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The need for speed training. Ouch. Tacky, I know. This was the first week however for speed training, track workouts. So something new for the week. Exciting. I like new things. As noted previously new places and and activities keep running interesting. Since I had finished up with hockey for a while I now had Monday evenings free, so I decided not to get up early to run. This gave me the

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Holiday weekends breed laziness. I did not want to get up and go on my Monday morning run on Labor Day. So I didn't. I slept in, and it was nice. But I did end up going running in the evening. The weather had actually cooled down from the previous hellish month so it would be more bearable running in the evening. The other part of the reason I was able to convince myself to go out and run was

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Coming off a relatively easy week with only a six mile run I was approaching my second big hitch that I was expecting in my schedule. On Friday September 2, 2012 one of my best friends was getting married in New York. I would be attending, and it would throw a wrench in my routine. This was a week we were supposed to start building up mileage again and I really didn't want to get a step behind.

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Another week another Monday morning run. This week I was scheduled for a 40 minute run and I was starting to actually run the full time of my Monday runs despite having hockey in the evening. Today however I was just not feeling it. I think a big part of the problem was I didn't have any Gatorade which had become a big part of my routine. I really enjoy the primer pouches that Gatorade makes. I

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So my last run was bad, really bad. Which was a big downer since I had been trending upward to that point. The good thing was that I had gotten a few runs in during the previous week when I was at a low point physically, and a lot of my problems were equipment based. So there were a lot of things that could be easily corrected. The first solution of which was don't party all weekend, which I

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So I had a fun weekend. Too much fun by some accounts. The problem with that much "fun" is it typically doesn't leave you energetic and ready to exercise. In fact I was extremely dehydrated and totally exhausted. So this had a dramatic impact on my activities throughout the week. Monday rolled around and  I passed up my morning run so I would at least be able to play hockey that night. Then

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As noted in some of my older posts I like the idea of doing book reviews but I am terrible at them. It is hard to really talk about a book and say how you felt about it with out delving into the plot. I don't want to delve into the plot because the whole point of a review is to say whether I think it is worth a read or not. In this case I definitely think it is and I wouldn't want to give away

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When you have a 6 month training plan, you are never going to be able to make it through every run and not have some schedule conflicts. This was my first of what will probably be several. I was leaving on Friday for a bachelor party in New Orleans, and I would be gone the whole weekend. Meaning I would miss my six mile run scheduled for Saturday morning. I wouldn't feel bad to miss a run during

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So I guess every week can't have something of interest or new to discuss. This week was really falling into a routine. Morning runs on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday that I ran on my own or with my wife. The runs were all increasing in their duration by about five minutes from the previous week. Aside from that it was a slow week. The Saturday long run was probably the most interesting point of

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OK, really that should read "switching to mornings". As mentioned in previous posts, the Houston heat and humidity is killer. I think it was one of the biggest factors in why I got pneumonia. Between that, and the fact that the evening runs were eating up all of my time, something needed to give. The idea switching from evening runs to mornings seemed the best option. My long runs are all early

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So this was the first week of official training. For some reason unknown to me now, I didn't think that Houston Fit actually had a workout plan for that week. I thought the three mile run that weekend was the start of the plan and we would go from there. So I missed the first run on Monday due to the fact that I had not actually looked at the schedule. So my first run on their training plan was

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A quick story about the shoes I started my training in. In January of 2010, I signed up for a gym membership. For about two months I worked out quite regularly. Then we decided to buy a house. Which did two things. First house hunting took up a lot of time, and secondly when we did find a house it was far away from the gym I was a member at. What does this have to do with shoes you ask?  Well

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Stomach ailment, pneumonia, bronchitis, all occurring right as I decide I want to run the Houston marathon. A demoralizing start to say the least. But I put money down to run this race. It needs to get done. At this point in time I threw Couch to 5K out the window. It was a two month program. I didn't have to months to start, and now I had lost most of a month being sick. Time to go back to what

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So June 1st I signed up for the marathon lottery. We found the Couch to 5K program and decided to start training using it on June 6th, the upcoming Monday. My biggest obstacle in all of this hit on June 2nd, before I could take a single step in training. After a long day at work where I had not eaten very much I was starving. I got home made some spaghetti and wolfed it down. Still my stomach

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So it was settled. I was going to run in the Houston Marathon on January 15, 2012. I was decided on this on June 1, 2011. So I had plenty of time to get in shape for it. But first, there was one obstacle to overcome prior to setting off down the trail to a 26.2 mile run. That is actually being allowed to run in the Marathon. The Houston Marathon/Half Marathon instituted a lottery 2 years ago for

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Recently my wife had a co-worker talk her into running in the Houston Half Marathon in January of 2012. When I heard this I laughed, said "Have fun with that", and continued to sit on my couch watching TV. This was the response of someone who had ran track throughout high school, went to a military college and had to run all the time, admittedly had said in the past I wanted to run in a marathon,

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Being a big fan of science fiction movies I see a lot of special effects flix.  Special effects can be a boon to a movie.  Looking at films like Star Wars or Tron, that were ahead of their day in what could be accomplished with film.  Star Wars using blue screen and miniatures to create a good deal of its effects, Tron being one of the first movies to pioneer CGI effects.  Star Wars I think

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So I enjoy anime.  I can't really explain why.  It geneally starts off as wholly understandable, and ends wholly uncompromisable.  But the animation style, the initial stories themselves are usually quiet enjoyalble.  The most simple of those I have watched is Dragonball Z...which honestly is really simple and never reaches the incomprehensible point that I have run into with other shows.  Gundam

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From the "Australian Office of Public Defense". Ducked and Covered: A Survival Guide to the Post Apocalypse from Nathaniel Lindsay on Vimeo. Pulled this from Io9, who has the full story Some useful tips in the event you survive to make it to the post-apocalypse.  A lot of uses of scorched human skulls I had not thought of before.  I am assuming it is not just me who feels that obviously they

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So I've been stuck in a Post apocalyptic kick for a couple of years now.  If you couldn't tell from my giant list of Zombie movies that I have watched in the last couple of years.  In addition to Zombie movies that I have watched recently, I have also watched The Road, The Book of Eli, Carriers, The Signal, Vanguard (this is a terrible movie, don't watch it), Escape from New York, Escape from LA,

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I being a huge fan of science fiction and the like have been interested in electronic readers forever.  They strike me as the "datacards" and whatnot of sci-fi.  For being able to read large amounts on I want that e-ink background as opposed to the I pad and other coming tablets.  To be able to carry my entire library around with me would be awesome (though I still want to keep my books too,

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OK, so random thought of the day.  Does your name have an effect on your personality?  If you grew up with a different name would you still be the same person that you are now.  I know it might seem trivial but that whole butterfly affect thing.   Plus it might really be so trivial.  That whole "Boy named Sue" concept.  The way people treat you can have a large impact on you.  So if you had a

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When one mentions vampires now a day it frequently brings about disgust.  Vampires once a concept of horror now are are seen as girlish icons.  Television and books today are overwhelmed with vampire stories.  Romance stories of girls and vampires.  They have lost pretty much all the horror concept that belonged with them in the age of Bram' Strokers Dracula or Nosferatu.  Can this happen to

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Have you ever seen a fellow jogging who physically looks so much like a non-jogger, usually because of wardrobe and / or disposition, that your first thought is "wonder what that chap is running from?" I have.

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So I went through a "scary movie" period of my Netflix queue a while back.  Some of my favorites involved zombie movies.  They can provide such great fun.  Below is a list of the ones I have seen and a few thoughts on each. Night of the Living Dead - Really the one that started it all.  I mean its not the greatest in the way of action or special affects, but you have to remember when it was

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When I say that I am not necessarily referring to the cannibalistic un-dead roaming the streets waiting eat you and possibly turn you into one of them.  I am talking about the "what do you do when the world goes to hell in a hand basket" plan. The world we live in is not a stable place.  Between threats of terrorism, climate change, crazy totalitarian states (yes, I mean you North Korea),  

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So I bought my first app for my Droid.  Not that I haven't downloaded any apps before, they were just all free.  But this one felt important.  For 99 cents my phone now runs as its live desktop a zombie outbreak simulation.  I can now watch zombie outbreaks take place over and over again. Through intense observation I have learned three important lessons.  The first is unless there are zombie

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So my wife recently made the comment that I hate pretty much any team in the NHL that is not the Detroit Red Wings.  I decided this isn't the case, its just the Wings tend to play a lot of the teams I hate fairly frequently.  Below is a list of how I feel about the various teams around the league.  This list was started at the beginning of the second round.  Somethings have changed in that time

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For four years I went to a military college.  During that time facial hair was frowned upon.  As in not allowed.  My first year upon leaving school I jumped whole heartedly into the tradition of the hockey playoff beard.  My beard would grow as long as the Red Wings were in the playoffs.  It paid off when I was rewarded with seeing them win the Stanley Cup that year after a six year drought (I

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So I had initially intended on doing a review of each book I read as one additional thing to write on this blog. I found my ability to critique stuff kinda sucks. So instead of doing an entire entry based on each review. I shall now combine all into one. Here goes: The Forever War - Joe Haldeman - Five Stars Awesome story and concept. One of the best books I have read in a while. It is a

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Let's see, back when I first started this site I discussed how tragic it was that people just keep remaking movies and how this stunts creativity. This is particularly sad when the movies are almost completely the same. One of the most painful or these I have seen was The Omen. The seemed to almost literally go scene by scene and just did the same exact thing. Why bother with the remake? Now

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So we didn't make it out of the country this time. Not enough time for that, but we did finally get some more travel in for a long weekend. A trip to New Orleans over the long Easter weekend was quite enjoyable. I will admit I had some doubts as to wanting to travel here. It has somewhat of a reputation as a shady city. It is an interesting city. Two very different sides to the town and

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So its been a while. I think partly I haven't been posting because I know at least five people will now see a link to this site because as soon as I post it will pop up on Google Buzz. So someone might actually read this. Who am I kidding...no they won't. The other problem is my last two posts were about how great Avatar, complete with overly large movie poster photo. Call it a guilty

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I believe Avatar is on pace to beat out Titanic for highest grossing movie of all time; It sure took long enough. I have read so many various reviews of "hardcore" science fiction fans of late who absolutely despise Avatar, because all it did was "play to the lowest common denominator" or "pander to the masses" with a weak story and amazing special effects. Therefore, it is not a good movie, it

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I watched Avatar in IMAX 3D last night. I went into it expecting spectacular special effects, and a lame retold story. On the effects front I was not disappointed. On the story side I was pleasantly surprised. I was impressed at how convincing the plot turned out to be considering a) it was about a bunch of 10 ft tall blue aliens and b) was similar in nature to: Dances with Wolves, The Last

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Well not a butterfly costume, but in general. What? You've never felt like you are getting dressed for battle when getting ready for work?

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If anyone does read this from time to time, I have a Google wave invite available. Google Wave seems like a pretty cool application. It will be interesting to see how it can impact blogging once it actually gets up and running. The invite be on a first come first serve basis. Leave an email address in a comment or send me an e-mail.

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So I gotta admit, I'm a McDonald's junkie. One of my favorite times of the year is when McDonald's does Monopoly. I end up doubling or tripling my McDonald's intake. I was thinking about this recently because I realized almost by accident I have a new travel activity. At least once per trip to a foreign country I have to try and sample their McDonald's. So far I have of course had it here in

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I tend to be a person of routine. I like to go to sleep and get up around the same time. When I go to a restaurant its probably one I've been to before, and I probably know exactly what I am going to get before I ever sit down. I like to sleep on the same side of the bed every night, and sit on the same part of the couch. In fact our couch now has what we affectionately call "the hole" from

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So I just flew in from the Netherlands and boy are my arms...yeah. Boy am I tired. It was a long week but a pretty good time. Five days of meetings interfered with the fun, but otherwise I would not have been there. Highlights of the trip.-Arriving at the airport and finding out my rental car is a manual transmission. yeah, I never learned how to drive stick, and learning in Europe was not

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So on Saturday I am flying to the Netherlands for a review for work. I'm not gonna lie...I'm a little bit nervous. The first thing is that I am going to be driving around in a rental car in another country. I can't say that I have ever done that before. So that will definitely be a new and interesting experience. I'm hoping I am not spending my time there driving lost around the countryside.

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So we seem to be getting rolling on movie nights now. The original was the Star Wars marathon. That took place a while ago; almost two years now. Six movies in one day, three boxes of wine. We made it through four movies and two and half boxes of wine before it degenerated into video games. Then came B movie night. A night of Zardoz, one of the most ridiculous movies of all time. Obviously

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So this past weekend we had a Lord of the Rings marathon at my place. The goal was to watch all three extended edition movies in one sitting. There was an added twist that each group coming to the show was supposed to bring a bottle of there favorite wine, so we could do a wine tasting as we watched. We made a bunch of different food to go along with it. I think we put out a pretty good

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So I have been trying various rubs with pork chops as of late. I've tried three over the last two months with the third taking place tonight. I have always tried to pan sear the chops which has been problematic in my apartment. I am constantly setting off smoke alarms because you have to cook the chops on a high heat, and the fan above my stove does not work adequately. Usually I cook them on

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When I lived at home with my parents, I never once prepared a complex meal for myself, or others in my family. It just wasn't how our family worked. Either mom or dad cooked. Then for four years at school I either ate in the mess hall, or I ate out. Needless to say my cooking skills were not up to par when I finally moved out on my own. And it showed. For about two weeks I attempted to

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Deal with it.  People are going to like different things.  Just because you do not like something does not mean other people should not.  People are allowed to disagree with each other.  Again, as I have said in the past it is part of something that makes us human.  It would be a boring world if we all liked the same stuff.  If everyone was the same, most of the creativity in the world would be

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I have been a fairly steadfast customer with Continental airlines over the last two years. As I search for an airline ticket for the upcoming holiday season I get to see how "wonderful" a company they are. If I want to travel on the weekends around Thanksgiving, I need to be willing to put up almost $500 more then I normally would for a ticket.I am glad they really feel the need to screw people

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The NHL has unveiled its new ad campaign, and I can't say its a real winner.  The campaign focuses on photos that have been taken over the past year and having the players in them step out and talk about the moment and how they feel.  While in an artistic endeavour this is a clever idea, I do not think that is what is going to appeal to people about hockey.  The sport is all about its

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The Space industry took a large step forward yesterday with the first ever successful commercial launch to reach orbit with a liquid powered rocket. Elon Musk's company SpaceX launched their Falcon I rocket at 4:15 PDT and made orbit roughly nine minutes later. This was the fourth attempt of to prove their Falcon I rocket. SpaceX is one of the competitors in the COTS (commercial Orbital

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I was driving to the book store today and it struck me that there is something wrong with the movie and music industry.  Every year we are constantly dealing with remakes of older movies and older songs (yeah, yeah this isn't really a stroke of genius on my part, I'll get to my point shortly).  People seem to have lost there ability to think of an original idea to make into a movie.  Or they just

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The Red Wings lost the exhibition opener tonight to the Montreal Canadians, 3-2 in a shootout.  The loss of the game is not really as worrying as the opening events of the third period.  Three minutes and five seconds into the period the Red Wings Captain Nicklas Lidstrom had a shot deflect off his stick and into his face.  He fell to the ice and a pool of blood was seen quickly forming.  The

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With the preseason starting up, I am pumped about the upcoming season. It was a long three months without hockey. Things slow down way too much in the hockey world after the draft. All in all it was a good summer being able to bask in the glory of another Detroit Red Wings Stanley cup. However, it just makes me more anxious to see them start the defense of the their title. Especially after making

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So I am starting to understand why people refuse to leave their homes during times of catastrophes such as hurricanes and what not. I have been in away from Houston as hurricane Ike rolled through. Not because I evacuated, but because I was already on vacation. Let me tell you, it is no fun to have no insight into what is going on at my home. All I can do is sit around and look at news reports

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I recently caught the end of a show on the History Channel called Evolve. The episode that was on was talking about the evolution of sex through the ages. The part I saw was discussing how humans are now to a point where we are taking our evolution into our own hands. We no longer require sex to procreate. We can start life in a lab. On top of that, we are getting close to a time where we could

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OK, so back to science fiction and why it is awesome (and also why people should not rag on it as much as they do). One major complaint that I often hear is how unrealistic it is and how unrealistic the dates are that are thrown out in it. Yeah, 2001: A Space Odyssey was a little off. They're authors not mind readers. The fun part is what they do get right, or what they do inspire people to

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Alright, B movies. Labeled as such because of the typically lower budget, poorer acting and campier story lines.For a lot of people this is a turn off to the movie, however it may in fact be their saving grace as well. Because in the end no matter how serious a B movie is supposed to be, they can all become comedies.And it is exactly what makes them less valuable that makes them priceless. Now it

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Ok, so truth be told, I am a huge science fiction fan. Usually as soon as that comes out the words like; nerd, dork, geek tend to start flying about. I use them alot from time to time because that is what is expected. But really, being a fan of science fiction is no different then being a fan of anything else. Its just certain people, certain things in the past have given science fiction a bad

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So I thought it would be fun to have a place to put my thoughts down on whatever I feel like. As my interests lie in reading and hockey, thoughts on those subjects will be the main highlights of this blog. Having a strange taste in many things made me think that what I write here will be appreciated by only a few. Hense the name.As it is this should be an interesting experiment.

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