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• The Lego Movie: Everything Was Awesome (Even the Irony)

  

  The Lego Movie is a great, creative, and fun film in a Pee Wee's Big Adventure kind of way. Like any good episode of Adventure Time, The Regular Show, or... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• SWEET CORTISONE, "Da Da Da Da" and a Philip Seymour Hoffman Follow-Up

  

  Where it began: 17 months ago. September 2012. Two weeks out from the New York City Marathon. During a 13 mile run I tore the bottom of my quad. Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2014 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• Philip Seymour Hoffman and 23 Years of Sobriety

  

  Philip Seymour Hoffman had a drug addiction in his early 20's, but then got sober at 22. He stayed sober for 23 years.After 23 years he relapsed.23 years to me... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2014 CELEB, CURRENT, MEDIA, SOCIETY

• Happy Chinese New Year! Here's Why It's Important to Me

  

  It is Chinese New year, and as a family with a child from China, our family will be celebrating. I don’t discuss my kids and family much on this blog, it’s... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2014 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest: STRAY Is Shopping For Shoes

  

  STRAY is being polished off and getting ready for Amazon's BreakThrough Novel Contest in February. The contest is open to self-published titles and is a yearly... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2014 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• Treadmill Creatures

  

  I've written about treadmills a ton this winter. It is not just because this winter has been a beast, but I also have some treadmill guilt. My ratio of inside t... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2014 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• Book Review - A Fantastic Piece of Crime Noir

  

  Being in non-marathon training mode and running less miles means more time reading. I have being doing book reviews all over the place, and I am now a guest... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2014 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• Proud to Be a Runwell Advocate. Here's the Reason Why

  

  I am excited and privileged to announce I am now an advocate for the Runwell organization. I stumbled on them by what seems like an accident, but there may... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2014 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• I Need a Runner Ap Maker, But All I Got is an Audio Book

  

  There are all sorts of runner aps out there. Some will measure your run, talk to you in Olympian voices, and read off your splits. There are some for the... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2014 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• Archetypal Suburbanites During a Polar Vortex

  

  Snow-poclaypse!I’ve been spending tons of time outside shoveling, making snow forts, cleaning off cars, having snowball fights, and I’ve come up with a few... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2014 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• Treadmills Are People Too

  

  A blizzard is nailing the east coast. There is enough snow to bury a standing hobbit. If you run outside, snow will be up past your knee. Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2014 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• New Year's Eve Vomit

  

  It is New Years! Turning the calender on another year.In my past life, New Year's Eve which just another day to get drunk and wake up sick and ready to vomit. I... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• A Year in Blog Posts "World War Z, Pepsi, and Runner's World Abs"

  

  "Son, you want to get some hits on your blog, I got two words for you. Now listen closely. Darryl Dixon. That's right, just put Darryl Dixon in your blog... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• Running Outside in the Frozen Like Olaf

  

  Running in the winter is really a two-headed beast. One of the beasts looks like this:It’s hard to think of treadmill running and running in the snow and ice... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• On the Lips of Children is Climbing Up the Charts and Secret Rewards Await

  

  I wrote a nice little blog post on running in the winter that I was going to put up this morning. But that post has been bumped so I can make this blog what it'... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• Darryl Dixon, Amazon Drones, and I'm Opening A Dollar Store

  

  If I could, for a dollar I would;A. Send Darryl Dixon to your house Christmas morning to unravel all those plastic stringy things on your Christmas toy... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• "Just a Tissue of Niggles" - A Runner's Biggest Fear

  “Today is bad, and day by day it will get worse – until at last the worst of all arrives” ~Some philosopher dude who has a long beard and grey disposition. Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• Fear and Loathing on the Netgalley Trail

  

  I have recently discovered Netgalley, and my life may never be the same. It’s like having your plane crash on a mysterious island and suddenly you can walk and... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• "Running With the Pack," by Mark Rowlands

  

  “Most of the serious thinking I have done over the past twenty years has been done while running,” says philosophy professor Rowlands, who has run for most of... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS

• Yahoo Email Is Down

  

  My Yahoo Email is down and has been down since Monday. Completely inaccessible. They say it is for scheduled maintenance, but the longer it is down the more I... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2013 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING, SPORTS