Running on Empty

13 elliptical equivalent.

1 hour strike class.

3 at 8:00, random incline to 1.5%

.5 at 6:00, -3% decline.

.5 at 5:20, -3% decline.

Modification of image posed last week, if you concentrate on the black center the dots will appear yellow then disappear altogether:

Now, the image of the woman below is not objectively “spinning” in one direction or the other. It is a two-dimensional image that is simply shifting back and forth. But our brains did not evolve to interpret two-dimensional representations of the world but the actual three-dimensional world. So our visual processing assumes we are looking at a 3-D image and is uses clues to interpret it as such. Or, without adequate clues it may just arbitrarily decide a best fit – spinning clockwise or counterclockwise. And once this fit is chosen, the illusion is complete – we see a 3-D spinning image.

By looking around the image, focusing on the shadow or some other part, you may force your visual system to reconstruct the image and it may choose the opposite direction, and suddenly the image will spin in the opposite direction.

An apology always sets things right, right?

.5 at 8:00.

.5 at 6:00, but decline at -3%.

One hour barbell strength class.

And in honor of the World Series and the amazing skills of baseball players:

6 elliptical equivalent.

Perhaps some Halloween dinner.  Yum.

8 at 7:30, -1.5% decline.

6 at 6:39, -3% decline.

Now in honor of Halloween, some brilliant thieves tried to make their own costumes to hide their identity, with permanent marker on their faces.

Police say guilt was written all over their faces.

Police received a call Friday night that two men with hooded sweatshirts and painted faces had tried to break into a man's home in Carroll, Iowa.

When police stopped a vehicle matching the caller's description blocks away, they were stunned by the men's disguises.

There were no ski masks or stockings pulled over their heads; instead, Matthew Allan McNelly, 23, and Joey Lee Miller, 20, streaked their faces with permanent black marker.

Carroll Police Chief Cayler told CNN the strange disguises made it easier for his officers.

"We're very skilled investigators and the black faces gave them right away," Cayler said jokingly. "I have to assume the officers were kind of laughing at the time. I've never heard of coloring your face with a permanent marker."

Only managed to get in 50 minutes on the elliptical after trick-or-treating with the kids.