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Big glasses and such
Found this glass at a closeout sale. My kind of size. Of course, I couldn't buy it as it was still a lot of dough.Went to the gym last night.. Like most of the day, it was a battle. I started off…
- November 17th, 2008
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Wow.. Monday is flying by
Yeah, I just got done flying through my RSS reader. Sorry to all that I didn't get a chance to read and make an insightful comment.The plumber came Friday and spent almost 2 hours fixing the valves.…
- November 14th, 2008
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TGIF
Made it to Friday.. Big stuff today. Called in the big guns to finish up my plumbing work. I decided I wasn't going to replace the shutoff valves on my own, so I'll be paying someone for their servic…
- November 13th, 2008
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TIART - Running Green
So, the theme today for TIART is Running Green.Not to rip off tfh, but I'm going to throw myself as somewhere "in the middle".I buy new running sneaks every 300 miles or so, but I do try to use my old…
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Look out Michael Phelps
.. Here I come!Yeah, OK. Maybe not.The other day I picked up some swim goggles, and I was itching to try them out.Furthermore, I went out on the web and was searching around for "swimming tips". I f…
- November 12th, 2008
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Free Coffee
See, you're excited.. Free coffee! What's not to like?Yes, I received an e-mail at 11:30AM, Monday morning, with the subject line of "Free Coffee This Week!"(Normally, I'm not a fan of the exclamatio…
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1 mile
Yep.. Did one mile on the treadmill last night.Of course, that was after doing 10.8 miles on the bike. In half an hour. Now, I don't kid myself to think that I was really going ~21 mph for 30 minute…
- November 11th, 2008
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Treadmill & new beer
I went to the gym and banged out 4.21 miles on the treadmill over 40 minutes. Averaged 6.2/6.3 per mile until the last mile, where I kept knocking the pace up every tenth of a mile. All in all, not…
- November 10th, 2008
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The ol' pump faucet
Pretty quiet weekend, really.We've had this faucet sitting in a box for a couple of months that I've been meaning to install. Of course, I just haven't gotten to it.Saturday, I had the brilliant idea…
- November 7th, 2008
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Favicons Downloader - 0.30
In case anyone cares, I created a new version of my Firefox plugin - Favicons Downloader. (Info on the old version is here.)You can find it in the Experimental Sandbox or at SourceForge.New exciting…
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Thursday night and other goodies
I went to the gym Thursday night and did a treadmill workout. I wound up doing 5 miles on the hamster wheel. The first 4 were at 6mph. The last one was gradually increased up to 6.6mph.After a coup…
- November 6th, 2008
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Minor update
Lots of rinky-dink posts today.. why not.In an update to the house demolition, the grass has been seeded, and hay is being put down now. Incredible.
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TIART - Running Transitions
This is the first week I've participated in Take It and Run Thursday over at Runner's Lounge. Long time lurker, first time poster.I suppose transitions were what brought me to running. A couple of y…
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Remember, remember, the Fifth of November
Sigh. It was November 5th yesterday.I usually make a point of watching V for Vendetta on 11/5. It is Guy Fawkes Day after all. Of course, I'm not from the U.K., so it really doesn't have significan…
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Blog spam!
Very exciting stuff.. real live blog spam. Here, on my blog. I've arrived.While I really do enjoylingerie of all types, the blatant ad just isn't doing much for me. It's all text based, too. C'mon…
- November 5th, 2008
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Demolition
I've been watching a house near where I work be torn down today. It was up in its entirety this morning (even around 9:30am). Here it is, not quite 4:30, and it's been completely removed. Foundatio…
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Election Day Workout
On the way home, I picked up my wife and we went and voted. The polling place was more crowded than I'd ever seen it, but I only had a wait of 6 people ahead of me in my district. Not bad.I went to…
- November 4th, 2008
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Gym workout
Long day at work yesterday. I went to the gym and worked off the stress.. Wound up doing 3.5 miles on the treadmill.. (one mile @ 6mph, 1 @ 6.1, 1 @ 6.2). Then, did a little over a mile on the indoo…
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Election Day
It's election day here in the U.S. It's been coming a long long time. I'll be glad to see it over.I haven't felt as charged up as I am ever in a presidential election (or any election for that matte…
- November 3rd, 2008
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New beers from the weekend
My brother in law was kind enough to hook me up this weekend. I spent a good amount of time there, just hanging out, and he did me a solid.First up was Dogfish Head Indian Brown Ale. Sorry for the b…
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Weekend workout
My great goals for working out this weekend were just squashed due to logistics. Oh well. Even with an extra hour, I couldn't get everything in.I had originally planned to go to the gym Saturday mor…
- October 31st, 2008
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And now for something completely different
Last night, I went to the gym. And......I went swimming. I wound up doing laps like this:A lap of crawl swimming, which literally crawled alongA lap of breaststrokeA lap of elementary backstrokeA lap…
- October 30th, 2008
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Doctor Who?
Sigh. Just read an article that the Doctor is leaving. No more David Tennant.It took me a bit to get used to him, but I really like him. I always tell my wife that you shouldn't get attached to the…
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Trophies
So, I got a PS3 a few months back.. One of the big reasons why was to play GTA IV. One thing led to another, and I didn't get fully immersed into that game until recently.So, I'm playing GTA, and I'v…
- October 29th, 2008
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Winter weather
So, last night, it was flurries in the air and dark. That was the tipping point.I went and did it. I signed up to go to the gym. The gym is about a mile away from me, so the distance thing can't be…
- October 28th, 2008
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First 5K
So, there's a local 5K that my running buddy and I have talked about running in the past.This weekend, we actually did it.It's my first official 5K. Whoo hoo! Finally got around to just doing it.So,…
- October 24th, 2008
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Cleaning out my phone pix
I've had a bunch of pictures on my phone that I didn't post directly here, mainly due to wanting to add weblinks and such. I think this is the last of them.While out and about, we stopped at Moe's to…
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Ooo.. It's a lady!
Anyone like The Ladies Man? Funny flick. My brother in law mentioned I should watch it. Hilarious, in a not-very-advanced-comedy sense. I recently watched it, and truly enjoyed it. It's so stupid…
- October 23rd, 2008
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last.fm
I just signed up for last.fm. Yeah, I know. Late to the party. Not the first time.Feel free to friend me up.. 'raulgonemobile'.Same with FriendFeed. 'raulgonemobile' there too. Damn, I could have…
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It's getting cold
Went for a run yesterday, and it was cold. I put on my long sleeve running shirt and left the sleeves down, even. Yuck. I may have to visit the gym and look into a membership. I used to go to the…
- October 21st, 2008
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Hill workout
I was debating what to run last night.. The weather was perfect, around 55 and clear. I had an hour's worth of daylight to run in.I opted for a portion of one of my favorite runs.. It starts out goin…
- October 20th, 2008
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More strange cucumbers
To follow up on a previous cucumber photo, here's a new one:This strange critter grew around the grill and became mis-shapen as a result. Looks like it was impaled, even.
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Not a bad weekend
Went out for dice baseball on Friday. I started out the evening by going 3-1. Sweet. Of course, I dropped the next four. So, 3-5 on the night. Not stellar.Saturday morning we decided to break out…
- October 17th, 2008
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Midweek workouts
I took Monday off.. no running, no work.. just goodness. My wife and I hit some of the wineries on Cayuga lake. The usual assortment of wines, except we stopped at Six Mile Creek Vineyard as well.…
- October 16th, 2008
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Pumpkin roundup
This is probably my last photo of pumpkin beer for the season. I saw that Smuttynose Brewing had a pumpkin, but my fridge runneth over in beer currently.So, this is the Saranac Pumpkin Ale. It's got…
- October 15th, 2008
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Some weekend coverage
Yeah, it's Wednesday, and I'm finally getting around to discussing some of the stuff that went on this weekend. First up was dice baseball. I had the pleasure of hosting the guys, so I got the necessa…
- October 14th, 2008
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Perspective
Today is a bit of an un-fun post. Did some interesting things over the weekend, but that's not today's topic. We'll save that for another day.I'm not a big fan of politics. I don't particularly sid…
- October 10th, 2008
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Still got nothin' doin'
Just a relatively quiet day yesterday. (As quiet as days get, at least)My previously mentioned foot issues are healing, albeit slowly. My right foot actually feels pretty good.. It's probably at 95%…
- October 9th, 2008
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Coffee Makers
Speaking of coffee..We just got a new coffee maker. The old one crapped out after 10 years. I figure that we got our money's worth out of it. 1-4 pots a day for 10 years.. yeah. The breakdown was…
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Coffee
I love coffee. Lots of it. It was really an issue for me in high school. I was mere steps away from hooking up an IV filled with coffee.So, one of my brother in laws mentioned a new coffee to me.…
- October 8th, 2008
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Yeah, I've got nothin' doin'
No running.. still working on getting my feet and calves in order. My calf cranked up really good at lunchtime, so I don't even think I'm hitting the elliptical tonight. Blah, whatever.So, what to d…
- October 7th, 2008
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Bathroom is finally done
Yeah, so a long time ago, I started a bathroom redo. Nothing major, just a facelift.This past weekend, I finally finished. Finally.As you can see, the walls are nice and green. We went for somethin…
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Gmail labs feature
Check this out.A feature which will help you not do something stupid: e-mail people when you have no business e-mailing them. Namely, during/after a prolonged session with some alcohol. Looks like…
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Knowledge
One of the interesting things about running is that I'm always learning something new.In this case, that isn't always a good thing.Saturday, I went for a long run. Sunday, I dutifully took the day of…
- October 6th, 2008
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10 miles of suckage
Yeah, I'm a bit behind on blogging. Lots to rant about, rave about, and discuss.I ran Wednesday & Thursday, I think, but I don't really remember. Heh. Wow. I didn't realize I hadn't posted since t…
- October 1st, 2008
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So much for a rest day
My running buddy sent me a txt yesterday asking if I wanted to run.. I had previously said I was taking the day off, but hey.. Why not?Besides, I think the last time we exercised together was my grea…
- September 30th, 2008
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Case of the Mondays
Yeah, yesterday was a total case of the Mondays. Most things that went wrong did. Never got into a groove. Etc.I did go for a 3 mile run, but again, Mondays. Blah. Tired achy run. End result wa…
- September 29th, 2008
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Knew I forgot something
Blah. I knew I would forget something when I started writing.How about those Jets? Whoo-hoo!
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Rambling post
Friday night was week 1 of the dice baseball games. I wound up going 2-3. Interesting game, very fast paced. I was glad that the people I was paired up with weren't totally hardcore about it, as som…
