I'm at my folks' house because they live much closer to the start line. Corri and the kids have gone home, but they'll pick me up at the finish line on Sunday. This means I won't see them for about 40 hours - almost two full days. I miss them so much already ( Read more... )

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The National MS Society just posted the top 250 fundraisers for the 2010 City to Shore, and all of you who gave to my ride put me on the list! You even kept me out of the last spot. Ok, I'm number 249, but keep in mind that there were six or seven thousand riders, so that's still a really great place to be.

You guys are awesome!

So my wife called me on the phone the other day as I was at our neighbor's house. She was, in her own words, freaking out because she had done some laundry, removed said laundry from the washing machine, and later reached into the machine only to have her hand brush up against something brown, furry, wet and squeaky. Mouse? Rat? Bat ( Read more... )

Last year was the 20th anniversary of our school (within Drexel, of course). When I was talking with some colleagues, we realized that it was at this time of year that we celebrated it, making this the 21st year anniversary. Of course this seems a lot less significant ( Read more... )

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Hey everyone. Less than 48 hours unil the City to Shore and I'm at $400. Not bad, but it's less than a third of my goal. I'll live if I don't make that goal, but I want to make one last push for last-minute donors.

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Any amount you can donate will help. And remember that you can get art from Jon Morris just for donating ( Read more... )

Ok, so fund-raising is going... not well.

I (optimistically) set a goal of $1500, and with five days left I'm currently at $280. I don't know why, but the donations just are not coming in this year. If any of you were planning on donating but were going to get to it later in the week, please donate now (www.bensmsride.com, of course ( Read more... )

Lily is helping me train for the City to Shore (less than two weeks away!):


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