Asleep at the Wheel 40 Miles Left to Go
…you walk into the bathroom and can’t, for the life of you, remember why you’re there. You go back to what you were doing, and realise you have to pee. Suddenly, it becomes clear why you went to the bathroom.
I’m tired, not old, and that’s my story.
Well, I almost had a shot at the money this year in FFL. I was pretty sure I was going to get my ass kicked this weekend, as my running game has been, well… suspect (a nice way to say “craptacular”). Mike beat me by a point, and it would’ve been nice to see Hines have an average day, but it just wasn’t to be.
Strangely, I’m dissapointed. This is the first year I had made the playoffs since our inaugral season in the late nineties, and it would’ve been nice to at least have a shot at some cash. Ah well, next year.
I’m not understanding the need for a product like this. I can’t recall ever experiencing problems from the rubbing and/or chafing mentioned, even while running, so I’m definitely not their target market. Maybe it’s the weather in the UK.
While I was looking for the correct spelling of Hanukkah earlier, I noticed that Google has added a decorative touch to certain searches. Normally the vertical line between search results on the left and ads on the right is thin and blue. On certain keywords, however, the line is replaced with a graphic divider.
Search on Chanukah or Hanukkah and you get white candles from the menorah.
Search on Christmas and you get a candy cane border.
Search on Kwanzaa and you get red, black, and green candles.
A little touch, but it’s kinda cool.
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Update: Just so you know I’m not completely crazy, here’s screenies of the Chanukah, Christmas, and Kwanzaa searches with the results described. A few folks have mentioned they still see the thin blue line.
Another (almost) content-free post. Am I broken for thinking this is hilarious?
Yes, I will be there at Christmas. The only reason I won’t be is if there’s a brutal storm which makes getting to Kirkland Lake by car unsafe.
Now, stop asking me the same question.
kthxbye
Walt, Lee, Sylvie, and anyone else who brings their ankle-biters in for coffee, this one is for you.
Ya, so… I’ve been a slacker. Well, maybe not a slacker, just running around enough to make updating a chore more than anything else. I managed to make four trips to the left coast in the month of November, and have been feeling the effects. That’s my excuse, and I’m sticking to it.
So, the point form update of the last couple weeks is as follows:
So there ya have it, you’re caught up. Now I’m at home getting back into the work mode. I’ll be off to Philadelphia on Friday for a week, and am going to swing up to Cranford on Saturday to see les Trottas. Somewhere in there I’ll do Christmas shopping, as well.
Oh, and in case you didn’t notice, that’s two vacations I’ve taken in one calendar year. That’s some kind of record for me.
Thanks very much to Axe, Grrl, Ryan, Shan, and the supporting cast for a great couple of days on the left coast. I took advantage of being out in Oakland on a ticket that gave me some latitude in stop-overs, and stopped off in Vancouver for the weekend. It was something I desperately needed, and may have referred to in the past. There was beer in multiple places, a most-excellent brunch at Burgoo, disc golf, excellent conversation, a gramma belting tunes out at karaoke night at the Legion, meeting some folks I had only met online (excellent banana chocolate muffins, too!), a great group of kids, and level 50.
There was also a dinner at Fiddlehead Joe’s, and I will recommend against going here if you’re so inclined. Pink-in-the-middle chicken, a signature soup that tasted like salt, and a clueless server leads me to give it a thumbs down. The conversation and company were excellent, though, and more than made up for the locale. It also let us sample a bottle of Mad Dogs & Englishmen, which was a nice, fruity wine that would go very well with red meats.
A great weekend, and my thanks to all, especially Axe, for putting up with me for the weekend.
