Spent 60 minutes cranking 9 on the elliptical. It's a great work out. I've been watching all these old movies from the 60's and realized what is wrong with every American man between the ages of 60-80. All these movies glorify the rebellious, free spirit, rule breaking Maverick and the perils and stupidity of being subject to authority, rules and fear. Slow Hand Luke, Vanishing Point, Dr. strange love. It explains so much about my father I never understood. Especially vanishing point. It basically spells out how he'd rather die than slow down or keep the rules. Which is exactly how my Dad died--doing his own thing at 100 mph right into a wall. Lots of time spent on the treadmill, elliptical and in bed has allowed me time to catch up on my old movie fetish. I've come to realize how powerful the media has been over time in shaping the American conscious and attitude since who know how long. It shaped it, more than it was a reflection of it I think. Anyway, enough about running...... After working out, my sweat cooled as I ran around putting everyone to bed and doing the dishes. I got a chill from being wet and suddenly craved sitting in the warm tub more than I could possibly explain (it is my all time favorite activity while I own a body on this earth ). But I was prohibited from soaking for 3 weeks. Thats the longest Ive been without a bath in 7 years. I take one at least every day. So I taped up my sutures with really good waterproof tagaderm bandages and sat carefully into the water. The bandages worked, and I sat back and disappeared into its warmth. It felt so good and made me so happy, involuntary tears of gratitude filled my eyes. NOTHING in this word feels better than deep, warm, still water to sink your tired, chilled body into. | 