This is not a list...

But read on.
There's a link at the bottom of this post to a list of Alabama Superfund sites.

Just happened upon a very interesting, in-depth update on the chronic health problems suffered by members of families unfortunate enough to have called Love Canal "home" back in the 1970s.
Love Canal, is the neighborhood that established the EPA's Superfund list of contaminated sites in need of clean-up. In the 1920s, the site had served as a chemical dumping ground for the Hooker Chemical Company. In 1953, Hooker covered over the 20,000 tons of chemical stew including such ingredients as Benzene and Dioxin and sold the property to Niagara, N.Y., officials for $1. The city -- even though warned by Hooker of the dangers posed by the buried chemicals (the deed to the property stipulated that Hooker would not be held liable for the toxic mess) -- developed the acreage, building an elementary school around which, by the late 1970s, some 800 single-family homes and 240 low-income apartment units had sprung up.

Please do read the article. It's very interesting, stomach-turning and eye-opening.

Not interested in what's happening hundreds of miles away from home? Click here for a list of Superfund sites in Sweet Home Alabama.

No Apologies

No apologies, no excuses.
No sustenance lists. No training lists.
I have a grocery list today, though, if you're interested.
No?
It's a short one.

shredded cheese
yogurt
Pop-Tarts (they make whole-grain now in strawberry & brown sugar-cinnamon)
ice cream
coffee
creamer
apples
peanut butter
baby corn (Nash loves his "corns")

Don't know if I'll get in a workout today or not. The forecast is something like 97 degrees with a heat index of about, oh, 800 bajillion. We have a digital thermometer that reads both indoor and outdoor temperature. Yesterday afternoon, Brian moved the reader from its usual perch in the shade to the middle of our concrete driveway. In no time flat, the display had shot up to 114 degrees!
Insane!
Of course, that shouldn't really matter. After all, the treadmills at the fully air-conditioned gym are perfectly functional and those membership dues come out of my bank account month after month whether I ever walk through the doors or not!
I wish I could get myself into this mindset:

"Workouts are like brushing my teeth; I don't think about them, I just do them. The decision has already been made."
- Patti Sue Plumer, U.S. Olympian

(Thanks and a little shout-out to Whitney, who always tags her e-mails with wonderfully inspirational quotes!)