Wednesday, October 11, 2017

89: A wrinkle in the time-space continuum.

Continuum is one of 3 words containing "uu" that are commonly used in English,15 altogether, 16 if "Duusu" is included.  One of my favorite high school band pieces was called "Continuum for Winds," which I never hear on KWAX, although "Pictures at an Exhibition" seems to be a daily requirement.

I went to the gym room later today than I ever have:  3 p.m.  Had a not-so-great attitude, but decided to go anyway.  Did a 35 minute work-out, as the program ("Manual" which I did not select) had a five minute cool-down attached to it. It seemed to take forever, even as the "percent done" updates flashed on the screen every 5 to 10 minutes.

When I still had about 6 minutes left, a guy came into the room and looked at the clock.  It took me a moment to realize that he was staff.  After a brief hello he proceed to wipe down the treadmills and the other machines.  The machine and time itself, of course, ran slower as I wished to hurry up and get out of his way.  The "Jimmy Neutron" DVD was at the point of *SPOILERS!* the chicken dance when the finished screen finally appeared: 5.98 miles, 116 heart rate, 140 calories, rotations per minute--who cares?

I got it done, and that's what matters.

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