I'm running the half in Kansas City in mid October as well. You'll finish ahead of at least one person

In an escalation of the Hallow's night sugar fray, Cadbury eggs are now available - with a green center

You had me at "lurching content monolith"

what would be interesting to see is how long it was between record highs - if there is global warming, I would assume that every year would break records from the previous year. When the new record high breaks a record from 1933, it makes me wonder.