Marathon Mania

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Forget work, forget chores, forget anything in life that isn't directly marathon related. I spent most of last night dreaming about tomorrow's race (although hopefully running through office buildings and incorporating an unbelievably frustrating scavenger hunt won't be part of the real race) and though I will sit at my desk today, the chance of any real work getting done is minimal. Instead, I'm tracking weather reports and counting down the hours until I leave to pick up my marathon race packet at the expo. 

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The Case of the Missing Cory

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Odd. When we went to bed last night, our fishtank held 4 tetras, 3 corydoras, and 1 pl*co. This morning there are 4 tetras, TWO cordydoras, and 1 pl*co.

Where'd the extra fish go? We have scoured the tank with our eyes and there's no sign of the little guy. The tank has a lid which hasn't been moved so, for once, the cats are innocent. The pl*co is kind of a mean-looking territorial dude but there's no evidence of a tussle and I see no signs of the cory in or under the rock where the pl*co likes to hang out.

We're assuming the cory has

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Media Week

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I've put a lot of face time in on local media this week. Monday I was the guest on "It's About Your Business," a live weekly Internet show for entrepreneurs and business owners to talk about their business. If you go to the site and click on "Past Shows" you'll see my picture and a link to the 30-minute interview. 

On Tuesday I hosted my radio show, "How'd You End Up Here?" and had Joe Dass as my guest. Joe moved to NC from Brooklyn 3 years ago and is a riot of fun. Total New Yorker, down to the attitude and accent. He told a great story about how his first month here some car in front of him was driving too slow so he honked and made a few gestures before passing the car... which turned out

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Uh, Scratch That Last Post?

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Yesterday I wrote how excited I am about next weekends NC Marathon and my goal of running it in under 4 hours. I was even so bold as to use the phrase "Bring It" in my post title. 

I would like to offer a formal and sincere apology to the Universe for what may, in light of today's excursion, be perceived as an early and unfounded cockiness on my part.

This morning I dragged Blair to High Point so we could drive the marathon course. OH. MY. GOD. Can we say "hills?" Can we say, "Lots of hills?" Can we say, "#@$&-ing unending amount of hills?? 

Seriously, I started

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