My First Marathon
I ran my first marathon on Sunday. It was one of those things that I’ve always wanted to do every since I can remember. After I crossed the finish line, one of the first things I said was, “That’s one of the dumbest things I’ve done in a long time.” Running 26.2 miles hurts, especially […]
How Long Do We Have to Apologize?
On Monday, the Japanese Foreign Minister apologized to a W.W.II veteran group who had survived the Bataan Death March. The 90 year-old leader of the group was not satisfied with that. He wanted an apology from the private companies who, “used and abused,” prisoners in their mines and factories. My grandpa is a W.W.II veteran […]
Triathlon
A triathlon is a combination of swimming, biking and running. There are various distances one can do: there’s the Sprint which consists of a 4-500 meter swim, a 13-16 mile bike ride and a 5k-or 3.1 mile run. Double those numers for an Olympic Tri, and keep doubling the numbers for a Half-Ironman and Full-Ironman. […]
Mosque Being Built Two Blocks From Ground Zero
A new holy-war is ragging in New York City. The issue pertains to a proposed mosque and community center that is being built two blocks from where the World Trade Center once stood. A conservative advocacy group, lead by Pat Robertson, filed suit Wednesday to challenge a city panel’s decision to let developers tear down […]
My Half-Marathon (Joker’s Wild Run)
Yesterday I ran my first timed Half-Marathon called the Joker’s Wild Half-Marathon. I finished 476 out of 512 people with a time of 2 hours, 51 minutes and 44 seconds. I wasn’t sure exactly what my time was when I finished because in all the excitement, I forgot to start my stopwatch right at the […]
Michael’s Still Alive
Today marks the one year anniversary of Michael Jackson’s death. Everyone is affected differently by celebrity’s deaths. For some, it’s the worst day of their life, their hero is dead. For others, they could care less if a celebrity dies. I fall in the later crowd over Michael Jackson’s death. It’s not that I didn’t […]
Marathon Maniac
I’ve decided to run a marathon. If you knew me you’d say, “Yeah freakin’ right.” But regardless of what some haters have said to me, I am going to do it. The decision to run a marathon came about a month ago when a co-worker, who I’ll call Mrs. S., came into my office and […]
Google’s Daily Logo
Today is Hans Christian Andersen’s birthday. Who is he, you may ask? He wrote stories and fairy tales 200 years ago. A few of these stories are: The Little Mermaid, The Little Matchbox Girl, The Emperor’s New Clothes and The Princes and the Pea. Besides writing stories starting with the word the, he also wrote […]
Search Engine Optimization for WordPress Bloggers
When I began blogging a few months ago, I had no idea what Search Engine Optimization was. I was happy just to be able to sign up for a blog with blogger.com, write an article and then publish something instantly. Once I figured out how to embed video into the site, I was ecstatic. My […]