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[oakenguy]

I like to think I'm not that out of shape, but, well, I'll just let the next sentence speak for itself.

I'm achy from playing kickball.

My friend Erika, being awesome, organizes semi-regular games, and I went to my first one last night and it was fantastic. And there were cupcakes and the teams kept getting larger as local 8-year-olds snuck into the lineup and the whole "keeping score" thing was nicely nebulous and the folks there were my blend of geeky-nerdy and blackbirds and swallows kept flitting by overhead and the whole evening was just made of win.

That was yesterday, though, and today my hips. My never-complaining hips. My happy-to-carry-me-for-a-5K-jog hips are telling me that while moving at a steady slow lope is fine, thank YEW, this whole sprinting-really-fast thing is a whole other ballga...er...is a whole other thing. Oh my yes. A thing they really disapprove of.

And did you know that you use your hips when you do push-ups? I did not know this. Until I tried to do some today. Now I know. Oh yes.

Comments

[heavenscalyx.livejournal.com]

We're gettin' ollllld, Oaken.

[wellstar.livejournal.com]

As it turns out, your friend Erika is pretty sore too.

[malterre.livejournal.com]

*ahem* I know an activity that will keep you active!
*ignores arthritis in left knee*

[discojesus.livejournal.com]

I get sore when I do sprinty exercises too. Softball, oh man. And football too! They both leave me sore the next day. :)

[oakenguy.livejournal.com]

That makes me feel better.

And oh, remember the fish CSA? We got our first one. *Big* fish. And long, messy, trauma-filled story short...YOU ARE SO RIGHT ABOUT THE CRAPPINESS OF OUR KNIVES. Any advice on what I should look for when I buy some new ones this weekend?

[discojesus.livejournal.com]

Frankly, your knives aren't the problem. As long as you keep using sharp knives on glass "cutting boards", they will never be sharp. But you can use your sharpening stick (what is that thing called?) to get them good enough to use on wood or plastic. If you insist on using glass (*cough*Deb*cough*) then my recommendation would be to resharpen your knives constantly.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutting_board

Wiki agrees that glass is harder than your knife (no matter how good your knife), so the glass will win every time. But wood is organic and has antiseptic properties! Hmmm...