Musings

• At the gym the other day, I saw a couple walking around, doing every weight machine together.  Overkill, don't you think?
• While we're on the topic of the gym, I always dread the onslaught of people that Jan 1 brings.  Last year at the Bally's in Philly, most of them were gone by March or so.  I just hope it doesn't mean all my exercise classes will be insanely full.  
• A lot of students here at Columbia (both undergrad and grad) don't have Microsoft Office on their computer.  So when I'm trying to work with them and e-mail files back and forth, they come in these weird file formats from OpenOffice or whatever.  Really?  You can't pay the extra couple hundred dollars to get Microsoft Office, which is basically a prerequisite for any type of educational/business environment?  

That's a picture of the Columbia gym.  The track goes around in a loop on the upper level, over looking the court below, and each of the 3 floors you see has cardio equipment and weights.