The flu virus made its way through my body and it took another five or so days to feel right again. I finally made it back to the gym yesterday and today woke up no worse for wear. Things I would have otherwise blogged about since my last post:

- TBS airs four episodes of Home Improvement between 11am to 1. Though many would argue that is four episodes too many, I found myself laughing more than once. The particular episodes I saw were from the final season. JTT left the cast and the writers were forced to focus more on Tim and Al. With out the JTT factor, the show became more tolerable.

- Breaking Bad is another recent discovery on my TV list. Malcolm in the Middle’s Bryan Cranston churns out a crazy performance as a high school chemistry teacher who learns he has inoperable lunch dinner cancer…this leads to him to begin a Meth operation with a former student who flunked his chemistry class. Hilarity ensues…under a really dark cloak.

- Being sick helped me finally reach my target weight of 187. Now the challenge becomes maintaining myself and getting “down” to 180. Steady visits to the Y will help, but I’ll need more work on curbing my gluttonous ways.

- The aforementioned Platy population; has increased from its original four to over 20 in different stages of development. A camera does nothing to capture the creepy feeling I get when I see so many identical looking fish in one tank. Anybody need a hardy live-bearing fish?

- Last week’s laundry session was highlighted by the fact that my Kirkland brand laundry detergent didn’t really dissolve in the washers. I was frustrated enough to leave the detergent at the laundromat with the word “free” written on top. It’s one thing to incur side-effects like stains or my clothes not getting as clean as I would have liked. It’s another for the product to not even perform its basic function. Aside from their trail mix, I will never use Kirkland brand products again.