Make your secondary Google Voice number permanent – Perfect solution for a a reasonable price. I don’t want to give up my old number for old contacts, but only give out my Google Voice number for new contacts. The 5 Switches of Manliness: Challenge – Part II of this series. Dead on so far. Texas movie theater makes an example (and a PSA) of a texter – Awsum. This should Read More ...
Awesome post over on The Logic of Long Distance on stoic running. Finally, and this point is probably hardest to grasp, you are responsible for you. Not your shoes, not your watch, not anything else. Those are tools, to be used with the requisite understanding, but they do not take away your responsibility to yourself. I’d maybe even take this a step further. I think some of the best long Read More ...
Digital Will – I could do a whole series of posts on this. Maybe I should. Maybe I will (no pun intended). Just try to cut off Netflix’s content supply – Can’t wait until the cable companies are skipped entirely and we can buy directly from the producers and/or networks. Win-win-win-lose. The “lose” is for the cable companies. The market will find a way. Jon Bon Jovi says Steve Jobs Read More ...
Portraits of Financial Normalcy – Some financial personality categories from @daveramsey. Eight Crazy Constitutional Scenarios – HT @kleinheider. This reminds me of those crazy scenarios that can turn up in baseball. In baseball, they seem to actually turn up eventually too. BMI(wife) < BMI(husband) Means a Happier Marriage – Good news for me. Barring an amputation, no danger of this changing any time soon. Elected Official Constitutional Knowledge: Disgraceful – Read More ...
Katherine Coble on College Debt: – “…the Student Loan is in many ways the new subprime mortgage.” Yeah, except you can bankrupt a sub-prime mortgage. This needs to be hammered home. The Explosion In Sudden-Loan Debt – “…unlike a mortgage, in which a borrower can refinance or—at worst—face foreclosure and bankruptcy, student loans do not go away.” I wonder what percentage of borrowers are aware of that little gotcha when Read More ...
Ok. I’ve noticed a lot of people are landing here looking for the answer to that one simple question…”What is the best way to train for a half iron distance race (70.3 miles) and finish in under six hours?” I wrote a longer, more detailed post about one strategy to do this a while back. But if you’re looking for a simple (and logical) approach, I’m going to summarize it Read More ...
How to get Fat as Fast as Possible (losing weight humor) | 3 Boys And A Dog – How to get Fat as Fast as Possible: Woot! I'm batting 1.000 so far this year! The most reliable (and unreliable) blogging services on the Web – These rank almost exactly as I would have expected. I kinda sorta don't get Tumblr. Is is like the midpoint between a blog and Twitter? Read More ...
China Up, America Down – If them folks cain't swim, they bound to drizown. Hard to argue with these points, until China starts trying to bully other countries. In 5, 4, 3… RunKeeper Pro– Free Through January – Normally $10 for the pro version, get it free! Delicious In Purgatory – I would be SO gone already (I already have a contingency plan in place) if all of my Delicious Read More ...
10 Things We Learned in 2010 – Thanks to Mr. Dave Ramsey, I learned these things in the early 1990s. Almost 20 years ahead of the curve! Matters not…most people will forget this stuff in 5 or 6 years. Track flight prices and check for airline refunds – Who was I talking to about doing something like this a while back? Oh yeah…emailing this to him immediately. Will 2011 See Read More ...
‘Stranger Danger’ and the Decline of Halloween – "We can kill off Halloween, or we can accept that it isn't dangerous and give it back to the kids. Then maybe we can start giving them back the rest of their childhoods, too." Amazing Beans: Black Lentils/Kidney/Garbanzo – Giving this a shot soon. YOU are Superman – Mamapedia™ Voices – “If eight park moms and one visionary principal could pull our Read More ...
Grilled Cheese Academy – A real education Financial Illiteracy Is Killing Us – Seriously, are there any non-profits focused on teaching financial literacy to kids? I will volunteer to help. Tooth Regeneration Gel Could Replace Painful Fillings – Just ordered up some jelly beans to celebrate this news. Facebook Places vs. Foursquare – Foursquare has a game/awards (kinda). The question with FB places is “why?”. Then again, you could probably Read More ...
I first started running in 2003. Not that I didn’t run before that, but that’s when I became “a runner” (arguably). That’s when I started running with running performance as the end goal instead of running with rugby as the end goal. The first thing I did was seek out some people who were already runners and drain their brains of whatever info I could. One of the best pieces Read More ...
If you want a real playlist to run to, you don’t need anything but 13 Songs. You can’t be what you wereSo you better start being just what you areYou can’t be what you werethe time is now is running out is running out is running running running outYou can’t be what you wereSo you better start living the lifeThat you’re talking aboutYou can’t be what you wereThe no movement, the no movement, Read More ...
The next time someone thinks you are crazy for going on a “short” 10 mile run or spending three hours on your bike, let them know about Charlie Wittmack’s World Triathlon. 12,000 miles total, beginning with a 275 mile swim down the River Thames and ending with a climb of Mt. Everest. And sandwiched in between: The 9,000-mile bike ride might seem relatively easy compared with the swim and the Read More ...
