http://into-the-blue.com/blog Random Rants at Random Times Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:39:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For the last few months I've been living under the illusion that that little misanthrope known as Ms. Litka had turned over a new leaf. That she'd actually become a caring individual. Yes, for some completely unfathomable reason I thought that she'd actually become kind, nice, sweet and all of that ... http://into-the-blue.com/blog/2008/11/21/roller-virgins I managed to go running again this morning. It was significant because for the past 2 months I've been almost completely unable to run due to my left ITB giving me a big Fuck You. Cycling wasn't any better - my ITB would start yelling at me after about an hour ... http://into-the-blue.com/blog/2008/11/13/the-fundamental-interconnectedness-of-everything It's Halloween. So we decided to carve pumpkins. http://into-the-blue.com/blog/2008/10/30/halloween-wooooooo Take 2 cyclists, one a wannabe. Add 1 cyclocross bike with knobbly tires. Liberally apply competent biker to the 'cross bike and make the somewhat incapable newb ride his normal road bike with slick tires. Stir in some sand and gravel. Apply a dollop of dirt. Garnish with a wooden 5' 4x4 lollipop. Bake ... http://into-the-blue.com/blog/2008/10/19/a-recipe-of-sorts So here I find myself: In front of my laptop at 10:45pm on a rainy night. Eating hippie-crunchie-organic waffles with fake maple syrup. Drunk. Inebriated. Buzzed. Oh yeah, I've sacrificed great gourds at the shrine of Bacchus. I've spliced the main brace, wet my whistle, cracked a bottle. In short, I'm ... http://into-the-blue.com/blog/2008/09/30/mmm-waffles I work in a medium-sized cubicle in a medium-sized cubicle farm in a medium-sized company. Oddly enough, we have a medium-sized cafeteria where one can get lunch and where the greedy little fuckers called Sodexho can screw you out of every last penny possible. Today I thought I'd be thrifty and ... http://into-the-blue.com/blog/2008/09/26/extortion-is-alive-and-well Triathlon racing season has, for me at least, ended. About 9 or so months ago I was essentially a gym rat with no running, cycling or swimming training worth mentioning. Somewhere around New Year's Day I got the crazy notion that I was going to attempt to do one triathlon ... http://into-the-blue.com/blog/2008/09/22/ive-arrived-in-hell Yesterday a friend of mine died; I just heard the news tonight. I didn't know her all that well, but Erica had recently married a very good friend of mine, Kendal Simpson. I can't even imagine the desolation that Kendal and Erica's family must be feeling at this point in time. ... http://into-the-blue.com/blog/2008/09/07/erica Tired of whining about the lack of hills in New Hampshire? Want to do something that will make you feel the need to consume thousands of calories of ice cream? In need of a pick-me-up that will make you feel like you've achieved something? Or perhaps you're yearning to experience ... http://into-the-blue.com/blog/2008/08/30/le-petit-tour The West Kennebunk FireMan Triathlon swim was touted as a 1/3 mile swim, but I'm going to go ahead and claim it was longer. Closer to 1/2 mile. Otherwise I'd have to say I suck at swimming because I got a 13:33 split on the swim. Oh yeah, the swim: 13 1/2 ... http://into-the-blue.com/blog/2008/08/27/wanted-my-sanity