Date: 2008-11-02 11:52:02 Created: null
Some people may find certain things in the following picture highly comforting:

Yes, the risk of involuntary blood, tissue and DNA sampling has been eliminated.
To be completely truthful, it's simply moved to a much safer place:

For those of you not completely in the know: that chest is pretty solid, the corners are protected by bits of iron and are at a height slightly below the knee on most people. That part of hallway effectively splits the apartment in two parts and must hence be passed pretty often, including night-time visits to the bathroom or the kitchen. A walking-speed impact with those iron-plated corners is more than enough to draw blood and pain, and some of us have the scars to prove it ...
Bean salad!

Three kinds of beans, lettuce, tomatoes, an onion, an apple and various spices. Rooibos tea to go with it. Yummy, and I estimate it will easily fill about three hungry instances of me up. Between this and my successful woking experience last night, I have lunches for the whole week fixed without even trying. I definitely want to keep that up!
I went for a late afternoon run as well. I thought I pushed myself much less than last time, and I felt less tired when I finished too. Yet I somehow managed to be half a minute faster. One of those odd times when perceptions and result are out of sync. Nice when they're out of sync in this way though, it's fun to have a clock tell you you're better than you think :-) ...