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The predonderance of pondering

Published June 7th, 2009 in Miles, Rocky Mountain Half Marathon, Undy 5000, Red Wings, Tigers, beer, training, Running | 2 Comments »

Next week is the Rocky Mountain 1/2 Marathon in Denver, and my goal for this one is to just break 2 hours.  I haven’t been running a whole lot since my last 1/2 marathon, which was only 3 weeks ago, and I can sure tell.   But that’s okay.  This was never a target run or anything like that, just something to keep the adrenaline going.

The Detroit Red Wings are playing well at home, and lousy on the road.  They are up 3 games to 2, and game six is in Pittsburgh.  As much as I would like to see them win at home, they need to get it over with now.

We finally got cable the other day.  Now my question is, “do I now have DVR, and can I get rid of my VCR”?  My dog Miles chewed the cord on my VCR anyway, so it’s not like I’ll miss it.

How do so many people think that what President Obama is doing is so great?  His massive, massive spending is going to ruin this county.  Soon we will all have to send the government over half of our paycheck.  Shit, I already send my ex-wife almost half my paycheck.  He wants government run health care?  The government can’t even run the post office or Amtrack effectively.

Not to be outdone, but the Detroit Tigers are in first place.  I haven’t been following them yet (it is still hockey season), so I don’t know if they are a good team, or just that there are so many bad teams.

Why is it that I cringe at the beer store when my favorite beer is about $8.00 for a six pack, but when I go out to the bar, I’ll not even think about paying $4.50 for one pint?

Did I ever mention that Tom Brady of The New England Patriots is great?  I think that if I were gay, he’d be the one.

There is a 5K that I’m going to sign up for and it’s coming up soon.  It’s called the Undy 5000, and instead of  getting tee shirts, you get boxer shorts.  This run is really going to be “brief”.

Taking the Week Off

Published September 10th, 2008 in Red Wings, Detroit Lions, knee, Pistons, football | No Comments »

And it’s not from work.  I can’t remember the last time I took a whole week off from work actually.  But I’m taking a week off of running.  The knee is not getting any better and actually it took a U-turn this past week.  I was feeling pretty decent and starting to ramp up my mileage, when BAM!  Batman hit me.  I mean my knee started hurting again.  I went 10 miles on Saturday, and then paid the price the rest of the day.  It swelled up bigger than my head swells when I finish the word search puzzle in the comic section of the newspaper.

So here I am, drinking beer, and wondering why I’m still a Detroit Lions fan.  They lost this past weekend to Atlanta which is about as bad as losing……aarrgghh.  I can’t think of a good example.  Or bad example as the case may be.

So let’s talk about something else.  You go first.

I’m waiting.

Oh well, talk amongst yourselves.  I’ll give you a topic.  Civil War.  It was neither Civil, nor a War.  Discuss.

Isn’t Mike Myers the best?

Anyway, hockey season starts soon, and the Detroit Red Wings should be favored to win it all again.  They just resigned 46 year old Chris Chelios, so who can beat them now?  I hear Gordie Howe is a free agent.  And then of course, basketball starts again.  Oh boy.  They play like 800 games a year, so wake me up when they have 10 left.  And it’s the 4th quarter.

Thank you and good night.