My 1st Team Voice Event

This was my first weekend Team Voice challenge, 4.1 miles in 29:50 on the bike :) This is going to be REAL fun!

Oh the Weather Outside is Frightful...

Not too much long distance running this week....just sprints in between buildings because of the -20 temperatures all week :) No worries, I'll be back on board soon!

Workout Song: My lost audition for American Idol. I do a rendition of The Pointer Sisters' "Neutron Dance". Click here to see it: http://tinyurl.com/2g9mqh

EPCOT AWAITS!

Time to Start (For 2010)

Well, it's Sunday night of Marathon week 2009. Great job to everyone, Team Voice or not. It's also not to early to think 2010 (As I am), so I provide this workout courtesy of the Blue Man Group (Granted, I know they're somewhere else in Orlando, but these guys are really good if you've never seen them live). Appropriately, this piece is called Time to Start.




EPCOT AWAITS!

Sorry for Not Updating...

But I'm working on a giant research paper on Epcot for a college class right now. Seriously, for those who haven't been scared away by my Mongello geekiness (Oh Lou!), I cover everything from the Florida Project up until the Living Seas switching over to Nemo. The research process actually is really cool (If you haven't seen Walt's Epcot video, I highly reccommend you do). If anyone is nerdy enough to admit that they want to read my final paper (I'm aiming for a mid December end date), drop me a message.

Just Because It's "The Sinkhole Capital of the World", Doesn't Mean You'll Sink

I usually have a lot of respect for travel writer Peter Greenburg, but following this segment on Tuesday's "Today" show dissing Fountain, Minnesota (A town about a half hour south of where I grew up), really makes me wonder if he's still in it for the Joe Schomes of the world:


For the record, I have visited Fountain numerous times and have yet to fall into a sinkhole (Yes, they exist, just ask around). It's perfectly fine to travel there (They actually have a really nice bike trail, thus the bike reference), and it's a really cool natural sight with the bluffs.

Thank a Soldier

As you know, today is Veteran's Day. Without going too much on the tangent on how Veteran's Day should be observed in our schools, my 6th and 7th grade teacher, proud Army vet and friend of mine, gave us the lecture on both Veteran's Days on how he felt betrayed by the school district on how there was nothing done to salute his service. What once was a proud and respected tradition of having a veteran speak at the high school I graduated from with the color guard present has been reduced to "Write a Soldier" or "Write a Member of the Peace Corps" (?) day. Anyway, back on point, I always make it a point to thank uniformed personnel when I see them, and more times than not it makes their day. I actually had a nice conservation a couple months back in my hometown with a soldier who is headed to Iraq in January, and he said that my support is sadly he doesn't hear too often from Americans, especially with the unpopularity of the Iraq war. So, to every member of our military, I THANK YOU!
I also present the songs for each branch of the military.
Air Force:


Army:
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Marines:


Navy:

75 in November? Good stuff!

Yes, that's right, it'll be 75 in MN today :) I also did my 1st 5k jog on Friday too!