June 27th 2009

Today is my birthday! 36 years old. i like to think of myself as
being older and wiser but I really have no way to judge that.
However, I did have a great birthday weekend. Went out with some
family and friends (thanks KG JD) on Friday night and spent the day
with my family on Saturday. Had a great meal..fillet Mignon,
asparagus, and potatoes, ate outside because it was a beautiful day!
Got some really cool gifts also, pie iron, a cd, and sweet t-shirt. I
really don't feel '36' or 'old' at this point in my life. I had a
great day!

June 27: Singer Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys is 67. Actress Julia
Duffy ("Newhart") is 58. Actress Isabelle Adjani is 54. Country singer
Lorrie Morgan is 50. Writer-director J.J. Abrams ("Lost," "Alias") is
43. TV personality Jo Frost ("Supernanny") is 39. Actor Yancey Arias
("Kingpin") is 38. Actor Tobey Maguire ("Spider-Man") is 34. Singer
Leigh Nash (Sixpence None The Richer) is 33. Actor Drake Bell ("Drake
and Josh") is 23. Actor Ed Westwick ("Gossip Girl") is 22.

6/25/09

Today was an interesting day! i was too tired to wake up and run so I
loaded up on coffee when I got to work. After reading some news I
finally got rolling with work. Later that afternoon I read that Farah
Fawcett had passed away. She was some fancy actress that passed away
from cancer. Had a great meal with my family and watched a huge storm
on the porch. Power went out a few times and found out that Michael
Jackson had passed away at age 50! That was a shocker! He had some
great music in the early 80's and then he sorta went strange. Finally
got run today... 3 miles and then had to do some work. Relaxing now a
bit watching some news. I hope to get some rest this evening.

I Finished!!

Wow what a tough week! Race day finally came and I was pretty nervous. Got down to west 25th area with about 1.5 hours to kill. The nerves were getting to me. I finished 26.34ish I think and I feel great!
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Tick Tock Tick Tock....Race day is approaching!

Well its Thursday afternoon...I am somewhat looking forward to this
weekend's run. I have been training for some time now. I hope that I
am up to the challenge. I am sitting here at work wondering what my
time will be. I hope I at least finish and not end up with a torn acl
or broken ankle. I have another two weeks before I start back school.
I will be taking 2 Finance classes (6 weeks). Should be super
gruelling. I try not to think about that yet. I am really looking
forward to July 3rd. I have the day off and having some people over
for a big brew day! I will be brewing another 10 gallons and
featuring my latest IPA.

Lastly, I finally made the transition to a Linux workstation. I have
tinkered with Linux since Fedora 5 but finally traded in my Windows
for Fedora 11. I can do the exact same stuff with even more bells and
whistles, not to mention added security. I am pretty excited about
that. I just hope I don't go back to school and they require some odd
ball application to run on Windows.

Sunday Morning...First Run Outside

Sunday morning was the first time I ran outside in a really long time.
I was pretty nervous. I guess I get self consise about how I look
while running in the streets of my city. Anyway, with the support of
my wife, she started the clock and I was off. 27 minutes later I
finished my 2.8 miles. I was pretty happy with that result. I have
been working pretty hard and look forward to my race on 6/20/09. I am
hoping that I can further improve on that time and make a decent
showing.

Saturday Night

So I built a fire for my son and pitched a tent this evening. My son and I are going to be sleeping outside in our tent. Had some pizza and some marshmallows. Should be a real great time! I love it!

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First 5k Run

So I decided to finally do it! After much consideration and putting
it off, I have decided to participate in my first 5k run
http://www.ohiocity.com/index.cgi?id=131&l=2&p=5700 I suppose I should
be pretty excited but I think I am more nervous that anything else. I
was running pretty well in the beginning of the year, about 4 miles in
40 minutes. I sorta reached a peak and have relaxed a bit. I am now
back up to about 2.5 miles with just over a week till race time. I
know I can do it...even if I walk the entire race.

I'll be posting news before and after the race if I dont pass out.

What? Another Post?

Two posts in one day? How does that happen? Currently on a month
break from school. Starting back July 6th. I need the break. Only 3
more classes to go.

Been a really long time

I have been super busy the last few months. Trying to finish school and my kids are growing up so fast. I wanted to touch base. I hope to be doing this more often.