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I seriously cannot get enough of this:

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 She comes to Chicago in three weeks!!  :)

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Holy hell, don't ask.  This is a photo maximegapost:

So, it's true...I survived the Brussels 20km.  Seems like forever ago (May 25th, to be exact.)  It was pretty awesome, though twice I felt like I was dying.  Do you hear me?  I felt like I was dying...as if I was going to stroke out and die with the next foot fall.  I'm not really a runner.  ( Read more... )

I just realized I hadn't posted these.  Did you know that 3/22 was World Pillow Fight Day?  Well, it was!  26 cities around the world participated.  Here are a few photos from Chicago's pillow fight on the steps of the Art Institute.


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...to being in shape for the Brussels 20Km.  I ran nine miles with the group on Saturday, but at a slower pace than usual (partly due to a b-day party on Friday night, but *mostly* because I'm not really keeping up with the weekday training schedule...I must be more disciplined from here on...)  I had a more difficult time than I should have.  :(  ( Read more... )

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Holy crap...I just checked airfares to France for this May (I'm officially registered for the Brussels 20Km.  I guess the plan is to stay in France for a week+, train it to Brussels, then close it out in France) and fares are *way* up.  Non-stops are usually well under $800, but now fares are over a grand; I guess this marks an official return to ( Read more... )

Photographed the Chicago Polar Plunge today with my friends Bernie and Aurora.  We got there late late late...roughly 20 minutes before it was all over.  :(  Ah, well...there's always next year!


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