My Life and Code

I've had this blog post in draft form for a few years now, and am finally publishing it. At the time I originally wrote it, I was 100% behind Bodylastics, with a small caveat concerning the anti-snap technology. Now, I'm looking for an alternative due to the discrepancy in their explained max resistance amounts. Bodylastics is a system of stackable resistance bands used for exercise. I asked for a set as a Christmas present back in 2013 and have been using it ever since. At the time I received it, Bodylastics was a unique product, but since then many imitators have sprung forth. It's a product I use regularly and am quite happy with. But it's not without it's caveats, and the changes they've made in the past few years have not been for the better. The Product and Its Advantages Bodylastics produces multiple products these days, but the one I'll be discussing is the one they're known best for: stackable resistance bands. These are tube resistance bands wi...

Nine months after I graduated high school, I got a new job…working at a high school. Whereas most of my classmates had post-graduation plans, I still didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life, so I spent some time taking a few classes at the local community college and continuing to work. I worked as a janitor. Definitely not my long term goal. At the end of each school day, I’d go up to the teacher’s lounge on the fourth floor and wait for classes to let out. Then I’d begin my rounds of emptying trash and sweeping floors. One of the teachers at the school was a lady named Peggy Blanco. One day, while waiting for classes to let out, I was in that teacher’s lounge with Peggy and the topic of what I wanted to do with my life came up. I told her that I was considering becoming and auto mechanic. “Oh Alan!”, she said. “You’re smarter than that!” I have to stop right now to explain that, because being an auto mechanic requires  intelligence, both in understanding how things work and ...