Posts from ‘December, 2006’

By. It began with a tropical breeze and will close with the Mid-West freeze. As I get ready to depart for Chicago where I will spend New Year’s and the first two weeks of 2007 I sit here thinking of how blessed I’ve been this year. I was so sure sometime during 06′ that I’d [...]

It’s A Wonderful Life Just wanted to extend a warm and very merry, merry Christmas to each and everyone celebrating on this day. For those just enjoying the day off, hopefully it is an extra good day off your feet! Not to bring down the good cheer, but I also wanted to leave you with [...]

I haven’t the slightest idea why this has been on my mind lately, but songs with names can either make or break you in some form or fashion. My cousin Angela used to always think she had it bad with both her first and middle name landing in LL Cool J’s Around the Way Girl [...]

Below you will find two unexciting photos of Charleston, West Virginia as seen through the Marriott hotel window on the 5th floor before I took off for work. These were taken before my co-worker gave me yet another reason to hold my head in my two hands and shake with disbelief. These were taken before [...]

Few days ago I took a two hour ride down from Marietta to Columbus to return the first Nike+iPod sport kit I purchased for a new one. If you recall the first one wasn’t reading my pace correctly. It completely insulted me by saying I was running 25 minute and 31 minute miles. No way [...]

After all that Chaka Khan, standing in an Office Depot for seven hours, talking about laser jets, Colorsphere, ink jets, driving two hours from Parkersburg, WV to Morgantown, WV, arriving at the Marriott the GPS could not find and being exhausted with a capital ‘E’ it was time to work out. This is the first [...]

Not a whole lot of good came from the days when I was slangin’ the smooth blend of Camel Turkish Jade menthol onto a competitor’s brand-loyal smoker. For starters I don’t smoke and there I was talking about the rich and exotic blends I could offer in two free packs of cigs that I’d never [...]

Something unnatural must be happening to me, because my long runs have been feeling better and better these days. Perhaps it is as simple as my change in attitude – looking forward to the run instead of dreading it hours on end before it actually arrives. Amazing stuff isn’t it? This morning I even decided [...]

Here are just a few shots from my small day on the town. Michelle wanted to check out Marietta’s historic castle and though we didn’t have the opportunity to go inside (it was closed) the exterior was still pretty nice on the eyes. Enjoy what little bit I decided to capture. – A

Hi. Before you begin with this entry, let me warn you that I am in one of those moods where I write anything and everything in one long breathy blog segment without smooth transitions, pauses, breaks, or even great grammar. Yes, I’m slighting grammar for the sake of my free-write tonight. I’m taking it back [...]