His name was Toshe Proeski. Until about 10 minutes ago, I knew virtually nothing about him ( Read more... )

This week, perhaps Wednesday, I set a new personal record in a field in which I used to be quite an authority--soda drinking.

At 4:37 a.m. on that glorious day, I opened and drank a Mountain Dew.

Easily the earliest I've ever done that. It was a good day.

Stories can be entertaining for lots of reasons. Often the general gist of the story carries the comedy...and sometimes there that one extra detail that makes it a truly great piece of entertainment ( Read more... )

Sitting in Raleigh, N.C., right now after a succesful phase I of manifesting destiny. Smooth ride down with only the strange noises of a car full of my stuff creaking and shifting as I rolled down the interstate ( Read more... )

The schedule for today said "Easy 10-11." That's miles. No problem. It's sort of a rest week in the middle of marathon training to give the body a break before the stretch run here ( Read more... )

While Michael Vick considers pleading guilty to federal charges concerning dog fighting, columnists, pundits and sports fans across the country are talking about what that means for his NFL future. Also at stake is the future of the Atlanta Falcons who will probably one way or another lose their star quarterback through imprisonment or having had ( Read more... )

So when you're unemployed there's a portion of the day you spend looking for and applying for jobs. No matter how committed you are that day, that time is finite. There's only so long you can look through postings, compare your worth to the requirements, write cover letters and send the mothers out ( Read more... )

"Nobody likes you when you're 23...."

Phew. Glad that's over.

Sometimes we do things that are stupid, awesome, or stupidly awesome. You might think, "Man, I bet not a lot of people have ever one that ( Read more... )

For about 15 years my grandparents lived out in the "country" in Virginia, about 40 minutes from my house. They had five acres with a huge weeping willow tree in the front yard and a field of a thousand pine trees in the back ( Read more... )