Smile at the Airport (They’re Watching) August 16, 2007
Posted by Joe in : Crumbling Society , add a comment
An interesting article over at MSNBC indicates that the airports will now be visually monitoring your behavior.
They’re called “Behavioral Detection Officers,” and they’re watching your expressions for signs of “danger.” Micro-expressions, as the line of study is called, indicate how you’re really feeling through small facial actions which could indicate things like anger. Have you ever been angry at an airport? This sounds promising.
Click through to the MSNBC aricle for more details on the “face police,” coming soon to an airport near you.
Workout Progress August 10, 2007
Posted by Joe in : Health and Fitness , add a commentI haven’t written about my weightlifting in a while. I’d like to change that by showing some before and after pics. The picture on the left was taken in April. The picture on the right was taken this week. A tan really makes things look better 
I’m going to post about what my routine has been like and how much I’ve progressed over this period of time. To be honest, I missed out on 3 weeks of workouts through June and July and at least 2 weeks between April and May. I’m back on track now and working harder than ever.
Dorney Park and Wild Water Kingdom
Posted by Joe in : Entertainment , add a commentMy girlfriend and I recently went to Dorney Park. Its a 2 hour drive from our house but friends said it was worthwhile. We live right down the road from Six Flags Great Adventure here in NJ, which also has a water park (Hurricane Harbor). In search of something new, away we went to Dorney Park.
We bought discounted tickets from Acme for $27 a piece. That was a bargain since its good for both parks. Unfortunately, we only went to one.
Wild Water Kingdom, to be frank, sucked. Let’s just call it Calm Dribble Pond. The slides sucked. They were slow, lines were long, and there wasn’t much variety. The two lazy rivers were packed with people and had way too many waterfalls making it not so lazy. You also had to wait in line to get in the lazy river. What the hell is that?
But my biggest gripe? Chairs. There were maybe 100 chairs available for laying out and leaving your towel, sunblock, etc. for easily 500-1,000 people. Maybe more. Rediculous. We ended up having to leave our things on the grass behind the main wave pool. Oh, and they advertise their huge wave pool (millions of gallons, blah blah) on their website, but when you get there, it’s divided in two sections, and one of the sections is closed off. Needless to say, everyone gets crammed into one half of the wave pool. Lame.
So, after sweating our asses off waiting in line for the lazy river for about a half hour in 100 degree heat, we decided to go home. Screw Dorney Park and Steel Force and all the rest. Not a good experience. There wasn’t even 1/10th enough seating if you wanted to buy food in the water park. Are you supposed to eat it standing up? I don’t understand what the problem with chairs is for Dorney Park.
I’ll upload a few pictures I snapped (later today) of everyone sitting on grass and the 80 or so chairs there were available by the wave pool. Quite amusing.
BSN No-Xplode, CellMass, Syntha-6, and Nitrix Reviews
Posted by Joe in : Health and Fitness , add a commentFor those of you who are in to weightlifting, you might use creatine, protein, or other performance-enhancing products to help get you to your goals. If not, prepare to be introduced.
I’m taking the following supplements to help build muscle:
No-Xplode
No-Xplode is a product by BSN (along with the other products I’m on) that provides several benefits. Supposedly, all the various ingredients (tons and tons of chemicals, a proprietary blend, and creatine) provide enhanced focus and brain stimulation, instantly improved vascularity (visible, prominent veins with more fluid getting pumped through because of nitric oxide), and improved strength. You can read more about it at BodyBuilding.com.
So does it work? Read on to find out.
