Oh, and I had belgian waffles this morning, too! (My diet gives us those once a month--one of my favorite breakfasts.)

In dino-related news, scientists have been able to collect enough tissue remnants from T. Rex fossils to identify some of the proteins as identical to modern-day birds, including chickens!

That's cool. The dino-bird link is getting pretty darn conclusive.

I had a good start to the morning. During morning exercise, I did my bench press reps at the maximum weight for my weight machine. Very satisfying.

On one of the Discovery Channel shows about dinos, an archaeologist was saying that as a kid he used to be so sad that all the dinosaurs had died out before he got to see them, but now he realizes that if he wants to see some, he just has to look out at the bird feeder.

but now he realizes that if he wants to see some, he just has to look out at the bird feeder.

One good look at a roadrunner, and it's hard to believe they aren't related. That's a seriously prehistoric looking creature.

I just looked at the forecast and....snow next week. STOP IT ALREADY.

I had a good start to the morning. During morning exercise, I did my bench press reps at the maximum weight for my weight machine. Very satisfying.

Yay, Gudanov!!

I finally figured out the proper way to hold my upper body while doing the back stroke during yesterday's swim--I now keep my back arched up so my stomach is tighter, and my legs don't lag down in the pool as much, so I can kick better. It did strain my left shoulder muscle a bit; this morning, I could barely lift it over to shut off the alarm.

Sounds like you're doing really well Kathy A!

Birds are just cool. Those late raptors of the dino era are pretty cool as well.

One good look at a roadrunner, and it's hard to believe they aren't related. That's a seriously prehistoric looking creature.

You're right! It does look like one of those dinosaurs with useless hands, like a velociraptor!

And those roadrunners are sneaky little bastards, always zooming up behind you and then "Beep-Beep!"ing so you jump right into your Acme roadrunning-catching product.

Who says that dinosaurs didn't have intelligence?

If dinosaurs could have violated the laws of physics like roadrunners can, maybe they'd still be around.

You know how roadrunners kill things like rattlesnakes? Grab the tail, snap it like a whip to beat its head against the ground until it is dead. Seriously.

For a while, there was one that'd come up on the table on my parents' front porch and prance in front of the window, driving the cats out of their gourds.