She should have had more time ( Read more... )

February Mardi Gras Half Marathon 10K time: 1:50:29 Pace: 17:54
April CCC 10K time: 1:46:42 Pace: 17:13

An improvement, at least.

So a few months back Alicia and Daniel asked us to do this half-marathon with them. It sounded like a good idea, so we registered and told ourselves we would take some time to train on the weekends. Obviously, that didn't happen. We have way too much shit to do with the house as it is. A half-marathon is 13.1 miles. I figured we could just walk it ( Read more... )

I was reading a post on MetaFilter today about the guy who lost 20 lbs. on a diet consisting mostly of Twinkies. The comments quickly degenerated into a flame war regarding personal responsibility and weight gain/loss. It made me think about my family history and how grateful I am that my mother is who she is. She put up with so much crap from her ( Read more... )

So in case you haven't heard, we were robbed on Tuesday. ( Details )

You know how I know that? The first thing I heard this morning was "You should take the car". The most beautiful words he could say to me. I was able to sleep for another hour ( Read more... )

Down à Mexicali ( Read more... )

I went to the MBC Bicycle Second Line on Saturday. It was only 13 miles, but the pace was very slow. We had to keep behind the trailer with the band, so the whole thing took 2.5 hours. As a result, my arms are very sunburned (I remembered to put sunblock on my face and chest) and my whole body was sore. Last night I couldn't sleep, so I took one of ( Read more... )

Update ( Read more... )

I'm sure you've read this, but just in case...

I present to you The Big Lebowski as written by Shakespeare.