luckycanuck

I got an e-mail from my dad today. He was in Toronto for work and wound up in the first neighbourhood I lived in. He informed me that the church I was baptised in is now a synagogue. Now the Har Tikvah Congregation which bought and converted the old church in 1983 is apparently on the reform side of Judaism, but I still think you would need a pretty liberal interpretation of who is and who is not a Jew to count me as one of the chosen people like some of my work colleagues speculated.

The thing is, for as long as I can recall I have been a Judeophile. Maybe this explains it. I was also born in a Catholic hospital (the family isn't Catholic, but that's where the doctor worked.) So perhaps being born in an institution sponsored by one religion and having my entry into the church in a building that is now devoted to the practice of another explains why I have always been fascinated by other religions.

W has been in the office this week and there has been a sense that there is a lot of intrigue over who will form the next government. I still suspect that Labor will find a way to hold on. Today they signed a formal compact with the Greens but they haven't brought any of the independents over, and there is speculation that this will make them look more able to run a stable government, while others say it will alienate the conservative instincts of some of the other independents. I find it hard to believe that enough of the independents will combine to vote out the government, but it is possible. Some of my colleagues seem to think we wil be moving to "the blue carpet" soon.

YW: 50 shoulder press, 50 bicep curls, 50 incline press, 50 tricep extensions, 50 chest contractions, 50 pullups.

TW: 50 leg openers, 10 corner rows, 10 corner presses with each arm - 5 rounds, row 400m and 20 clean and press - 5 rounds, 100 leg presses... and a nice high feeling. Some of the trainers are now doing Crossfit with clients, and I recognised the workout one of them was putting a guy through as being very Crossfit oriented. She recognised my rowing/pressing combinations as being the same.

Also the crick seems to be completely gone.