-
Rudoph with your Sonic so white...
Let me tell you about a Christmas Eve that won't soon be forgotten and how I got to be Rudolph.
My mother, father, Doreen and myself were going from Moorefield, WV to Winchester, VA for my grandmother's interrment. A fairly straight forward drive that should take about an hour and fifteen minutes. As we were discussing how long it would take, it ( Read more... ) -
Gun laws excabberating the problem
Since a lot of people are in the mood to discuss gun laws, I will lift the curtain on some of the bizzaro laws we've passed in the name of making our nation safer. The problem typically stems from people trying to regulate an industry and hobby that they don't understand and sometimes...make the problem worse. Behind a cut for those who just don't ( Read more... ) -
How NOT to argue for gun control
I see the gun control crowd was out early, hoping that the fresh wounds would give them momentum. I won't argue that decision but I am continually annoyed that they choose the specious arguments instead of laying out their goals in a straightforward way. I'm going to disavow people of those talking points ( Read more... ) -
Product review: Sony Walkman Series W
To tell you how I ended up with this, I have to tell you a little story and then make with a cut for people who don't care.
Back when I was at my largest I did two things. I got a membership at Planet Fitness and I bought an iPod Shuffle (2nd Gen) to fuel the musical montage scene. This has been the one piece of equipment that has been with me the ( Read more... ) -
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate
"...Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.' We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that ( Read more... ) -
Weight loss, nutrition and marketing and anchovies
So, I'm back to eating what Chris Carmichael tells me to eat. Much like the Galloway Heresy that you can run faster by occasionally walking, I'm amazed at the people who freak out that I'm losing weight (3lbs this week) while getting 60% of my calories from carbs.
Losing weight really IS just as simple as this: eat fewer calories than you need. ( Read more... ) -
Trying to find something useful
I've been so many kinds of reluctant to write this post. I angered an old friend since I didn't want to jump the gun on calling George Zimmerman a murderer. I'm still not willing to make that leap just yet.
Racist? Possibly.
Idiot? Assuredly.
Paranoid? In triplicate.
Killer? Sadly we are sure of that part. All that out there, I won't apologize for ( Read more... ) -
It ain't over; the plan
So, 2011 was the year of the train wreck. I was still running but a lot of what I wanted to have done didn't pan out due to stupid overtraining injuries. Going into the winter I was determined to be smart and I found a marathon that sounded like fun and still...managed to end up injured. I made peace with the idea that I wasn't going to run that ( Read more... ) -
Now about that mouse...
Yes, I'm also officially back on LJ. Blogger is a lot nicer to look at but harder to hold a conversation...and really, that's what I'm here for.
So, on with the show!
( Behind the cut since I'm sure not everyone cares. )