I'm planning on going for my first full in October. I'm signed up for another half in April and after that I want to switch my training to a full marathon. Six months seems like a good amount of time to make the transition and I figure I can always do another half or two while training. Where else am I going to get…

Thanks. My target time is 1:50. It's in El Paso which is 1500-2000 feet lower elevation than my house. I ran 1:54:49 in San Diego right on Christmas but I got a pretty bad chest cold two days earlier. It was still my best time and being at sea level really helped but had I been healthier I think I would have done…

And Brock's disappointment Hank didn't know who that was. I've always loved those two together.

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I absolutely loathe when my students use "females" as a noun in essays when discussing people.

I've never got the idea of a bordering state meaning much in terms of elections. California and Arizona almost never vote the same way.

I think what he was going for was trying to frame the problem as one where citizens were complaining about health problems and the emergency manager and various agencies weren't responding fast enough or trusting people as opposed to the larger issues of being aware of the problem early on and ignoring it or even…

Was Season 2 where they gave us Icon and Rocket or did they show up in the first one?

Fringe is amazing. They develop their in-show mythology really well.

Thanks! I was always curious about stuff like that. I've never really paid any attention to Broadway at all, but I always wondered how things like the Tony's had appeal to people outside of New York so that sheds some light on the question.

Hank's outfits were amazing.

I was listening to NPR this morning and they were talking to someone who is now handling the water crisis in Flint, MI. It was pissing me off because he was going into bullshit buzzword corporate speak: "The only way to change the culture of the situation is through active listening." Fuck you, dickbag. I'm guessing…

Mara doesn't like to see me clean shaven either.

I agree on the weather front. We went from being in the mid/high 60s with low wind back to highs in the 30s and 30 mph winds. I can't run in that shit!

Fuck cancer indeed. All the best to your brother.

I've been pretty much just playing Dragon Age: Inquisition. I'm playing as a female dwarf warrior and I've just about finished the Hinterland missions and finished the Fallow Mire, minus the locked door that I can't open until I get a couple of more perks in Secrets. I'm trying to decide between pursuing the romance…

My only animation this week was Venture Bros.

I did hear rumors of someone's mama being so fat that she brought a spoon to the Super Bowl.

My wife and I are going to go out that evening. We watched her friend's kids last week and she's returning the favor for us this Sunday. It was the only day we could work so we're going out to dinner and seeing a movie.

I'm very unaware of anything having to do with Broadway so this is a legitimate question: if a play is a big hit on Broadway and not being performed elsewhere, how does it gain a national following? I know people who are really into Hamilton despite not having the opportunity to go to New York and see it. Are…