Taco Town - “it gets even awesomer” - I may have linked this great SNL skit before, but this merits a re-link. The blueberry pancake is one of the best parts.

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Aha, I finally figured out the word ‘sic’

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The FONE is simply a cell phone, nothing more - It does phone things well, and that’s IT. Thank goodness.

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Agitatin’ Dots - Whoever thought this up: thank you. Can’t beat deadpan corporate comedy.

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Amazing retouching work - The pictures of the people and the shoe are stunning examples of how much Photoshop can be used to retouch a picture.

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At the starting line to the Life Time Fitness Torchlight 5k yesterday, I looked down at my race number and noticed a coupon at the end of the race for a free Michelob Ultra low calorie look at how we can appeal to the exercising crowd and isn’t it amazing how little flavor there is in this beer. Recalling how I had felt at the end of the race last year (not too hot), I turned to the guy next to me and asked, “How could anyone want beer after a run?” I guess I assumed that those standing at the front of a crowd of 2500 runners would not be the type to pound back beer after a run. Instead, he said absolutely nothing and stared through my head as if it wasn’t there. To Mr. In The Race Zone, I say: thanks for making the beginning of my race memorable. “Screw talking to people,” I thought, feeling the tension in everyone around me rise as the starting horn was lifted into the air.

Adrenaline is an interesting phenomenon: it can have amazing effects on the human body, but has to be pretty powerful to overcome normal physiological limitations. For example, if the crowd I was in was running from a herd of bulls, nobody would get tired - they would be running for their life. However, in a race situation, the adrenaline boost from the anticipation of the start wears off in the first 200 yards. Then your running gets down to brass tacks - your training either buoys you above the surface of exhaustion or pulls you down into the turbulent waters of hyperventilation, muscle cramps, and etcetera.

During the run, I realized some important things about my running style: I’m more efficient going uphill than down. That said, it’s rather discouraging to pass someone up a hill, and then have them tumble past you on the way down. Strange. I finished with a time of 18 minutes, 39 seconds. This, according to Google Calculator, is a 6.00 minute mile pace. I think this is about a three minute improvement from last year. I’d love to improve another three minutes between now and next year.

Here’s to a good race.

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One of my favorite pictures ever - Perfect composition, execution, artistic vision, and so on.

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Perfect iPod Accessory - This great gadget features a gramophone-type appearance, but it plays your iPod’s music and incorporates a touch screen album art display. Exquisite.

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Recently, I ran out of soap while taking a shower. That’s a bummer, because you think you can accomplish one thing (getting clean), yet you manage to fail at it. I guess the soapy water I rinsed the bottle out with counted as soap. But that isn’t what this post is about. It is, interestingly enough, random poem time. Bad poetry is extremely easy. Good poetry is extremely difficult. I’ll settle for middling here.

When she says “I’m tired”
She doesn’t mean her eyelids
Are heavy with sleep

When he says “I’m alright”
He can’t mean that
All is well

People lie to themselves, to one another
Without trying

Social stigmas frame emotions
Dictate disclosure
Why should they care?

Yet the ones who do
They are who we look for
Who we will find

Nothing profound here, but thank you for obliging my casual efforts in getting my rusty wordsmith wheels rolling once more. Extemporaneous poetry should probably be an oxymoron.

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A $10 softbox - Mykala sent me this link and … this will produce some awesome images when completed. Even, white lighting is the key to great photos of normally boring things (and goodness knows the boring photos of things I take in the winter when it’s dark and cold and I’m busy with homework and don’t have time to take cool pictures).

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