The "Great Debate" has ended

I can't believe it's been over 3 years since first moving to Illinois. How time flies by! Well, lots has changed since that decision, but one thing has been a constant. That is the fact that although the previous owners of the home I purchased kindly left their kitchen appliances behind, I really was never a fan. Especially of the refrigerator. After all, it NEVER made ice!! That was a "feature" that was broke from day one. Who knows, it's probably why they deserted it. They likely realized, as I now have, with what has been spent on purchased ice, we could have bought a decent replacement.

out of place

After spending an evening in the city last Friday night, i woke up early and went for a walk down Indiana St to venture the few blocks to Dunkin Donuts for my morning ritual, coffee. Despite the fact that I was going to run 10 miles and probably should really be consuming water , I just have to have my caffeine in the morning.

Well, on the return, I passed by a building that had a few carve-outs along the front and in one was placed a pay phone. What I found so odd about it, is that it actually is still here. After all, almost every where I go, I see all kinds of attempts made to cover up the spots where these things used to exist. Yet, here, on this very busy street in Chicago, in fact in a pretty upscale neighborhood, this lone pay phone still stands.

I surely expect that this thing is not functional. And even if it was, who carries actual change anymore to even deposit? Come to think about it, when I was younger, and the day of the cell phone had not yet dawned, I never was all that keen on using these things anyway. I guess it's because I pretty much always had put these things in the same category as restroom doors. You really want to avoid touching at all cost, and if you must, make sure you have a paper-towel handy.

Oh, and that just reminded me of the kids I grew up with and how they got a kick out of sticking gum and other very gross stuff on the ear portion of the handset....

ya, gross, i know.

 

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just how fast..

 

i wonder how long it takes to post a few sentences along with a photo from 30k in the air, all on a iPad running Blogsy?

 

45 seconds..

 

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Chicago Soldier Field 10 Miler

Bib

As usual, I tend to be very conservative in my estimates of how well i'll due in an upcoming race. For the last several days i've pretty much outlined all the reason's that I WON'T do well. Then in the end, it actually all works out ok. This year I finished in 1hr 24min. A 8:23 pace.

Of course, with the great support of Edyta and friends like Kevin, Carm & Phil, it's just made the entire even all that more enjoyable. From a great Mexican meal the night before and an excellent post breakfast, the whole day was more like a vacation than exercise.

 

Big "THANKS" to Kevin for his hospitality. Pretty convenient that he lives just blocks away from the stadium.

Oh, normally i'll take a small camera out on the run with me. This time I did not.. but between all of us, we have a few.

 

 

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City Bound

Back in December I registered for yet another race. After the 2012 Chicago Marathon, I pretty much swore I would not do anything more than a 1/2. This was due to the fact that I injured my foot so bad, it literally took 3 months to recover.

So, 6 months later, the day has finally come to run.

This race is a bit special, it's the 10th Anniversary race. Both the shirt & medal are the coolest I've seen given out at any race i've run thus far.

I have to say, i remember very clearly how dramatic this race is. First, it's not all that many times when one gets to step on the field of this stadium. Running through through the tunnel and on the field was pretty awesome...

Well, we will see how I do this year.. with a 8:05 pace last year and a lot of training under my belt and basically NONE this year, I won't even come close...

Good luck to all running this one!

 

 

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One Upon an Evernote

Some people make New Years resolutions, well I made a 5/20 one. After constantly struggling to keep my office organized, I finally decided to STOP shuffling stuff around and make decisions on the spot if something needs to be kept or discarded.

I purchased a book with the title "Getting Things Done", better known to it's cult following of GTD. The basic premise is of bringing order to your life in all things. For me, the immediate need to omit the clutter. How did I start?

Well, 1st step was getting rid of of every single piece of paper on my desk, floor, cabinet and the pile found in what is known as "the basket". I litterally scanned and uploaded every single document to Evernote (more on this later), THEN, and this was the hard part, SHREDDED IT.

 

Take that, my office is now clean.......

 

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