Gotta find this place

which reminds me...

Let them have (stormtrooper) cake

click *HERE* to see this fabulous creation.

ps, i wanna marry that girl.

Recovery

sunday was one of the best days of my life. i finished the houston marathon in 3 hours, 15 minutes, 19 seconds -- a whole FIVE AND A HALF minutes faster than my previous best.

i'm recovering now, planning to post a full race report on the run factory within the next few days.

here is the song that was stuck in my head for at least 22 of those 26 miles (during the last 4 my brain wasn't working well enough to understand music):

Pardon the interruption

i'm going to do something i haven't done in almost two years: take a few days off from sharing my thoughts.

why?

because i'm super focused right now on running a personal best at the houston marathon this weekend. i'm going to be traveling, the technology loop (as mentioned previous) tends to drag my focus in times like these, and i want to really kick some fucking ass down there.

i'll be back.

while i'm gone, do yourself a favor by going outside and exploring.

HOLLA!!!

Beware the technology loop

i rely WAY too much on technology. i get sucked in by it VERY easily and i have a hard time putting the smart phones, the ipods, the laptops, the garmins, etc down or away for any extended period of time.

i need to change that.

when i run, i run sans phone/ipod and sometimes i run without my garmin, but that time only accounts for a small percentage of my day.

i'm going to try and get away from all the gadgets a little more in 2012. at least, i hope i can.

btw, portlandia is a fucking ridiculously hilarious and exciting new show on IFC.

Only thing missin' is chuck norris and a badass fight sequence

Save me from my species. please.

as if the delusional religion pandering masses weren't enough crazy, now i gotta sit through an entire year of broke-ass apocalyptic mayan calendar shit?!? seriously?!?!?!

fifth century BCE bullshit fairy tales are now regarded as fact?!?!? they warrant hour long television shows on the fucking history channel?!?!?

STOP IT, PEOPLE. STOP BEING SO FUCKING STUPID.

it's embarrassing.

And now we know

i have always wondered what goes on behind those little black flaps. well, now we know:

"A Universe from Nothing" by Lawrence M. Krauss

i'm reading sam harris' The Moral Landscape right now (a fascinating albeit difficult to grasp at times read) and in checking in at mr. harris' website i found this recent interview with scholar lawrence m. krauss about his new book A Universe from Nothing.

I

GOTZTA

READ IT!!!

santa may not visit for another year, but zelig claus has a pocketful of hamiltons that'll do the trick.

Dubsteppin like a boss

stole this from our man in los angeles, but judging from the 25 million + views on the old youtube, i'm sure he won't mind.

WHERE DOES HE GET SUCH WONDERFUL TOYS!?!?!?!?

he was born with 'em.

apparently, i was too, i just don't know how to make 'em work like that.

BUT... i am willing... to... learn?