Watching Time go by...

This is the new watch I picked up yesterday while grocery shopping at my local WalMart. I guess I'm just an anti-technology kinda person. For the last 15 years of my life I have not worn a watch or owned a cell phone. I picked up this watch so I would have something to use to log my times as I run now.

I still dont have a cell phone. I do see the benefits, most have camera's now so you can click a picture of a beautiful woman walking by or that car accident you come up upon. They have MP3 players so you can have a library of music at your disposal and can get that Elvis fix when you need it. Plus there is the phone factor, being able to reach out to a loved one 24/7 from almost anywhere you can receive a few bars. Then there is the internet, I could be posting cool things just as they happen to me on this blog.

I can almost see it now as I'm stuck in the twisted metal of my car on I-4, listening to The King sing "Dont be Cruel", clickin pictures of the guys using the jaws of life to free me, thinking, should I post these to the blog, seeing as it might be my last post ever or do I call the wife and tell her I love her. Personally, I would prefer to lay there in quiet knowing she knows I love her.

Quote of the Day

Life is something that happens when you can't get to sleep.

Frank Lebowitz

Jinelle's 70's Look

Here is a photo of Jinelle before Brit's party Saturday.


I'm Pondering driving to Deland for a 5k on the 10Th.
Just kinda in the mood to run another one soon and see how much I have improved in the last 30 days.
Both me and Dee did 4+ mile runs today.






Quote of the Day
Whenever I feel like exercising, I lie down until that feeling goes away.
Robert M. Hutchins

Slim Jims

Today's post is about one of my weaknesses. The venerable Slim Jim.

Not Slim Jim Phantom..The drummer for the "Stray Cats"
Not the Slim Jim lock picking device every AAA driver carries.
Not Slim Jim Baxter that Scottish Footballer.
and not the Slim Jim cocktail (2:1) Slimfast and Jim Beam
(I am guessing this is for all those fat alcoholics wanting to stay slim)

We are talking about that beef jerky snack created back during the
Great Depression by Adolph Levis in his Philly basement and now
sold by ConAgra foods.
For $3.50 at my local WalMart, I get a can of 24 of these 4in
anti-health, anti fitness, anti weight loss, sticks of simple pleasure.

I have slowly altered our household diet over the last 5 months.
A small change here, something removed there, maybe a bit healthier
brand of something common. I do these changes gradually, maybe
one change every week or so. Most have gone unnoticed and there
is no major shock to any ones system. At the end of the day we are
all eating quite a bit healthier than we were 5 months ago.

Time for my Slim Jim's to go, yes this is the change I have picked this week.
Deanna calls them (Johnny's fat sticks) One serving of Slim Jim's
are 170 calories. Of those 170 calories, 140 are fat. (Long Sigh)
If only ConAgra had made their nutrition facts smaller on the side
of the can, I might still be enjoying these.

Quote of the Day
"The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple" — Oscar Wilde

Sweet 16

Last night Brit had her party and as Melanie would say
"It was fabulous." A big horde of 15-17 year old women,
all dressed in 70's garb disco dancing the night away.
Then there was the group of 10 or so mothers working over
Melanie's liquor cabinet.

I dropped off Dee and Jinelle with the plan to steal a bit of the buffet,
have a beer with Fran and skedaddle. I ended up staying the night
(Don't think Fran wanted to be the only man around.) shooting pool,
eating, drinking and just having a good time.

Here is the only 70's song this DJ with over 30,000 songs did not have.
Yea it was my one request from him this night, If not for the beer to
bury my disappointment in ,I may have left at this point. (Just kidding)


This morning I had one of my best runs yet. (4.8 mi in one hour)
No major pains or cramps and I was feeling really good at the end.
Saw 202 on the scale this morning as well, so was doubly pleased.

Quote of the day (Just for The Comeau's)
You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they're going.
---- P.J.O'Rourke