Losing Weight...

Oh Lordy Lord, I joined the Prospect Park YMCA last Thursday in an effort to lose some weight and get healthy. Ideally, I'd love to get down to the 165 to 170 pound range I hit when I worked at Toyota. My fondest memory of my former physical self was a cold winter night in February of 2004, in the midst of an absolutely wild vacation in Paris.

As was customary for that trip, I got back to my crappy hotel room at about 6 a.m. following a night out partying at a really nice hotel suite, blasted out of my mind. Predictably, I passed out on the bed with half my clothes still on, only to be woken up by a nasty maid that wanted to clean up my room.

After accepting some towels from the maid, I staggered into the bathroom and stripped off my clothes to get into the shower. But before then, I looked in the mirror and saw abs. The most underrated part of a hangover is occasionally the extreme dehydration - when your body loses water, your muscle definition is increased and you look better. (note - I am not advocating excessive drinking)

I want to see abs again. I'm going to see abs again. And this time, it won't take $300 (the Euro was a bitch even back then) worth of mojitos for them to appear again.

Dolby Still Killing It...

Wow, I continue to be impressed with Dolby Laboratories' (DLB) ability to deliver bone-crushing earnings results one quarter after another. Weren't they supposed to be killed by the slowing economy? Forget that, because PC's, HDTV's, and video-game consoles just keep on selling.

Overall, the consumer is in a tough spot, but they're still out there spending money on some things. Dolby is ripping higher after hours as a lot of the paranoia driven by the sell-side (you know who you are!!!) now looks pretty foolish.

However, I'm curious to see how Dolby does later in the year when the company really begins to lap some tough comps. But for now things look pretty good for Dolby.