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Four Hour Body diet update — first goal (-30 lbs) reached

Four Hour Body diet update — first goal (-30 lbs) reached

| June 19, 2012 | Reply

I said in my last FHB post that I’d post again when I hit my -30 lbs goal. Well, I hit that yesterday (6/18) — about two months later than I had originally hoped, but still in pretty remarkable time: 5 1/2 months. What makes it a bit more remarkable is that last week was […]

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Four Hour Body diet update — five months in

Four Hour Body diet update — five months in

| May 31, 2012 | 1 Reply

It’s now been five months since I started following the Four Hour Body diet — here’s my original post on the subject, from two weeks in. Where do things stand now? Well, they stand pretty well. As of this morning (5/31), I am down 26.5 lbs from where I started. My blood pressure has gone […]

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Memorial Day – 2012

Memorial Day – 2012

| May 28, 2012 | Reply

Remembering those veterans from our respective families who have since passed on (reposted from years past): Bruce Henderson: Peter Anderson, USMC — My dear departed uncle Peter served with Marine Intel during Vietnam Ian Henderson, RAF — [my dear departed father] RAF pilot who served the crown during the Battle of Britain as well the […]

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Waiting for the President

Waiting for the President

| May 23, 2012 | Reply

Sitting in Section M9, Row E at Falcon Stadium at the US Air Force Academy. We’re here for the AFA graduation ceremony — one of our ‘semi-adopted’ sons, Matt Flynn, is graduating today and getting married on Saturday. As it turns out, the commencement speaker is none other than the President of the United States, […]

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New series at bfwa.com: “Readings in Software Engineering”

New series at bfwa.com: “Readings in Software Engineering”

| May 21, 2012 | Reply

Over at bfwa.com, I’ve started a new series of posts that will present brief reviews of and excerpts from my library of software engineering and IT project management texts. Here’s the introduction to the series; and here’s the first post, covering Jerry Weinberg’s The Psychology of Computer Programming.  ..bruce..

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“The Avengers” (2012): a brief review, w/spoilers

“The Avengers” (2012): a brief review, w/spoilers

| May 5, 2012 | Reply

Great movies that hit their target are hard to review, and Joss Whedon pretty much smacked this puppy out of the park. He made a 2:23 ensemble superhero movie that never lags and that doesn’t shortchange any of the characters. The real telling sign: my sweet wife, who is more tolerant of than eager about […]

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“The Hunger Games”: a brief review w/spoilers

“The Hunger Games”: a brief review w/spoilers

| March 23, 2012 | Reply

My sweet wife and I went to see “The Hunger Games” today. I’ve read all three novels and enjoyed them — they are a cut above the usual Young Adult novels and are a bit dark and unrelenting. The release buzz for the film itself was very positive, so I was interested to see just […]

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Drudge is having fun again this morning.

Drudge is having fun again this morning.

| March 15, 2012 | Reply

In case it’s not quite clear: ..bruce w..

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How <strike>“John Carter”</strike> “A Princess of Mars” should have gone

How “John Carter” “A Princess of Mars” should have gone

| March 11, 2012 | 3 Replies

UPDATE [3/12/12]: They should have let Brad Bird direct instead of Andrew Stanton. Bird did “The Incredibles” (and has since done MI-4); Stanton did “Finding Nemo” and “WALL-E”. Which director do you think would have done a better job with a swashbuckling retro-SF story? UPDATE[3/16/12]: I went to see “John Carter” again yesterday, and pretty […]

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“John Carter”: a brief review, with spoilers

“John Carter”: a brief review, with spoilers

| March 10, 2012 | 3 Replies

I first read “A Princess of Mars” by Edgar Rice Burroughs early in high school, over 40 years ago. I loved the novel and enjoyed the ten (yes, ten) that followed, though none were quite as good or as wildly romantic. So I’ve followed with interest over the past several years the various attempts to […]

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