I don't often share links, but this news article from Runner's World today about Paul Ryan was interesting.
http://news.runnersworld.com/2012/08/31/paul-ryan-says-hes-run-sub-300-marathon/
Short version: Last week Paul Ryan claimed he's run a sub-3 hour marathon. "A two hour and fifty-something."
But of course there are no records to be found to support this.
In fact, nothing indicates he has ever run a marathon.
The article says if his claims were true, he would beat John Edwards (who has a 3:30 PR) as the fastest politician on a national ticket.
And the article notes that John Kerry in '04 was likely caught in a similar lie, claiming to have run Boston when no such records could be found.
This just supports my ever-deepening belief that politicians are lying sacks of $hit -- and this applies on both sides of the fence.
Man, I am ready for the elections to be over. And living in Texas, I don't think I've seen a single commercial yet to indicate the office of President is up for a vote this year, it's just all over facebook, which is enough to drive me crazy. I mean, I'm all for people voicing their opinions, but it's all so negative, so irrelevant, and frequently so false.
Friday, August 31, 2012
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Bestie!
Finally, Labor Day weekend 2012. My best friend works for the Univ. of AL and when their football schedule came out a couple years ago, she saw that Labor Day weekend 2012, there is a game in Dallas. She and her husband used to live here, back in the good old days, so years ago, she promised they were coming to visit this weekend.
And now it's finally here! Our house isn't exactly clean, but hubby is off work today and he has instructions to mop the kitchen floor, clean the kitchen counters and sink, clean two bathrooms, and put away laundry from the dryer and the "laundry storage station" in our bedroom. In the last 15 or so hours, I've vacuumed all three floors and around where the ceilings meet the walls, washed the glass on our doors, washed all the other glass and mirrors, cleaned one bathroom, washed the sheets and made the guest bed, put away my laundry and put away my clutter.
Their morning flight from Charlottesville had some maintenance issues, so they missed their connection, but fortunately there are lots of flights into Dallas, so they'll just be here a few hours late.
The best part of their visit will actually be the fact that their 5 year old twins aren't coming with them! Woo-hoo! It will give us more time to spend together. While her kids always seem pretty good, it would be a lot to have them in our house, and it would certainly make trips to restaurants and bars considerably less fun.
So we have an awesome meal schedule, hitting all their former favorite restaurants. Out tonight for sushi. Tomorrow is food trucks for lunch and a steakhouse for dinner (think I'll be going with a baked potato and veggie sides). Saturday morning is breakfast with a bunch of my running buddies at a fun patio place with a big bloody mary bar (though I don't drink those). Then lunch will be at my favorite taco place lately. Then they're going to the game in the afternoon and we'll hit up a bar district (possibly the one within walking distance of our house) after the game. Sunday morning we don't have any plans other than sleeping in. Lunch will be at a Mexican place, followed by gelato, and then a wine bar, and then dinner at a pizza place (the same place I usually pick for my birthday dinner, just delayed a few days this year). Monday we don't really have anything planned other than yoga and boot camp (not sure if they'll join me for camp or not), but there are about 6 more restaurants on her list, so I'm sure it will be lots of eating. Then unfortunately they leave on Tuesday around lunch time.
So much for my attempts to reduce my eating out! Haha.
I really can't wait for her to get here! Back to work so I can hopefuly scoot out a little early today.
And now it's finally here! Our house isn't exactly clean, but hubby is off work today and he has instructions to mop the kitchen floor, clean the kitchen counters and sink, clean two bathrooms, and put away laundry from the dryer and the "laundry storage station" in our bedroom. In the last 15 or so hours, I've vacuumed all three floors and around where the ceilings meet the walls, washed the glass on our doors, washed all the other glass and mirrors, cleaned one bathroom, washed the sheets and made the guest bed, put away my laundry and put away my clutter.
Their morning flight from Charlottesville had some maintenance issues, so they missed their connection, but fortunately there are lots of flights into Dallas, so they'll just be here a few hours late.
The best part of their visit will actually be the fact that their 5 year old twins aren't coming with them! Woo-hoo! It will give us more time to spend together. While her kids always seem pretty good, it would be a lot to have them in our house, and it would certainly make trips to restaurants and bars considerably less fun.
So we have an awesome meal schedule, hitting all their former favorite restaurants. Out tonight for sushi. Tomorrow is food trucks for lunch and a steakhouse for dinner (think I'll be going with a baked potato and veggie sides). Saturday morning is breakfast with a bunch of my running buddies at a fun patio place with a big bloody mary bar (though I don't drink those). Then lunch will be at my favorite taco place lately. Then they're going to the game in the afternoon and we'll hit up a bar district (possibly the one within walking distance of our house) after the game. Sunday morning we don't have any plans other than sleeping in. Lunch will be at a Mexican place, followed by gelato, and then a wine bar, and then dinner at a pizza place (the same place I usually pick for my birthday dinner, just delayed a few days this year). Monday we don't really have anything planned other than yoga and boot camp (not sure if they'll join me for camp or not), but there are about 6 more restaurants on her list, so I'm sure it will be lots of eating. Then unfortunately they leave on Tuesday around lunch time.
So much for my attempts to reduce my eating out! Haha.
I really can't wait for her to get here! Back to work so I can hopefuly scoot out a little early today.
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Business Casual Attire
Our office is business casual. To different people, that means different things. My boss, a VP, (male) often wears slacks and a polo shirt, or slacks and a button-down shirt. The male attorney next door to me often wears a short-sleeved button-down shirt and fairly casual pants. The female attorney on the other side of my office generally works from home, but when she is in the office, she is dressed very casually. The (male) president of our company usually wears slacks and a long-sleeved button-down shirt -- sometimes with cowboy boots or other funky shoes (he is very stylish). The other VP I occasionally report to (female) usually dresses very casually -- sometimes a soccer type shirt and pants. We're all allowed to wear jeans on Fridays, but that's no longer an issue for me, as I work from home on Fridays.
Most days I attempt to wear at least one dressier piece of clothing, either top half or bottom half. Tailored looking slacks with a more casual machine-wash type top. Or machine wash pants with a button-down shirt (which may be wrinkle release and machine wash, but somehow seems kind of dressy to me).
It's very rare that I go totally casual as I did today -- a short sleeved polo shirt and machine wash khakis, along with navy loafer type shoes.
It's also very rare that I meet directly with the president of our company.
Guess which day I had to meet with him.
Haha. Of course, I have lovely outfits that I have worn or plan to wear every single other day this week, but no, today, when this messy conflict issue first comes up and I need to discuss it with him, it is of course the first day in a month or more that I dressed totally casually.
Argh!
Most days I attempt to wear at least one dressier piece of clothing, either top half or bottom half. Tailored looking slacks with a more casual machine-wash type top. Or machine wash pants with a button-down shirt (which may be wrinkle release and machine wash, but somehow seems kind of dressy to me).
It's very rare that I go totally casual as I did today -- a short sleeved polo shirt and machine wash khakis, along with navy loafer type shoes.
It's also very rare that I meet directly with the president of our company.
Guess which day I had to meet with him.
Haha. Of course, I have lovely outfits that I have worn or plan to wear every single other day this week, but no, today, when this messy conflict issue first comes up and I need to discuss it with him, it is of course the first day in a month or more that I dressed totally casually.
Argh!
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Don't Do It!
Every time I am looking at my computer at work and out of the corner of my eye, see a guy on top of the building next door, I have a strong urge to leap to my feet, bang on the window and yell, "don't do it! don't jump!"
On some level I'm fully aware that they're not planning to jump, they're just up there working, but it's a deep-seated reflex for me apparently. It happens every single time I see it.
Anyway, more Hood to Coast posts to follow!
On some level I'm fully aware that they're not planning to jump, they're just up there working, but it's a deep-seated reflex for me apparently. It happens every single time I see it.
Anyway, more Hood to Coast posts to follow!
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