I heard the words today that I have been waiting for eight years to hear.
From my eight year old son Jake: "Dad can we watch sportscenter?" No joke, I actually got a little misty eyed.  My boy is growing up.
I hesitate to write this but here goes. Once you put something in writing it's real.  I have toyed around with making a new commitment.  I would like to be in better shape at 40 than I was at 20.  Yikes I wrote it.  There it is.  To help down this path I found this "jogcast."  It's basically a trainer in your ear via an mp3 player with some surprisingly decent tunes as a soundtrack.  "Run now," "walk now," "cool down now."  A very manageable program designed to have you comfortably running 5k, 3x a week after 8 weeks.
I really enjoy background music when I am writing, studying, catching up on administrivia.  For me, the key to background music is no or minimal vocals.  There is a ton of music in this genre.  I have been mostly into Trip-Hop and ambient stuff.  The problem being my wife finds it creepy.  I recently bumbled across the band This will destroy you.
I bought their album young mountain after listening to a couple of tunes online.  I am really enjoying it and the wife has given it the non-creepy seal of approval.
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hey tk,
i like portishead & massive attack. i like the creepy.
glad i'm not alone!
TK -- so it is written, so it shall be done. You can do it! I too wanted to be in better shape at 40 than I was at 20... I just forgot to write it down! Maybe 45... in pencil.
Well, already at 50, I'm shooting for 52, maybe, to be back to "as fit as I was at 30." Cuz where I'm at ain't good.
But I could just imagine the glow on daddy's face when your son wanted to watch "SportsCenter." Truly a rite of passage - for both of you!
Sportcenter, eh? For me it was when my boys asked to watch Justice League on Cartoon Network.
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