General-purpose musings
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Lance Armstrong ran this year’s New York City Marathon, finishing in 2:46:23 and becoming the 698th runner to cross the finish line.
Imagine what it must have been like finishing in 697th place, just ahead of Lance. I’d have been tempted to turn around and taunt him: “In your face, Armstrong!”
It would be about the only chance you’d get to do that.
I’ve got a quiet household tonight as the kids are safely in bed and Kelly’s enjoying a much-deserved night out with her friends. Even the cat’s sleeping, somewhere around here. I’ve got a half-full glass of wine at my side and an urge to write something – not just post a link somewhere.
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Oh, I should also say that when I left the client site today my head was absolutely pounding. I was afraid that I might be following in Travis’s footsteps and on the verge of getting sick.
It turns out my headache was from my sinuses, which were having a tough time with the cold, dry air and the drop in pressure from the incoming front. A couple of tasty pints of Guinness later (and a visit with an old friend) and my pain was gone.
We Irish are a clever lot, now aren’t we? 🙂
I was reading the headlines lately about China’s current space mission, where their satellite is set to begin orbiting the moon in a few weeks. Then today I read about Syria cleaning up the mysterious industrial site allegedly bombed by Israeli planes last month. The imagery included with that article reminded me of the great site Intrepid Earth, a showcase for the satellite imagery to be found on Google Earth.
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Its hard to believe its been three years since this picture was taken. Today is Travis’s birthday. Like the proud, geeky father I am I blogged about his birth right before, an hour after, and alittle later after he was born.
More about T, as well as Hallie, on the Hallie And Travis site.
Happy birthday, T!
A few circumstances tonight made me recall a happy scene from my childhood. Kelly and I took the kids to Durant Nature Park’s annual Halloween Trail festivies, which we all loved. The kids were sacked out afterwards, with Travis not even lifting his head off the pillow as I read him his bedtime story. Also, the dishwasher is currently humming along in the kitchen.
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Its hard to believe its been only a week since the last Raleigh City Council race was decided. Seems like much longer.
In light of the N&O’s endorsement of the pro-development candidate in the District B race, I took note of the business story that ran a few days ago:
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Kelly and I went to our 20-year high school this weekend for the Herndon High School Class of 1987. It was held at the Reston Sheraton and put on by GreatReunions.com, with assistance from two classmates, Evan MacKenzie and Elyssa Brecher.
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I’m just now putting shoes on for the first time today. That’s one of the cool things about working from home.
How many thousands of gallons of fresh water are being wasted on the current Cary gas line fire? And for what? The drilling truck involved has long ago burned off its fuel, the truck (and road) is a total loss anyway, there is nothing around it that can catch fire (or that hasn’t already caught fire), and firefighters aren’t trying to extinguish the fire but are letting it burn out. Can some of my firefighter buddies tell me what these guys hope to accomplish by aiming hoses at it, other than practicing their aim?
On a related note, is there a reason firefighters must use fresh water to fight fires? Can’t they use reuse water just as easily and safely?
Bonus link: Check out the fire from the perspective of the N.C. DOT traffic camera on the scene.
