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Chiefs trade Allen to Vikings - Yahoo! News

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

Chiefs trade Allen to Vikings - Yahoo! News
I sure hope this trade isn’t reminiscent of the Herschel Walker trade…

Newton Running Follow Up

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

I have put about 50-60 miles on my “Newts” now, and am still pretty happy with them.  I have run pretty much all training distances (at least for me) with them on, including 6+ miles, interval runs, tempo runs and all out sprints. My original posts are still pretty much how I feel, but I [...]

When do you workout?

Friday, January 18th, 2008

I have committed myself to a race this year, my first one in over a year and have gotten back into a pretty good training routine (nothing formal just yet) and have switched back to working out around lunchtime again.  Before that, I usually worked out right after taking my son to the bus stop.  [...]

Baseball tells Congress it’s nearing steroids accord - Yahoo! News

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

Baseball tells Congress it’s nearing steroids accord - Yahoo! News
I am (tongue in cheek, of course) thinking of forming an association of a bunch of really good computer programmers:
We’ll pay dues, have some professional programming events where we compete to see who can complete certain security tasks (setup by the association.) We probably [...]

Mitchell testifies on steroids in baseball - Yahoo! News

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

Mitchell testifies on steroids in baseball - Yahoo! News
But Major League Players Association president Don Fehr said his group needs time to examine the recommendations before reopening the players’ contract to allow expanded testing.
In other words, they need more time to cover their tracks…
I don’t understand how something that is a felony to do [...]

Newton Running Follow Up

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

I have put about 15 miles on my new Newton Running shoes and there are a couple of things I can add to my first impressions and my first post on the topic.
First off, the shoes are still damn ugly, but in a beautiful damn ugly way. My wife has vowed to never [...]

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