Discomfort for health

I came across this tonight on yahoo news blurbs.

WALKIN

I think this is fascinating. The human interaction element has to be refreshing no?

A friend and I were talking recently about good trips off the beaten path and the odd yet unique items you come across, ya know the meat of a cool trip. The common item in these, is nice people. People that go out of the way for you. People who share with no conditions, and listen with an interest that even your closest friends have a hard time matching. I'll have to peruse his journal and see what adventures he's had.

Last few days have been hectic. Lots of showings, but still no offers. Got into someone's top 2, but lost due to our highway noise. Maybe the other house inspection will reveal massive radon. Bah, I don't really wish that though. Bad karma for my own basement.

Running outside has been difficult with the grass pollen in high quantities. I'm sure I look like an insane person slobbering along. In a way, it's kinda fired me up though. I've been taking advantage of all the hills in my neighborhood and doing a lot of hill repeats.

I got some new running shoes too. They're working out pretty well. Review to come soon.

Crazy Part 2

Well as I was saying, I was eating tunafish! Then I was thinking about lightning because the weather was getting hectic. I thought to myself, well no running outside today, because I see flashes off in the distance. Then it occurred to me that maybe it would be possible to construct a faraday suit you could run in. Then take it a step further and purposefully run in Florida in a county that has a really high percentage of strikes. I recall Okaloosa was way up there on the strike list one year. So yes , purposefully trying to get struck by lighting while running! How amazing would that be?

I know you're saying well what if you most likely died! Come on! Where's the risk. All you'd have to do is have a group of 4 paramedics run with you so you'd have a good chance of getting revived. Most lightning strike victims survive with good CPR. So I read anyway. You know someone would be up for it. Get a picture of that with a rainbow or tornado and you have what me and a friend call the photographic grail of leviathan..or something like that.

So I was going to post a pretty cool ball lightning video from youtube, but I got surfing and got stuck on tornados. This vid was pretty cool.

London is funny!

hahahahahah I can't stop laughing at this silliness!

Kill da Wabbit

A week or so ago, my dog found a well hidden stash of baby bunnies right outside our back door. Unlike my friends dog, he did not inhale them and masticate their innards. Instead, he was just curious, and they ran around and squealed. My daughter was very excited and instantly wanted to adopt them. How does she know this is an option?

We do not like the rabbits though. So I put the four little bunnies in a large zip lock , beat them with a stick, and buried them. This thought ran through my head, but I could not do it. They were so tiny and scared. With all the drama with my little one and the dog though, we had to relocate them as the only other option.
So we sneaked them into a box and released them in a secluded portion of a park. Hopefully, they will get a fair chance.

Today the rabbits have upped the annoyance level by making big burrow holes under the front porch and eating entire plants in the flower bed. Our whole neighborhood is loaded with rabbits I tell ya. Time is on their side, but I'm very close to buying a .22 caliber Ruger. Some bunny may end up in a ziplock after all.

Maybe I should just watch WaterShip down again. It's been years.

Slip Crunch

I may not have been really sick! Of course I was sick! There was colored discharge dammit! However, I think my allergies may have donned their little Ige ninja suits and threw a sneak attack party. I can't be certain, but am on high alert. The 'nose' is under control for now. It's mere days before I will have to bust out the sinus rinse/flonase/zyrtec/allegra/claritin combination. Lotioned puffs are at the ready!

Cool moment of the day - running uphill on a road that has houses being built on it. This caused a ton of dirt to cover the road. I can run in the middle of the road, cuz no one is driving here yet, and all that can be seen are houses in various stages of construction. And for a few minutes the sound of my breathing and shoes pushing the dirt out on the pavement sounded/felt really cool. It was an interesting surprise.

After finishing The Pacific on HBO , I picked up a copy of the book that EB Sledge wrote. I think this book will be powerful.

Temple Grandin

Well I have caught my daughter's cold. I laughed at it and mocked it, so I guess it decided to put the smack down on me.

Have a 9am house showing tomorrow. First showing we've had in 9 days so that's nice.

I finally finished Animals In Translation. Jeez I'm so slow with books, but I finally had a chance to watch the HBO special on Temple Grandin as well. I highly recommend this movie. It's full of inspiration and thought provoking ideas. Heck, it even makes me consider taking beef off the menu. And if you know me, that's a pretty big deal.

Crazy Part1

I was eating some tunafish today which was notable since I haven't eaten it in months. I was really grossed out watching people work in a tuna packing plant a while back. The memory has faded I spose. Plus, it's been sitting in my pantry, and I don't want to waste it.

So while chewing away in the kitchen I had this crazy thought. In order to grasp it, you must first watch this.