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Maybe

2012-01-22T17:00:00.001-06:00

Who knows

Carrier IQ

2011-12-02T20:01:00.001-06:00

Whew! It was off.

Blogsy

2011-04-08T17:14:00.001-05:00

Seems a pretty cool app for blogging. I'm doing this post from the bus while listening to Game of Thrones from Audible.com. Good times.

iPad 2 Question

2011-03-13T11:39:00.000-05:00

Why hasn't anyone come out with iPad organizer cases? It needs to be usable as an addition to the traditional meeting note taking folio paper pads. Booq has one but it comes in crappy colors. I want something plain like an olive green canvas. You know, something to make owning and using an Apple product not so hipster. How about turn it into extreme hipster and convert some old military surplus item into an organizer and selling it on etsy (Apple's autocorrect didn't know what etsy was???). Another option might be a case with the standard three hole punch mounts on the side. The iPad could then go into any folder, even a super cool Trapper Keeper.

Running

2011-02-14T21:17:00.000-06:00

I hit the streets tonight, 5k in 29:30. While cleaning out my bag this morning, I found a bunch of magazines were weighing it down. One of them was a Runners World. It was a pretty good issue highlighting a bunch of people working on breaking time marks on the half marathon. I would never enter to fail at the marathon but I might run 13.1 miles on my own for time. Under 2 hours seems like a reasonable goal. It's now on the list.

I use the Nike+ setup with my iPod Nano and really like it. The way it keeps up with and will give you stats about your run in real time is awesome. I also love how it keeps track of all of that info on the website. It could use a few features though. One is the ability to embed or link to your runs on the site. Posting them here or even on Facebook would be a neat way to advertise progress and trash talk. By trash talk I mean put things up about how well I did so I could read them back to myself later. No one else would read it but it would still look cool.

Food Rock Bottom

2011-01-04T06:58:00.000-06:00

I hit it last night. Kfc's 20 hot wings for $10 deal ruined my wee morning hours. Burying my head in the pillow trying to keep from puking for an hour is as bad as it gets for my iron gut. Today it's back to work and back to watching what I put in my mouth.

This should have been where I posted pictures of the carnage. The pile of clean bones from 20 chicken wings is pretty impressive and makes me queezzy to think about. I so need a new phone with a better camera. Maybe something awesome will come out of CES and the boss will somehow feel pity for me...doubt it.

New Years Resolutions

2011-01-02T08:30:00.001-06:00

I just have a few and they are mostly the usual ones that everyone makes. Here they go:

Post here more often. It shouldn't be hard to beat last years post count of around 3 posts but I would like to get in the habit of posting at least twice a week. It's a way of holding myself accountable for the resolutions I'm making now and keeping the rest of my life in check. If I'm putting it on the web it must not be that bad. Hmm, thinking about it that way, I may suggest coworker takes this resolution. Dilbert has set the precedence for imposing resolutions on others with yesterday's strip.

Run a marathon. I would like to do the 2012 Ironman in the Woodlands but running a marathon is probably first. Maybe I should try for a half Ironman... Nah. I'll stick with the marathon. The trick is to find one close to home that is taking place in the fall.
Loose weight. This is the standard resolution but the fewer pounds I have too carry, the easier it will be to make the 26.2 mile challenge. 165 is a reasonable goal weight.
Take more pictures. I can post them here.
Be nice. Let's keep this in the realm of possibility. When I say "be nice" I mean "be nicer." Baby steps.

In other news.

I'm just saying...

I better get ready for spin class. This is my first physical exercise in a month so it should be interesting. Especially since I'm teaching it.

Happy New Year!

I Hate People

2010-02-03T20:20:00.002-06:00

Considering there are probably less than 50 people in the world that I like it is a safe generalization that I hate people. Example from today; I met some new people after they rear-ended me at a stoplight. They had no insurance and probably just stole the car. I hate them.

Where's all the Posts?

2009-06-28T11:04:00.001-05:00

I really need to use this more. So many thing are going on with me and the world.

Best Slogan Ever

2008-10-22T20:15:00.003-05:00

I wish I knew what company this guy worked for. Last week this maintenance truck was stopped in front of me at a red light and I had to get a picture of it. With that slogan on the front, he could sell t-shirts all day long.

Not Giving Up

2008-10-20T07:08:00.002-05:00

Today was a much better running day. I did my 2.5 mile course and felt good about it. The big changewas my pace. I did it in 23:30. That's just over a 9 minute mile and around 6 miles an hour. It should be a respectable marathon pace if I can just build up the miles...

Marathon Practice

2008-10-13T12:22:00.002-05:00

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I think I've shared this before but this here is my 2.5 mile course around the subdivision. This course has killed me twice so far and after doing the math I think the reason is obvious. As usual, I'm running too hard. My time today was 21:02 for 2.5 miles. Thats an 8.4 minute mile and about 7 miles an hour. There is no way I could or should be able to do that pace this early in the game. I have also came up with a different 5 mile run.

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This running thing sucks. As soon as I am able to check off running a marathon, these running shoes are going in the trash.

Mobile Editor Please

2008-10-10T07:01:00.003-05:00

Google really needs to give blogger a mobile editor. Maybe blogging on the go is more of a twitter thing?

I say this a couple of times a year but I really should update this page more often. There are a ton of things going on and that always provides introspective comments to share. Maybe I will work on a few posts this weekend.

Dilbert

2008-07-24T08:48:00.002-05:00

This could possibly be the Dilbert I connected with and laughed at the most, ever!

Grooming Day

2008-07-15T21:51:00.003-05:00

This has to be one of the most funny before and after albums ever. I hope the dogs will someday forgive us for such horrible haircuts.

Yesterday's Fortune

2008-07-01T20:38:00.003-05:00

3 Things

2008-07-01T20:07:00.003-05:00

Today's 3 things were hard to come up with. I did a lot of spacing which isn't very conducive to learning.

1. Running the night before 5am spinning makes things hard.
2. My spin instructor's brother-in-law died
3. Suzette's son is very Asian.

3 Things

2008-06-30T22:16:00.006-05:00

I read this in a series of books and have wanted to start it ever since. A little girl took apprenticeship with a school of assassins and this was one of her daily tasks. She had to report 3 things she learned that day to her teacher. No matter how small, all information is power....I think this was part of the lesson. Maybe I'll listen to the books again....

1. Don't trust anyone you work with.
2. Hummus can be green.
3. If you drop your iPod while running on the treadmill, let it go (learned the hard way).

Still Running

2008-06-27T19:45:00.000-05:00

So far the Nike+ thing sucks. I haven't given up on it but nothing is working right. It's been more frustrating than actually running. Wednesday night I took it to the gym and ran with it on the treadmill again. The treadmill said I did 4.25 miles and the Nike+ still had 1km to go on my 5km run I had set it for?!?! I wanted to throw it across the gym. Maybe tomorrow I will try to calibrate it to see if that helps.

Yesterday I worked out sans the Nike+ and did 5 miles in 44 minutes and 33 seconds on the treadmill. Thats within the starting goal and I think I can keep that up on the treadmill. The pavement is another story. I am still scared of the street after my last couple of outings. My knees were killing and I felt twice as beat as working out in the gym. The heat probably plays a big part in that but the cement is a huge part too. Maybe losing a bit more weight would help. If I can keep up the 5 mile runs a few times a week, that will certianly happen.

Nike+

2008-06-19T22:37:00.004-05:00

John gave me a Nike+ thing for my birthday. It works by putting this little puck on your shoe and plugging the receiver into your iPod. My first time using it was a couple of days ago and I had it all messed up. After about 10 minutes of messing with it and my iPod I finally got it started. Then it only counted about half my run and never talked to me. Tonight I took it to the gym and I think most of the kinks have been worked out. I still don't think it is counting all of my run but it's something and it talked to me too.

Double bonus was running on the treadmill at the gym. I was able to do a 5k in about 35 minutes. The treadmill is going to be my friend for a while until I get better at running. It's a pretty good start and a really good workout. Running is freaking hard!

Not Quite 5 Miles

2008-05-26T11:08:00.003-05:00

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I was only able to do about 2.6 miles in 30 minutes. Maybe 5 miles was too big of a goal to start out with. It's somthing I'm going to work towards along with the 45 minute time.

5 Mile Run

2008-05-25T21:31:00.004-05:00

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I am going to try and do this run in the heat tomorrow. The goal is 45 minutes but I'll be lucky to make it in under an hour (if at all). Hopefully this will be a good training route for the Houston Marathon. I haven't signed up for it yet but I really want to do it in January. Someone better call me out if I don't post a time for this tomorrow.

Dipity

2008-05-24T15:19:00.007-05:00

This is an example of a really cool timeline on the Dipity site. If this takes off, I think they will have a really fun social tool. Here is mine. It took about 30 seconds to make because it can pull from all the other sites I already use like Twitter, Blogger, and Picasa.

New Look

2008-05-24T14:39:00.003-05:00

I've changed up the blog and I think it looks good. There are a couple of things to add back and tweak but so far so good. The 4 column template that pushes the graphic to the top left was a nice find. The guy also had a really neat trick to remove the navbar from the top.

Reverend Bryan

2008-05-10T09:20:00.005-05:00

Last weekend I went to a wedding and the JP didn't show up. They couldn't get a hold of him and he was no where to be found. It was pretty funny as long as it's not your wedding. This got me to thinking. If I had been a minister I could have stepped in and performed the ceremony. Now we are talking double funny. Next time I will be ready. I signed up and was ordained a minister with the Universal Life Church.