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    I remember driving home from my birthday dinner many years ago in my somewhat new to me 1967 Ranchero. Man I loved that car. Pulled out of the parking lot and the car just felt terrible. Kept thinking it was a vacuum line, but wasn’t too knowledgeable about classic engine yet. Made it home and called some “experts”…

    I watched the Netflix doc on the Barlkey right when I first started getting serious about running. As I started the doc I thought to myself “this looks super fun, I can totally train up for this.” By the end of it I realized that I am not built for it. If I had started training earlier in life maybe, but not now. My…

    No, it was the Star Wars Light Side challenge at Disneyland. The Goofy challenge is a half and full if I remember right at Disney World. I am planning on the Dopey Challenge for 2019 though. I was planning on doing it next year, but they sold out before I could register.

    I haven’t done a full marathon yet, but it is on my list for 2019. I did my first half this year (with a 10k the day before) and it was indeed an experience. Even moreso because my training had fallen off in the months before hand. I do not recommend that. Train, train, train. I was already prett wiped from the day…

    Been down this road a few times. First was my 67 Ranchero. I still miss that car. I bought it knowing that it needed some love. After driving it a few times to work and back over a couple of months the engine started having issues. Over the course of the next four years I found all sorts of hacks and issues with it,…

    A year ago hadn’t run a 5k yet. This weekend I will be doing a 10k and a Half Marathon. Next year I will do the Dopey Challenge at Disney World. The running bug is real people. The couch to 5k apps are great to get one up and into the idea of running multiple times a week. It worked for me and I spent most of the…

    Really, I am on the fence about this movie. I only watched the first trailer because I was excited for this movie. Like more excited for it than ep 7. I read the prequel novel, Catalyst (which I highly recommend) so a lot of the backstory on the Erso’s, Krennic, and the Kyber crystals was already there, which helped…

    As someone who also bought a WiiU a few years ago, I am kind of sad about it going away. Then again, my wife and I only use it to play Skylanders and Lego Dimensions. Even the “big” Nintendo games, like any of the Mario games, we never played. I think we just moved past those kinds of titles. Granted this was also a…

    Great to see him still around. My wife and I watch Food Network Star every season and were really happy when he won. He reminded me a lot of Alton Brown, who got me into cooking with Good Eats. Never heard anything about him after the pilot though so we were wondering what happened to him. Good to hear that he’s found…

    Years ago my dad and wife, then girlfriend, drove from our nice and chilly Southern California home to visit some family in Denver for Thanksgiving. Everything was fine there. I enjoyed the minimal snow and Colorado cold. My wife did not since it was her first real entry into non-SoCal weather. We decided to leave…

    The mental game really is the biggest part of a good run. I’ve struggled with the mental wall with almost every race than I’ve run this year. The only exception was the Disneyland race earlier this month where I was distracted by running with my family and all of the other Disney stuff. It was one of the best runs…

    Looks like the light bulbs are sold out. Also the price for the soft white were the same. I think Amazon will honor the price if you order now, when they restock.

    Rye, or otherwise known as the gateway to the rabbit hole. I got sucked in pretty bad last year, but I walked away with my love for Spelt. I bought a 50lbs bag from a co-op in Minnesota that I am still going through, roughly a year later. This saves a ton of money and the quality is outstanding. I also know exactly…

    I’ve been baking at home for a couple years now. For at least a year of that I had the same starter going, but it turned funky when I had to go on a long trip. One can cheat things, mostly the timetable a bit by doing a “quick” starter. Do the same 1:1 of flour and water. Make sure the water is at about 130 F and add…

    I think Elijah hit it on the head. JRPGs, and even some Western RPGs are a lot about walking around getting from point to point. Usually this is super redundant but it seems like FFXV has taken the time to make the environments diverse enough to make it at least somewhat visually stimulating. I enjoyed the original…

    I bought some of their Men’s Running 2.0 socks. They were super comfortable, though weird as I’d never tried toe socks before. I felt that they kept everything comfortable and I didn’t really notice them, which is a good thing, on the run. Thanks again for the recommendation. I’ll have to buy some more now. 

    This is my second year with the NaNoWriMo. I’ve typically just used Google Docs for writing as it allows me to write pretty much anywhere on the same file. I start a new doc for each day, copying the one from the day before. This allows me to really track the progress of the story, since I tend to self edit things…

    I had a conversation with my dad about the dot just the other day. He’d been wondering if he should get one. My best friend has a full Echo that he’s had since the beginning and it is almost entirely used as a music player. Every now and then he asks it a question, but usually it is just easier to go to google on a…

    Thanks for the link. I’ve been meaning to try some toe socks, as I was looking into some Vibrams awhile back. I worried about how well they’ve work since I have Morton’s Toe and a kind of weird pinky toe because of the same issues you mention. I’ll throw some in my cart and try ‘em out.