We’re training for the Mount Desert Island Marathon. You may recall that I’ve been having some calf issues which caused me to DNF out of the Georgia Marathon. Well, training has begun again for the next big race and it’s kind of a pain. Why? Every little tiny twinge or ache in my calf makes …
Monthly Archives: June 2011
Happy Summer Solstice!
Today we once again celebrate our free annual trip around the sun. I arbitrarily recognize this point in the year as a good start/end point due to the astronomically interesting nature of the day. At 1:16 EDT the sun will be at its most northern point in the arc it describes across the sky. This …
Automated Checkout
Kroger annoyed the crap out of me this morning. They’ve been doing it for years (and Home Depot and Publix have followed suit, too) by installing the convenient, time saving, handy-dandy self checkout machines. This particular phenomenon is something billed as “for customer convenience” but I am personally convinced that if a survey were taken, …
Online Ads to Make You Go, “Hmmm…”
Google served this up to me in my feedreader today: I’m pretty sure I haven’t been doing anything recently to make Google think I’m interested in dating sites. Or Iran. Or especially Iranian dating sites.
Poe’s Law for Movies
I hope and hope and hope that this isn’t real. ((check out rationalwiki for a definition of Poe’s Law and you’ll understand my reference. Perhaps this should be now “Bay’s Law” when it’s related to movies?)) I’m afraid it is, though. What’s next, “Snakes on a Glacier IN SPACE”?
Margarita Recipe
My easy as pie Margaritas. This recipe is fast and tasty. I highly recommend it. Get a pitcher. Fill it 2/3 with ice Make some simple sugar. One cup sugar mixed with one cup water, boil on stove Pour simple sugar (still hot) into pitcher Add one bottle of Real Lime lime juice Add nine …
Lazy Butt
Yesterday I did…almost nothing. I have a yard that is looking like the final scenes from A Little Shop of Horrors and the inside of my house is begging for some TLC. My podcast is sitting there, daring me to record ((I actually have a couple episodes, I just need to sit down and do …
Gumball Wars
Discovered at SFSignal Gumball Wars from Scott Thierauf on Vimeo.
Ride Your Bike – Safely
Photo of A Few Months Ago
I saw this truck on a walking trip a few months ago. I thought it was pretty cool. Yes, I photoshopped the heck out of it.