In the past two and a half years of running, I've never really had blisters during training, and only occasionally during/after a race. But I've also never trained 6 days/week. So sadly this week, my left foot has been plagued with 5 blisters in various spots, incluing one under a toenail which is especially troublesome.  So I have been not only ( Read more... )

This will be the weekly update on my progress for the marathon. I like njchick  have decided to open this up to everyone just in case someone new on LJ finds this interesting. I'll try to keep them short and sweet.

Well the first week is over, but it really was only four days. Due to the pre-training hip injury I didn't start until Thursday. I was supposed ( Read more... )

I went to the Nike Hoop Summit here in Portland this past weekend and saw the USA (led by 4 Kentucky signees) handle the World team, but the buzz was all about: Bismack Biyombo {what a great name!} of the Congo ( Read more... )

I see djhomeschool, anyone else?

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Meant to post this yesterday but LJ was down when I was sending it to the BARGE list.

The organizers are pleased to announce that EMBARGO (Extraordinary Mid-winter Big Annual Rec.Gambling Outing) is now open for registration. EMBARGO is being held at Binion's from January 27th - 29th, 2011. For full information, as well as the link to register, ( Read more... )

I'm not a gambling history buff, but I do have a small link to it via my casino ashtray collection. It is kind of a weird collection for me to have started, since I don't smoke, but I find them very beautiful in their own way. I picked up the hobby when I lived in San Francisco. I spent a lot of time digging around in thrift stores and I would come ( Read more... )

I've not posted anything in a while, so here is a long post on a random subject....

I do most of the grocery shopping in our house (this is probably because I do most of the cooking). When I go shopping, I like getting good deals, but I don't like spending hours going from one store to another, or endlessly searching for coupons. However, learned a ( Read more... )

{reprinted from BARGE list}

Next Thursday July 22nd will be the last day of BARGE registration.

Go to http://www.barge.org/ for links to the 2010 schedule and the registration form.

http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/05/earl_blumenauer_wants_to_legal.html

I sent him a note supporting his efforts.