Goofy feeling foot pain

Well, I’ve been having this weird foot pain in my left foot.  Sometimes it feels like it’s somewhat tingly like it’s falling asleep, and sometimes it feels like my foot has a lot of pressure on the arch or my foot tingles a little bit on the very top of my foot.  Sometimes the pain feels like it also goes up into about 1/2 of my left calf.  It’s not a hurting pain, more like an annoyance.

In the past I’ve been checked for good foot pulse in both legs, I’ve taken a stress test and ruled out all the heart related things like poor circulation etc.  It seems that I’m either getting some nerves in the top of my foot pinched or I have a pinched nerve in my spine due to a slipped disc or something.  I’m not sure, but my doc said not to worry about it after all the tests I’ve had run on me to rule stuff out.

I do walk pretty briskly on a treadmill every other day and switch off with a StairMaster (or stepper as some call it).  I am wondering if the walking is just too high impact for a man of my stature?  I go about 6′1″ and weigh about 250 lbs.  I’m thinking of switching my cardio routine over to an elliptical or something that is not so high impact on my feet.

If anyone is reading this and cares to post or has had similar experiences please feel free to share.

The pain never hurts when I’m walking or running, or anything.  It hurts if I just stand in place or if I’m at rest from time to time.  Weird.

Happy Monday to ya….

Tropic Thunder sucked

Went to see Tropic Thunder this weekend (against my better judgment) and it fucking sucked ass.  It’s in the top 3 worst movies I’ve ever seen.  It was a fucking joke (no pun intended).  I’m beginning to realize that everything that Ben Stiller writes is a piece of shit.  Movies that he stars in are mostly “OK” but anything he writes just sucks ass.

After sleeping on it I can also see why people protested that it’s not in good taste to Vietnam veterans.  It’s really a disgrace of a movie.  Also, Robert Downy Jr. really sucked at playing a “black guy” in this movie.  What a jackass.

All in all, I wasted a good $23 to see this movie at the theaters with my wife.

Tropic Thunder was a shit heap of a movie.

Bike Riders and taking up the road

What is it with bike riders these days feeling all entitled?  I mean I’m not talking about the regular people (like me) who ride their bikes down side streets or if they are on a main road they use the sidewalk or the provided bike trail.  I’m talking about the people that ride in the middle of the lane on a 35MPH road when they cannot go 35 MPH.  I’m talking about the butt pirates that ride in the street in the Metro parks when there is a 6 foot wide asphalt path for people to walk and bike on.

I mean I’m driving home through the Metro park one night and there is a bike rider in front of me and he’s about 3 feet out in the lane.  He’s not even trying to be nice and stay close to the right side of the road so that people can pass.  So nobody can even drive around this guy because there is on-coming traffic.  So we are all forced to drive behind this guy at about 12MPH while he enjoys his bike ride.  Asshole.  Then when I finally go around him after waiting a good 3 or 4 minutes, I yell out the window to use the provided bike path.  He flicks me off.  How nice.  Yeah, I’m the bad guy because gosh I’m in a car and he is on a bike and bikes used to rule the road and they have been around longer than cars.  Oh gosh I’m such a bad person because I’m trying to drive a car safely.  This guy on the other hand is causing traffic problems the entire time he is riding.  He doesn’t have to, he’s doing it because he can.  He is the type of bike rider that I see with the little sign on the back of the bike that says “share the road” and other goofy stuff like that.

I got no problem sharing the road but when I ride my bike I realize that I cannot go as fast as a car so it is common courtesy to not ride in the center of the lane.  If they are going to ride in the center of the lane, then they should also have to adhere to all of the car traffic rules.  When you come to a stop light then the bike rider cannot ride up beside all of the cars and get to the front.  Motorcycles cannot do this and neither should bike riders if they want to act like a car or a motorcycle.  What’s funny is that they get all mad if you pull your vehicle so far to the right that they cannot get around you to get to the front of the traffic line unless they ride off into the grass or ditch.  Hey, play by the rules if you want to ride in the center of the lane.

I just don’t understand why they are so cocky and act all “billy bad ass”.  Ride your bike.  Realize that there are more cars on the road than you.  Respect the car drivers and don’t ride in the middle of the lane.  If there is a bike path, use it.  Don’t ride your bike in the road when there is an asphalt path created just for you within 10 feet of the road.  Also, if you cannot play by car rules, don’t act like your bike is a car.  Don’t ride in the middle of the lane when you know damn well you cannot go 35MPH on your bike unless you’re going down hill and are peddling like it’s going out of style.

Why….why why…..do people ride bicycles like this?

Random stuff on my mind…

1.  I’m happy that I’m a father and a husband.

2.  I have been married to my wife for 10 years and I am in love with her again.

3.  Scrubs is a funny show.

4.  The older I get the more I like thinner bladed knives.

5.  The older I get the calmer I get.

6.  I’m drinking a Foster’s beer right now.

7.  It’s beautiful outside today.

8.  I have a new header logo for my blog.

9.  Hey I can count to at least 9.

10.  I’m thankful we have food.

11.  I like fireplaces.

12.  Spiders are cool.

13.  Thirteen is a good number that too many people are afraid of.

14.  Hair….or no hair?  …don’t know yet.

15.  Windows Vista still sucks even though I’m not using it.

Why Google is the Devil!

(The following was taken verbatim from the Google Chrome EULA.)

11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling Google to display, distribute and promote the Services and may be revoked for certain Services as defined in the Additional Terms of those Services.

11.2 You agree that this license includes a right for Google to make such Content available to other companies, organizations or individuals with whom Google has relationships for the provision of syndicated services, and to use such Content in connection with the provision of those services.

–I must add that after tons and tons of people noticing this in the EULA Google has said “our bad, we’ll fix it”.  I still wonder if they will just remove the text but behave like it’s still in the EULA?