When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap. —Cynthia Heimel
OK. I’m a total slacker, but I’ve finally gotten around to posting pictures from our traipse up to Clinton to hang out with my family. Sadly, we didn’t take too many pictures of my family; instead, Chris got all creative taking advantage of my brother’s photogenic horses and dog.
Continue Reading Add comment June 30th, 2008
They’re a little late in coming, but I’ve finally uploaded my photos from the Running of the Squirrels 5K in Marionville. I ran the race with my friend Sarah and her husband Ryan. My final time was 33:11.
I hope you’ll enjoy the photos from mystery guests #798 and #561.
Continue Reading Add comment June 29th, 2008
I regularly have more than 6,000 messages in my Gmail spam folder, and while it’s fun to see how high the number gets, it’s more fun to turn spam into haiku! Don’t you agree?
Tuesday we waited
I am willing to meet you
Restore faith in me
More next week!
2 comments June 28th, 2008
Today’s link-lovin’ is brought to you by ScribeFire, this rock awesome little Firefox add-on that let’s me blog without logging in to WordPress.
That said, let’s get down to business. I honestly didn’t think I’d have much for you to read this week, but I was surprised by how much was on my list. If you read anything this week, be sure to check out “We all scream for ice cream.”
Continue Reading 2 comments June 27th, 2008
If you were to meet me on the street, you might get the impression that I’m a snob. I’m really not; it just takes me a long time to warm up to people, and it takes even longer for me to establish a long-lasting friendship. Even so, I had a sudden urge a few weeks ago to meet new people and make new friends; thus, I invited myself to my friend LFro’s book club at Well Fed Head Books .
In college, I did a really good job of faking what I read by listening to class discussions and responding intelligently, but I actually wanted to do the “assigned reading” for this.
Continue Reading 2 comments June 25th, 2008
How do you spell slacker? S-A-R-A-H. I had two awesome workouts Monday and Tuesday, but I was sore and exhausted from said workouts on Wednesday, and my post-work cycling class was put on the back burner Thursday because I spend the last half hour at work holed up in the shower in the women’s restroom due to insane weather. And I was plain lazy Friday and Saturday. Here’s what I did this week:
Continue Reading Add comment June 23rd, 2008
I regularly have more than 6,000 messages in my Gmail spam folder, and while it’s fun to see how high the number gets, it’s more fun to turn spam into haiku! Don’t you agree?
Play this game for free
Don’t be fooled by the ladies
Luck is just ahead
More next week!
Add comment June 21st, 2008
First of all, I wanted to draw your attention to some of the changes I’ve made around here this weekend. I finally customized the header image, so now it features the mug of yours truly. In the sidebar, I added icons of sites I frequent with links to my profiles. I’ve added a plug-in that allows commenters to subscribe to comments via email, and I’ve figured out the problem with the comment RSS feed, so you can subscribe to that now, too.
OK, enough of that. Short list of reading this week, and I apologize in advance that my mind was in the gutter for two of these links, but they’re sorta funny. Enjoy!
Continue Reading 3 comments June 20th, 2008
I have a stack in my office that is entirely dedicated to books I need to read. This stack rarely shortens because as I read one book another replaces it in the pile. David Kinnaman and Gabe Lyons’ book unChristian has been in that pile for at least six months, and I finally picked it up last week. I am so glad I did.
Continue Reading 15 comments June 17th, 2008
Somehow, I managed to not run at all this week. Not so good. It’s hard for me to get up and work out before work two morning in a row, so if I swim in the mornings, the next day I can take a cycling class and strength train in the evenings. I have good intentions to run in the evenings on the days I swim, but I’ve been reading so much, that I don’t want to put my books down and get out of the house. We’ll see if I can remedy that next week.
Continue Reading Add comment June 16th, 2008
