Day 247 – (AD 677) – Jim's Trek Part III – 21.9 Miles – Almost on My Schwinn 170

Good Day,

This morning I pedaled 21.9 miles on my Schwinn 170. I am about three days shy of another unbelievable milestone.

And even though this Trek may be boring, I am consistent.

Now I am headed in a north easterly direction in Northern Territory. Looking at the satellite image of the area it looks like the highway is winding through some sort of valley close to the Gregory National Park. I am still located on National Highway 1, I think.

I and the white Landover/Jeep are shortly crossing over to un-Goggled territory. The little drag-on-man seems to vanish just ahead in the road. It makes me wonder about the “continuous image sequencing” review process at Google Maps.

Supper last night: a repeat on Montreal Dry Garlic Spareribs. And I decided to create my own version of Kongnamulbap. I found a “How to video” on line, Maangchi Chef, with instructions to create Kongnamulbap. I was wondering if her sister or mother may have had a role in the 1994 movie, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

And my blood sugar count this morning did drop 7 points to 101. Did I ever say that I love to eat? Tonight’s attempt – Kimchi Jigae.

A good video companion this morning, the 2012 film Quartet. The idea of a retirement home for aged musicians is a nice “get-away”. There are some thematic issues but it is a nice and pleasant movie.


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Jim

Day 246 – (AD 676) – Jim's Trek Part III – 21.7 Miles – Success on My Schwinn 170

Good Day,

I pedaled, no new news, 21.7 miles on my Schwinn 170 this morning. I have now reached a total of 13,917.5 miles; 22,398.1 kilometers.

My location on my virtual Trek is still in Australia's Northern Territory on the National Highway 1, the Victoria Highway. I just passed the turnoff to Buchanan Highway and I am headed in directly eastward.

Blood sugar count down 13 points this morning, now at 108. I am sure that I can entice some elements of maniac obsession as I try to follow the swinging of the blood-count pendulum. And today is World Diabetes Day…

I think I am doing my part. Today is the 485th day since I have stopped, with my doctor’s agreement, taking my or any diabetes medications.

I began a new work to chart the OPR (Old Parochial Registers) in East Lothian, Scotland. All-things-being-equal this project could, may lead me to the connection of my Robertson 4-times great-grandparents and their ancestors, my 5-times and 6-times great-grandparents.  Follow my progress at A Genealogy Hunt.

I think I need another challenge. Just because. I just chanced upon an article online from The Telegraph – "100 novels everyone should read". This is not a bucket list. (I don’t believe in bucket lists.) I just think that it would something good for me to do. Period.

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Jim

Day 245 – (AD 675) – Jim's Trek Part III – 21.5 Miles – It’s Just a Routine on My Schwinn 170

Good Day,

This morning I pedaled another 21.5 miles on my Schwinn 170. Total mileage to date – 13,895.8; kilometers – 22,363.2.

I am sort of running parallel to the Victoria River on Victoria Highway and I am currently headed in southeasterly direction. It looks like I will soon be coming upon a small town in the middle of almost nowhere, Timber Creek - population of about 230. Just another 377 miles to go to get to my next destination and goal point.

I am a wee bit slow. I may be somewhat naive...but is it the media's tour de force to report and highlight the negative of snything positive?

From San Jose Mercury News - "Comet lander's first image from 67P; cliff's shadow could be problem" (AP).

From The Sydney World Herald - "Rosetta comet landing: Malfunctions made Philae bounce a kilometre off the surface".

Reuters - "European space probe marooned in comet's shadows".

10 years, 4 billion miles. Period. How many man hours? And land on a comet moving at 41,000 miles per hour.

Bloomberg seems to do the trick...in a positive way - "Here's What the Comet Looks Like Next to a Stadium".  I like to be educated in a positive way.  Period.

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Jim

Day 244 – (AD 674) – Jim's Trek Part III – 21.8 Miles – Another Early Afternoon On My Schwinn 170

Good Day,

This afternoon I pedaled 21.8 miles on my Schwinn 170. More early morning appointments.

I’m testing out my impulse to keep on cycling every single day no matter what time it is. I know it is much better for me to keep my routine to a specific time slot but I think I have gone beyond that. I now have it entrenched in my grey matter that I need to cycle. I need to cycle. I need to pedal. I have now racked up 13,874.3 miles; 22,328.6 kilometers.

I am currently on Victoria Highway in Baines, Northern Territory. And today I officially, and virtually, have completed 50.09% of my Trek through Australia.

Blood sugar spike this morning, and of course just before my doctor’s appointment. I climbed up 23 points. Praise be that my A1c is still 5.40%. And it is definitely possible for an overnight spike when I am still crunching down on leftover M&Ms from Halloween, a DQ double dipped chocolate cone, and a Canada Dry ginger ale at 10:30 pm. I just knew that I would be sugar swinging up and down from late October to the beginning of January 2015.

I think some people are ignorant and damn right rude considering the use of cell phones in public and private places. And I was generalizing when I previously wrote that the height of ignorance was specific to one segment of our society.

Picture this, doctor's waiting room receiving station, cell phone stuck to ear, hearing aid obviously not turned on, dressed in gold polyester lamé, Southern twang, cackling laugh, belief that everyone has to be accountable to personal conversation... I'm not sure that I care about where the Melons are or about the adoption of the runts of litter. Cackle, cackle, cackle and medical diagnosis conversation with Trish is of no bloody interest to me... Or to any one else waiting patiently and quietly, hoping that each appointment time comes much more quickly than expected. And the icing on the cake..."Sweetheart, I just couldn't get her off the phone."

I’m trying to get my mind around the oxymoronic antics of our Congress…

According to Jerry Nadler (NY) regarding sponsoring a bill called A.R.T. – Americans Royalties Too – “the bill may escape partisan gridlock. "Intellectual property is a very unusual area in Congress. You as a general rule, you can not predict where someone is going to be on an issue like this or on music licensing by knowing that he's a Democrat or Republican."

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Jim

Day 243 – (AD 673) – Jim's Trek Part III – 21.3 Miles – Just A Bit Later Than Usual On My Schwinn 170

Good Day,

Max and Tinker, this morning, were trying to figure out why I did not get on with my cycling at the normal time.

This afternoon I pedaled 21.3 miles on my Schwinn 170. Hell I now try to plan my day around when I get on my fitness cycle. I still have another 44.37% of my total goal to go. One thing I have learned over the years, I really am not a quitter.

I sort of think that maybe the performance artists Ward Shelley and Alex Schweder may have had an interesting idea. But 10 days?

My virtual trek has me now located on in the Northern Territory of Australia on National Highway 1. I’m just wondering if and where in Australia is the #2 National Highway.

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Jim