Dragonslayer, Cat-sayer, Wordsmith, Oh My!

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This has been my week for getting picked. First I get called to Jury Duty and am randomly selected to go through voir dire… albeit I was NOT selected to be a juror, the attorneys assured those of us not picked that we shouldn’t feel bad about this. Done and done. But today I opened […]

A Fortunate Fool and His Cookie of Doom

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My 8 hour drive to the Charlotte Pit Stop yesterday turned into a 10.5 hour affair.  Construction bottlenecks and rubbernecking motorists for typical fender benders created a perfect storm of slowed traffic.  And despite the chipper GoogleMaps voice indicating I was on the fastest route and my route was clear, this was assuredly not the […]

Playing the Odds

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I’m hoping to run the St. George Marathon in Utah on October 1st. It’s a lottery system and I haven’t been doing so well with lotteries of late. But the course is famous for being a net downhill and a great opportunity to hit your Boston Qualifying time. I’d love to make that happen this […]