TalonRider

Received the 2500 mile badge this week. They call it the Monarch Migration badge.

Thanks everyone. There was some great laughs here this morning.

Happy Birthday little brother.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BENJI!

Happy Birthday, Wolfie.

A radio show that I listen to in the Philly area ends the show playing this and reading comments for some of the listeners.

At one time, GA did publish a News Letter. It contained interviews, story reviews, games, and other types of articles.

Once again, it's been awhile since my last entry. For this entry, I'm going to concentrate on the walking that I mentioned before. In August of 2014, I bought myself an exercise tracker. I started out with one of the cheaper ones that tracked my daily steps, calories burned, and my sleep at night. I can the information to my computers, phone, and tablet. When I started having problems with the tracker almost a year later, I upgraded to one of the trackers which has clock built in. It also monitors my heart rate and tracks the number of stairs climbed. Now I don't have to wear the tracker and a watch on the same arm. Eventually, I did buy a wireless scales to keep track of my weight. I'm slowly getting down to my target weight of 200 lbs from 230 lbs. The following is going to make you quite tired after you read it. Since the first tracker, I've walked 4,718,290 steps in 14 months. Can you imagine the life time steps taken? During this time, I've earned quite a few badges. In the daily steps section I have the Boat Shoe, Sneaker, Urban Boot, and High Tops. In the daily climb section I have the Happy Hill (for climbing 10 floors), and the Redwood Forest. This includes stairs and walking up hills. In the Life Time Climb I have the Helicopter for 500 floors, and the Highdiver for 1,000 floors. I get the next badge when I reach 2,000 floors. I've collected nine (9) Lifetime Distance badges. Marathon - 26 miles Penguin March - 70 miles London Underground - 250 miles, equal to walking the London subway system. Serengeti - 500 miles, equal to walking the Serengeti from one end to the other. Italy - 736 miles, equal to walking from one end to the other. New Zealand - 990 miles Equal to walking from one end to the other. Great Barrier Reef - 1,660 miles, equal to walking? from end to the other. Japan - 1,869 miles, equal to walking from one end to the other. India - 1,997 miles - equal to walking from one end to the other. The next badge come when I reach 2,500 miles. I also have three (3) weight badges for losing 5, 10, & 15 pounds.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEVE!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DDK!!!! AND MY YOU HAVE MANY, MANY MORE.

It is difficult to choose one.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CIA. And wishing you many, many more.

My desktop can't do the upgrade to 10 due to a compatibility issue. The display moniter manufacturer hasn't made your moniter compatible with Windows 10. Please check with manufacturer for support. My desktop tries to upgrade on its own. As for my laptop, it doens't seem to be available as I did reserve a copy for it at the same times I did for my desktop.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIKE!!!!!!!!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SLY!!

I'm guessing the annual LGBT event in the City of Brotherly Love (a.k.a Philadelphia), July 2 - 5 will be celebrating more.

Happy Birthday Catbird. May you reign as queen for the day.

I agree with walking. I've been walking almost daily for the past year. Most days I've even gotten out and walked twice, winter included. I go to local park with a fitness trail. I walk a minimum of miles in my morning walk. I find it easier to walk to music that I like. The tempo helps set the pace for my walk. A fast pace for short periods of time is good for cardio and burning of fat calories. Since January I've lost 12 pounds.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MYR!!

Happy Birthday my friend.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Winter went out like a lion in my area. It left about 5 inches of the wet, fluffy stuff in my area over the course of the day. Hopefully, that will be the last of the snow.

The ending to the movie Without a Trace does it for me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-MBcAcRKIY

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY, WINGED WOLF.

I think a lot depends on the lighting. Years ago, I had a car that the color was Deep Amethyst Pearl Clear Coat. Depending upon the angle of the sun as you walked toward it, it could look purple, blue, or black.