Alexander J Oberlender

History has its eyes on you

Alexander J. Oberlender • Nov 09, 2016

I went to sleep last night next to my tearful wife hoping to wake up to something else.  But, alas that didn’t happen.  Instead I woke up to my worst case scenario when this election started two years ago, and have struggled to answer texts from friends and family asking me where do we go now?

Not physically “where do we move” but, where do we go as a nation who just showed its worst side.  A nation that has proven that racism, sexism, anti-semitism, and xenophobia are still alive and thriving in 2016. In Abraham Lincoln’s inaugural address he closed out saying (paraphrased by another source) “We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.”  This is how I feel right now.  I want to be optimistic even though it feels very hard to be.  Going forward, I plan to be more active on this blog.  I understand if people don’t agree with my views but, be respectful as I plan to be if you comment with your views.  Our job is to shape the world that we want to live in everyday.  But, also the world that we want our sons, daughters, nephews, nieces, and grandchildren to live in.  I call on my friends and family to keep in mind in the coming days that “History has its eyes on you.”

When players want out nobody wins

By Alexander J. Oberlender • 17 Sep, 2021
“The Simmons drama will be great to watch” That’s a direct quote from my basketball text group with my dad and two guys who sit by us at the Heat games. While for us, it’s slightly entertaining, I also am getting tired of these public dramas.

Measuring and Cheating

By Alexander J. Oberlender • 02 Mar, 2021
Sorry for the delay. The last couple of weeks have been busy for me. I’ll write about what I’ve been up to later, but this post is back to weight. While I’ve been busy, I’ve missed the gym a fair amount, so I was concerned that the scale would suffer. But, thankfully, as of Friday, I was at 304.6 pounds. I’ve been getting exacting about the diet, which has helped. One significant change has been that instead of measuring things with a spoon, tea, and table, I’ve moved to measuring weight. This is because I’ve noticed that I wouldn’t be genuine in the measurements and would count a heaping tablespoon as a tablespoon, and when we’re talking about sauces, those calories can add up. When I measure with grams, it’s a lot harder to lie to myself. Just that one change has accounted for my weight loss the last week and change since the gym hasn’t been in the cards. Hopefully, starting today, though, I’ll be able to start working out again and shedding more pounds. I genuinely miss my elliptical (I use the same one every time).

Slow and Steady Wins the Race

By Alexander J. Oberlender • 16 Feb, 2021
It’s been a long week for me. First things first, today’s weigh-in was down to 310.0, from 314 last week. Very exciting!

What am I Doing?

By Alexander J. Oberlender • 09 Feb, 2021
Ok, slightly long post coming up, but I also have lots of pictures for you guys.

Happy Birthday in Heaven

By Alexander J. Oberlender • 05 Feb, 2021
This guy. Today would’ve been his 89th Birthday.

Tom Sawyer and the Art of Not Painting

By Alexander J. Oberlender • 04 Feb, 2021
I absolutely hate painting. Period. End of story.

340-198-324-?

By Alexander J. Oberlender • 02 Feb, 2021
I’ve been overweight for as long as I can remember. I’ve tried almost any type of diet you can think of at one point or another. At 22, I weighed about 340 pounds, at least that’s the number I saw on the scale in March of that year; I had started to

Reboot

By Alexander J. Oberlender • 30 Jan, 2021
I’ve blogged on and off for years. With all the changes coming to my life right now, I thought it might be a good idea to start this back up again. In addition to politics, I’ll talk about sports, my weight loss journey, business as it relates to my master’s program, and finally, my baby girl and parenting journey. I try to write in relatively short digestible spurts, but there may be the occasional long post. I hope there’s something for everyone and you all enjoy it. Anything earlier than this post came from any of my previous blogs or posts that I wrote on that date but never posted. Enjoy!

When they go low we go high

By Alexander J. Oberlender • 11 Nov, 2016
I wish that I could reach out to everybody at once but, I don’t currently have that type of reach. I don’t agree with the violence coming from people on the left. At the same time I definitely don’t agree with the disgusting, patronizing gloating coming from the right.

I am… We are… Je suis…

By Alexander J. Oberlender • 14 Jun, 2016
After a tragedy, social media lights up with posts expressing support and aligning ourselves with those who were attacked. In the wake of the Orlando shooting that was provoked by hatred I saw this meme:
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