I've pledged to exercise with the shovelglove for 14 minutes a day, as recommended. I've decided that right after I get out of bed would be the best time for this exercise. Today I actually went for the 14 minutes, but I ended up giving up around 12 because I thought I was going to die. Did I say that the sledgehammer was too light? Too light, my foot.

My arms have been aching all day. I guess it would be a good ache if I were able to do ordinary things more easily. For example, when I ate my sugar-free breakfast cereal, I sort of had to bring my mouth to the spoon because I couldn't bring the spoon all the way to my mouth. And when I brushed my teeth, I had to shake my head back and forth because my arm couldn't do all the brush's work. I've gradually regained mobility, though. I'd say I now have it all back.

I guess this means I can only take it better tomorrow... hopefully.

For the record, this was my exercise regimen last week:

• Shoveling (10 left, 10 right)
• Churning Butter (4 left, 4 right)
• Chopping Wood (4 left, 4 right)
• No Name/Flip the Lever/Curl Swings (2 left, 2 right)
• Repeat

I did these movements for 4 minutes on Monday and Tuesday, and 5 minutes on Wednesday and Friday (Thursday was a prescribed day off).

And this my much less wimpy 14-minute regimen starting today:

• Shoveling (50 left, 50 right)
• Churning Butter (20 left, 20 right)
• Chopping Wood (20 left, 20 right)
• No Name/Flip the Lever/Curl Swings (8 left, 8 right)
• Repeat

How to Destroy Your VCR. This is brutal -- brutally funny, that is. Take the walkthrough showing the things one bloke did when he decided he'd had it with his old, faulty VCR. Then watch the video footage of the abuse. It's great.

See where the line between today and tomorrow (or today and yesterday) is passing: Where in the World Is Tomorrow Now?