Hey. Been mega-isolated, even from 'net stuff. Just trading and going to the gym.
For those that don't know... I don't work a regular job and thus my "schedule" is pretty subjective and floats depending on intl. market times & news and whatever goofball scheme I'm using at the time. I come up with little routines and things but they're very fragile and cascade into a total mess whenever I miss my "sleep window" and then a week goes by and I'm all "hurr hurr lol wut?".



Whatever that means - I've been pretty oblivious the past few weeks. Anyways, so for my birthday, D. got us both set up with the startup fees at the big chain gym that's miraculously in the ground floor of our building and that's been like the coolest birthday present ever. She likes the classes and I'm super stoked 'cuz I haven't been a member at a real gym with a squat rack and lots of free weights in a very long time.
I've just been gimping along w/whatever and now I'm excited to be making progress. My shins are scraped up from deadlifts and I sweat like a pig. Totally fun.

Been watching some Star Trek I guess (original) and saw a play ("Boeing Boeing") and a musical (the ABBA one) with D., thanks to her work connections.

Following this story from a few days ago, which could be huge:

from Wired - get smart

"Brain researchers for the first time claim to have found a method for improving the general problem-solving ability scientists call fluid intelligence, otherwise known as "smarts."

Fluid intelligence was previously thought to be genetically hard-wired, but the finding suggests that with about 25 minutes of rigorous mental training a day, healthy adults could improve their mental capacities."

So these guys are claiming that their training with "n-back" tests (a memory test) is improving general IQ. If so, it's freakin' amazing.