“Charge!” The outer circle boomed, quickly advancing forward throwing everything we had at the enemy. I took cover quickly along with my fellow warriors Justin, Grant and Dan – brothers that went through everything that day. Lying just in front of the inner circle we opened fire, attempting to flank our enemy and split them [...]
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My First (Green) Christmas
The newspaper and dead tree branch looked pretty. I mean, it was the comic section after all so some color stood out. And the tree branch was a freshly cut pine one, looking even a bit festive. The clear tape threw me off a bit, but I hardly noticed. Together, it all looked good.
Now maybe [...]
26.2 Finished; Thousands Fed
Technorati Tags: New York City Marathon,Friends of the World Food Program,world hunger,my marathon for hunger
Forty five donations, 9280 meals raised and 26.2 miles run. Successful? I think so.
The first part here needs to be a big thank you. It’s a big thank you to the 45 people who donated to the Friends of the World [...]
Wave 1, Corral 1; Still People Hungry
A few more hundred miles under my belt, my travel arrangements to New York City set and a cortisone shot in my knee means it’s almost go time.
Yesterday marked the official “it’s getting really close day.” I received my bib number and starting position – wave one/corral one, which I think is good – yesterday from the [...]
26.2, the hungry and hopefully you
Somewhere between 1000 and 1200 miles of running later, I hope tackling my marathon seems much easier. Especially because I get to eat.
Eight weeks ago I set out on my NYC Marathon “official 12 weeks of training.” Since then, I covered some 800 plus miles in my attempt for a successful 26.2. Yes, I ran consistently before [...]
42,000 People Running a Marathon; and Me
(This piece contains a slightly more than moderate tone of sarcasm.)
He died.
That’s how the story of the creation of the marathon ends. The Athenian Pheidippides ran from the battlefield near the town of Marathon to Athens to announce the Greek victory over Persia in the Battle of Marathon. Then he died. Supposedly he collapsed from [...]
Thousands of Words
A thousand words adds up quickly. It equates to a decent length blog post, well into the teens of column inches in a newspaper and roughly four times the length typically given for one to thoroughly express their opinion in a printed letter to the editor.
A thousand words also takes me a solid length [...]
A Yea Vote for the Climate Bill
The United States House of Representatives narrowly passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, on June 26, voting in favor of the most sweeping and comprehensive legislation aimed at controlling greenhouse gasses and energy independence ever to take the House floor.
And I voted for it.
That’s right, I levied all of the political [...]
DC Update
As my four month anniversary in DC sits just days away, here’s a quick recap of how things are going here.
@aplusk A Big Thanks!
Fifty thousand mosquito nets later, I’m a fan of Ashton Kutcher and Twitter.
Setting off on his first to one million followers on Twitter versus CNN, Ashton Kutcher made a promise. Kutcher Tweeted that if he won, he would donate 10,000 mosquito nets to help fight malaria in Africa. CNN followed suite making the same promise.
Before, [...]