Archive for April, 2008

Running update

So, I checked back on my Garmin to find out what I had totaled for 2/2 when I broke my ankle. I had 2.59 miles logged that morning before the catastrophe…so that totaled with my 1.5 last night gave me almost 4.1 to add to my Melisa Memorial 570 run. I’ve also decided [...]

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Back on track

Tonight I took my first steps toward returning to running.  I headed down to the local YMCA and pushed GO on the treadmill.  I huffed and puffed through a measly 20 minute jog which resulted in about a mile and a half.  All in all, my ankle felt good, but my opposite knee was a [...]

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At Last!

Two days ago I turned in my final draft for my senior thesis. It felt really good to hand that off and I look forward to graduation on May 10. This will certainly open up a whole new chapter in my life and I can now say, with some measure of certainty and [...]

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Earthquake!

Yeeah, what a ride baby! We rode the 5.4 this morning at around 5:38 a.m. And it was AWESOME!
Yes, I’m that guy. I’m the guy that loves to be involved in natural phenomena. It’s part of what I love about physical geography. I stand at the window during tornadoes to [...]

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Memoir tagged

Gleemonex (whose only discernable fault is an obsession with the hated Yankees *grin*) has deigned to tag me with a considerably difficult meme especially given that it’s taken me this long to simply introduce the damn thing. So here’s the rules for those of you wanting to play along…and those of you who have [...]

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It’s a jungle out there.

lawnmower
Originally uploaded by jovivebo

Well…there it was. The mower, lurking in the dark corner of the garage. Sneering at me with its electric grin. It could feel the warm weather through the window of the dim shelter. I slowly rolled it out into the sun to meet its nemesis. It fairly [...]

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