I have a mental block. Scratch that. I have MANY mental blocks. But the one I’m currently fixated on is the difference between one hump camels and two humped camels. I can always remember one type is dromedary and I always assume whichever camel I see is a dromedary. But the truth is, that’s only […]
Go ahead. Zoom in on my vaccination card. You can CSI “enhance, enhance” all you want, hackers. The countermeasures are strong! Gonna laminate this just as soon as I get my second dose in a few weeks.
Thanks to dual monitors and a Diet Coke, I was able to register for a vaccine appointment this week. I was feeling an upswing in hope and emotions and like all too many of us I was restless to get out of the house once more, as if we had returned to normal… or at […]
Oh, well, double h-e-double-hockey sticks. Or I guess Double H, Double E, Quadruple Hockey sticks. Turns out the Irving Marathon was THIS morning… so not only would I have needed to get 1100 miles from my house to the starting line, I’d have to have at least once gone more than 88 miles per hour […]
Turns out my deferred race entry from Covid-19’s 2020 cancelation for the Irving Marathon is tomorrow. Barring a 12 and a half hour mad dash road trip, and ignoring all kinds of personal worries and CDC recomenndations, that’s not happening. Still, I feel dumb for having so messed up my calendar. I guess I need […]
How many half marathons must a man run down before he takes a rest day? Four. The answer was four. Just not happening today.
Every day around 9 AM I log into the local vaccine portal to see if there are appointments available for my age group. And every day I am told there aren’t. It’s early in the process and eventually the dates and time will work out. I just need to be patient. Thankfully, we have experts […]
After numerous dropped connections/denial of service attacks, and spinning dots, I was able to get to the appointment schedule. They only were offering April 3rd… and the two times I tried were already gone by the time I got to the confirmation page. Request… Denied. Please try another time. And by 9:13 AM, they were […]
Ugh. I’m sitting here at my computer redreshing my web browser in the hopes of getting into the Covid-19 vaccination registration portal. They announced expanded eligibility effective at 9 AM today so I’m hoping to get on the schedule as soon as I can. I’m having flashbacks to college days of trying to register for […]
A virtual run brought to you by the letters M and M. At 7 AM, before heading out, I ate half a bag of peanuty chocolate candies that melt in my mouth and not in my hand (but to be perfectly Frank Drebin — they do melt in my hand). I’m trying to tell myself […]