I passed this on to a couple of friends, and I thought it might be insightful to others. It's some simplified graphics to explain our energy usage: http://www.netl.doe.gov/energy-analyses/pubs/EnergyRelatedFlowDiagrams.pdf

Drove up to Townville, PA after work on Friday to look at a VW bus (because I clearly need one ( Read more... )

I ran the Virginia Happy Trails Running Club's Fat Ass 50k last weekend: the Maximus Gluteus Maximus. I heard the course was a little short, so I added an extra 0.7 mile loop on the end - complete with a killer hill - just for good measure. I reckon that rounded out the 50 ( Read more... )

Have been needing to start a list of hikes/destinations/things-I-want-to-see for a while, instead of just keeping it in my head, so here's a start ( Read more... )

Found myself telling someone about spots in Bal'mer, so I thought I'd jot them down here...

Pubs/Restaurants:( Read more... )

"The bus came by, and I got on. That's where it all began…"
- "That's it for the Other One", Grateful Dead

( a remembrance to Greg Junell )

We had seen the foreboding sky off in the distance. He commented, and I acknowledged, albeit with a half-shrug, adding almost as an afterthought "The weather is fickle here...who knows if it'll even reach us. It does look like it's raining up north though ( Read more... )

Funk is the strut that is not, in fact, a strut, but merely a channeling of one's true and inner-self ( Read more... )

Made a balsamic vinaigrette for the for the first time.

Trying to get better about cooking at home now that I moved in with Dustin (1) and can get home at a reasonable hour (8 minute commute by bike).

In other news, I got a parking ticket despite having an parking permit and I'm pissed.

That's about all for now.

Time: 1:14:43 (7:28 pace)
Negative Splits (38:01 first half - 7:36 pace, 36:42 second half - 7:20 pace)
Top 10% overall (1712th out of 18,749 racers)
Top 20% in my age division (198th out of 1,088 racers)

http://www.cherryblossom.org/aboutus/results2012.php