Brian Feener

Over the weekend, Manny Ramirez started his yearly “I want to be traded” routine.

(Full disclosure: I’m an obnoxious Sox fan.)

At this point, it’s been done enough times that it’s hard to believe that it’s actually going to happen.  But then I think about a discussion in the movie 21 about variable change.

The long and short of the conversation is that when you change the environment around a probability, the probability changes.  (The movie uses the example of a game show with the classic Door #1, Door #2, Door #3 situation.)

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Today’s workout was pretty good - for the first time I tried doing the runs at 9mph rather than the 8.5 and I did NOT do as well at the guy in the video here.  Even one bit.  But still completed in a decent time.  (For the record, sub-7 is incredible.)

Three rounds for time:
400m Run
21 Kettleball swings 1.5 Pood [Pood = 36.6ish pounds]
12 Pull ups

My Time: 11:37

This wasn’t too too hard but still broke a good sweat. I have been really tight lately but had a good warm-up/stretch and that helped.

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Three rounds for time of:
Run 800 meters
50 Back Extensions
50 Sit-ups

From Crossfit.com:

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My Time: 25:02

Word on the street is that McDonald’s is cutting the double cheeseburger from the dollar menu.

Sure, it’s a business decision, but how do you explain a business decision to your customers?  How do you explain that you needed to make sure that prices continue to stay low for the rest of your products while you raise the price for another?

I don’t believe the gas situation is ever going to get better.  Ever.  (Officially, I think alternative energy isn’t just an answer, but The Only Answer. (c).)  It is financially prudent for Micky D’s to cut the burger off of its dollar menu.

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I tried getting through this workout but after a week off of doing CrossFit stuff, I hit a wall at the Wall Ball Shots and it was all over from there.  I finished the set, did 15 burpees, and called it a day. Poor showing.

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50 Box jump, 24 inch box
50 Jumping pull-ups
50 Kettlebell swings, 1 pood
Walking Lunge, 50 steps
50 Knees to elbows
50 Push press, 45 pounds
50 Back extensions
50 Wall ball shots, 20 pound ball
50 Burpees
50 Double unders

For time.

MY TIME: Incomplete

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I don’t have many answers for this wondering but is there any future for shopping via mobile device?

According to a 2007 CTIA statistic, 82% of Americans own a cell phone.  More and more of those people are going to be able to access the internet on the phone and in some countries, that’s the only way that many citizens have access.

And since the prevailing idea is that eventually everyone’s going to start getting advertisements on their phone, the natural progression has to be that there will be opportunities to make credit card transactions through the phone, right?

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Want to increase productivity right now?

Turn off that little email alert bubble that pops up at the bottom of your screen. I’m serious.

According to The Guardian, that little alert is costing the US GDP $70bn. (Caveat: I’m always skeptical of numbers like these. In fact, 45% of them are made up. But consider that the study was off by 50%. Or by 70%. Or by 80%. That’s all still WAY more than I’m going to report on my taxes this year.

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