December 2008
10 posts
Deep Thoughts
You know the best thing about writing this blog? The whole time I’m running all I can think about is what I’m going to post to the blog when I get home. It’s great - makes the time fly by!
While I was running tonight, I decided that I was going to write about thinking about what to write in my blog. It was beautiful out, low 40s, clear, no wind, a little damp, and tons of men...
Iowa represent →
Democratic sources say President-elect Barack Obama has selected former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack as agriculture secretary and will announce the appointment on Wednesday.
So often do we overlook the importance of agriculture. Love that Obama is going straight to the source - Iowa. Many may not know that Obama is incredibly savvy when it comes to the need for agricultural reform to protect our...
Holy cow
I don’t eat cheese. Well, normally, I don’t eat cheese. Nor have I consumed any other kind of dairy for the past…I don’t know…3 years? I mean, I squeeze in an occassional slice of pizza (who wouldn’t?), and every once in a while, I’ll have an undefeatable urge to just slam a quart of heavy cream, but typically, I just don’t go there. For a lot of...
Now you, too, can talk like a Pirate →
…with this instructional video. Ha, OMG. Ridiculous
Pirate pick up lines, not to be used in...
You ask, “Why do we need an International Talk Like a Pirate Day?” Good question. Here’s what the International Talk Like a Pirate Day site says (an incredible read), and I quote:
“Make no mistake. We do. But it’s a little hard to articulate why, especially when you’ve made the mistake of referring to your wife as a scurvy bilge rat and tried...
"AARRRRRR"
One can hardly complain about training in the Winter when it’s 54 degrees outside! What!? Today is Tuesday, December 9 and when I left for my run tonight around 9pm, it was 54 degrees outside. I am going to blatantly avoid discussing the underlying reality, that is, Global Warming (what? Sarah Palin does it all the time..), and choose to write about my particularly fascinating run this...
“I used to be a great outside shooter…until they moved the game indoors.”
– Rick Nielsen
A classic Rick one-liner. Gets me every time. I thought this was the appropriate quote to begin my training blog. I have been fearing training through the Winter because it gets freakin’ cold here! I cannot take my game indoors. Can you even imagine running 20 miles on a...
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