Jenn and I completed the 2011 Black Friday Turkey Trot this morning. It was a good course, relatively flat and fast, and a well supported race. It was run by Fleet Feet and I extend a heartfelt “good job” to all the organizers and volunteers. I say “relatively” on the flat course description because I …
Monthly Archives: November 2011
Black Friday Turkey Trot
While crazy people are shopping, other crazy people are running. Go us! Today’s Black Friday Turkey Trot is a 5k, and the first one of these I’ve run in a loooong while. Weather looks crisp and clear. We’ll see how we do.
Preparing for the Packers
Football games, ho!
TSA Security Grope
Today, traveling to Tulsa to visit my family for Thanksgiving, I was thankful to be groped by the TSA. As we all know, the TSA randomly ((It’s not that random at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson. If you don’t get in one of the lines that leads to the backscatter machine, you don’t get selected, according to my …
It’s a Vacation Day, So I’m futzing with the Blog
You may notice slight changes in the blog look (if you don’t take advantage of the rss feed). I’m screwing around with a few things here and there to update the site a bit. Mainly typefaces, image stuff, a few tweaks around the stylesheet, etc. For example, I bet you didn’t notice that there was …
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Amusing Typos
It’s always fun when something like this sneaks through the filters. “OMG! One dollar!? Fill up the fuel tanks, Ethel! The Zombies are coming!”
xkcd Continues to be Genius
The image here is about 4% of Randall Munroe’s amazing and fabulous money chart. Go. Spend an hour looking at it and contemplating the size comparisons of various fiscal streams.
Alabama is Enforcing its Laws!
In case you were not aware, Alabama followed Arizona’s lead in enacting Driving While Brown laws; making it so police may demand proof of legal entry into the US upon “reasonable suspicion”. Everyone knows this was aimed at the hispanic population. However, it seems that the
The Case of Knowing Just A Little
I joke that I know enough about [that thing] “just to be dangerous.” However, it’s often not a joke, and that is particularly true when it comes to public policy. I follow the Streets Blog Network for their take on all things non-vehicular. I recommend you follow them, too. Alas, just like any other news …
Cambria Came to Visit!
Our friend Cambria, whom Jennifer was a student with in the Ph.D. program at Texas Tech, stayed with us this week while she was attending a conference here in Atlanta. It was good to see her.