217;s down, it will be a great reinforcer for maintaining a lower weight.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0New\u00a0Year has begun well:\u00a0some weight loss,\u00a0workouts going well, writing in the AM\u00a0underway with a good story happening, the new TV,\u00a0the video calls with the kids and plenty of snow.\u00a0 That last, unfortunately,\u00a0has\u00a0melted some over the last couple of days.\u00a0 I hope we get some more snow soon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Asia tour work tomorrow, finish the speaker setup, work some more on the Gunflint Faeries.\u00a0 Good night and good luck.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0-30-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>31\u00a0 91%\u00a0 29%\u00a0 omph WSW\u00a0bar29.75\u00a0rises windchill31\u00a0 Winter \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 New Moon There is something seductive about the large screen TV experience, seductive in an Ulysses lashed to the mast sense.\u00a0 The\u00a0visual image\u00a0is close to movies in a theatre, though not the same.\u00a0 Hard to describe, but it makes me want to keep watching.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t like &hellip; 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