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Running: The journey begins
A few weeks ago I began my foray into the world of running. It was a jolting entrance. My knees felt watery. My arms were inordinately sore; their supposed role in the task of propelling my body forward felt minuscule, and completely out of proportion with the discomfort I experienced afterward. The tautness in my calves and the front of my ( Read more... ) -
Success!!
I AM HERE.
More later, but everything went largely without a hitch. Did the craziest roadtrip of my life, and am now sitting comfortably in a hotel room in Fort Lauderdale.
FLORIDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -
Conservative... FTW. FTmajorityW!
I am going to vow right now to rise above the bitching on Facebook ( Read more... ) -
We should remember again, if we had started to forget
9/11/2001
There are some things you never forget, but that recede into the back of your mind.
The world rejoices the day after news of bin Laden's death.
I sat down for an hour and flipped through archival 9/11 media.
This is something that is worth doing every once in a while, to remind us how lucky we are to have our health and our freedom. -
I just got a BlackBerry!
I just got a BlackBerry ( Read more... ) -
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas, everyone! May your holidays be filled with friends, family, love and joy!
This is a good Christmas. This might be one of the best Christmases yet! -
Mileage with new winter tires
My new General Altimax Arctic winter tires make my little Elantra a tank (much more so than my old Michelin X-Ices)... at 8.89 L/100 km. Compared to about 8.0 L/100 km with my summer tires. Not too shabby!
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Organ and tissue donation
Last night I found out that one of my parents' friends received a transplant of both lungs about half a week ago ( Read more... ) -
Towers of Midnight
OMG, I HAVE BOOK THIRTEEN IN MY HANDS THE DAY AFTER IT SHIPPED FROM AMAZON!!!!
It is taking ALL of my willpower right now not to abandon work and eating in favour of this book.
I am actually REALLY looking forward to the three-hour service appointment for my car at the dealership tomorrow. I plan on using those three hours to READ READ READDDDDD -
Forward!
As I was trying to sync up my work calendar and cell phone calendar by manually entering all these dinners and appointments and meetings, while simultaneously trying to have a texting conversation with Rin, I finally snapped ( Read more... )