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since i hadn't done a whore shot in a while, here. the shirt was mailed off to a desert elf a while ago, along with some other treasures. this was taken slightly more than six months after this shot. quoting from the epic typefest in the description:
the shot also reveals a bit of what cancer does to a body, which is why i used it. not being able to use my legs the way i used to means more body fat and less muscle. that gut alarms me, and the time i'm allowed on the bike or in the pool at the gym isn't enough to make me lose the fat yet. another six months or so and i should be in better shape....
the last six months was full of physiotherapy and time at the gym. i allow myself one day off per week (and sometimes don't take it), and do one physio session and one workout each day, for a total of between three to four hours, plus stretching. a lot of the work is intended to build core strength (recovery from heavy surgery really diminishes this, and it's tough to gain back when you're old) and leg strength. because of the knee troubles i lost a ton of muscle, particularly in the quadriceps, and while it won't come back in mass, i've gained back most of the strength needed to get around.
losing the gut was the big challenge, but adapting diet (everything from changing the type of foods to portion size and times of meals, no simple and easy change) and tailoring some specific exercises for cripples, along with an increase in energy has lard central under control. having the knees replaced also means that weighing north of 100 kilos or 220 lbs is unwise, so when i began i aimed to get down to 90 kilos (198 lbs), something i thought highly unlikely, but today's weight (which i hit three weeks ago and have maintained) is 83 kilos, or 183 lbs.
cancer is a fucking pain in the ass (and everything else) but it's not impossible to kick it back and regain control over parts of your life that were thought to be lost - even after a terminal diagnosis, treatments, invasive surgeries and losing a deli counter's worth of body parts.
i'm also yapping at the cat here, since he decided that the forbidden computer desk was his now that i'd moved from it.
Whot? I need to find my own food again? Depite having regained his freedom, this one seems to be a bit grumpy about it....
Met this extremely grumpy cat who was just relaxing on a bin. He was so grumpy.
Olympus Mju1
35mm, f3.5
Kodak Tri-X
10 minutes in D76 1+1
Old age and treachery overcome youth and skill
Sticker photographed on the mirror in the men's restroom
Outpost Bar and Grill
Bay City Wisconsin
Saturday October 11th, 2025
Baby toads were everywhere, but finding two that would sit still long enough for me to get a few shots proved rather difficult.
A lot of sun for this picture but I just loved his facial expression while sitting in the ball pit. This is this little man's first birthday.
Always something interesting to see when walking along the towpath where the boats are moored at Teddington Lock, London.
At Hamilton zoo. Sat there for ages and did not stretch out its neck as if teasing me. So this is an unusual portrait, face on and squat.
Nikon D7000
Nikon 85mm f/1.8D
Strobist, 1 flash with folded softbox each side. Triggered using radio triggers
Model: Amri Yahya
Poem by Tom Lee
Grandad’s feeling grumpy
He’s gone and lost his bet
With Grandma ‘bout the TV show
And now he’s gonna fret
He said he knew the actress
That she was in that show
Grandma said she wasn’t
She said she that should know
He looked it up on Google
He said they must be wrong
He knew that she was in it
Grandma said “so long…”
It turns out that, it was not
The actress that he thought
He’d gone and bet a shopping trip!
His boasting came to nought
But I’m the real winner
Through Grandma’s betting fame
‘Cos now my poor old Grandad’s
Bought me the latest game.
(Grandma said he had to. I wonder if he’ll get me a PS5 too?)
Not very happy with the empty suet basket below. The red-winged blackbirds were there first.
Yellow-rumped Warbler/Myrtle Warbler (Setophaga Coronata)
Garland, Texas
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