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- Chicago, Chicago, that toddlin’ town 1 day ago
- @BadAstronomer @Syfy Well, I suppose 6 episodes is better than outright cancellation *cough Stargate Universe cough* 1 day ago
- B+ in BigML. Not that I’m wholly disappointed, but I had a 96 going into the final project. #wat 1 day ago
- @write2run Thank you :) Still waiting on BigML; sounds like it’ll show up tomorrow. 2 days ago
- Got a B in my fluorescence spectroscopy course. Considering the amount of quantum physics involved, I’m perfectly ok with that. 2 days ago
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Category Archives: The Lady
My 40-day Facebook reprieve
For the entirety of Lent this year (February 13 – March 30), not once did I log into Facebook. Only once did I post on Twitter, when I was having some Hadoop issues. Totally cold turkey. And you know what? It … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, lolcat, Real Life, The Lady
Tagged facebook, i acknowledge my experience may not be typical, i also acknowledge that facebook sucks, if you do it right lenten resolutions can be absofreakinglutely awesome, lent, moar liek antisocial networking am i rite, or you could be lazy and give up giving things up, poke wars are pretty awesome, social networking
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Birthdays, Weddings, and Publications, oh my!
Yeah, I’ve been slacking on posting again. Which kind of makes my considerations of late to start a running-only blog somewhat premature. It’s difficult to say, though; occasionally I purposely don’t post here because I want to post about something other … Continue reading
Posted in Academics, Blogging, Graduate School, lolcat, Real Life, Running, The Lady, Travel
Tagged arizona, birthday parties, freezing rain is literally the best kind of weather and by best i meant worst, george takei, hyatt regency, make sure to say "i don't know!" to lily, naturenaturenaturenaturenaturenaturenaturenaturenaturenaturenaturenature, pittsburgh says "yeah we're not gonna salt the roads because reasons", running in single digits is pretty brutal but not as brutal as freezing rain, seriously we had freezing rain this morning, whoever said you'll need to write for the rest of your life was absolutely correct
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Year in [peer] Review
The WordPress year in review thingy, while somewhat intriguing, is (in my humble opinion) pretty boring. I mean, who really cares about pageviews on the internet? Am I rite? So taking a page from Megan’s post, and a page from … Continue reading
Posted in Academics, Graduate School, Holidays, lolcat, Real Life, Running, The Lady, Travel
Tagged air force marathon, am i rite or am i rite, bsec, capstone projects, colorado, danimal and keeley ftw, grumpy cat ftw, i guess this wasn't really much of a review so sue me, joe biden is the man, marine corps marathon, oak ridge national labs, pittsburgh great race, pittsburgh marathon, run ALL the races
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Travel during the holidays
Shockingly–given the weather–holiday travel thus far has been smooth. That includes when The Lady and I drove up to Michigan on the 20th and left on the 25th: It also includes when we returned and the snow followed us to … Continue reading
Philly bound!
Tomorrow, The Lady and I make our way to Philadelphia for Sunday’s marathon. If you’re interested in tracking my progress, I’ll be setting up a live tracking link through MapMyRun that will be available on my Twitter, which will be … Continue reading
Posted in Graduate School, Holidays, lolcat, Real Life, Running, the fam, The Lady, Travel
Tagged guinea pigs make everything better, it seems like it's the middle distance folks with no desire to run longer who call me crazy, long distance runners are usually very supportive, non runners are usually very supportive, philadelphia, philadelphia marathon, philly, researchy research, runners rant, the lady will receive a box of driving talent for her birthday
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Playoffs
That’s what the current stage of marathon training feels like: football playoffs. After you’ve weathered football camp, double sessions, the blazing southern heat of August and September, and 10 regular season games, the playoffs arrive. It’s a time of anticipation … Continue reading
Posted in Exercise, lolcat, Real Life, Running, The Lady
Tagged 136 miles in october and that's without the runs i skipped due to a gimp foot, double sessions, football, football camp, high school football, monster month, philadelphia marathon, philly marathon, playoffs, races, regular season, running
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It’s like LJ on WordPress
Taking a cue from Megan (and because I’m still in publish-my-research-yesterday mode), I’m boring you all with more details about my running experiences with a questionnaire that delves deeply into the personal and leaves no metaphorical stone unturned…or something. 1. Best … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Internet, Running, The Lady
Tagged canadia, goals, hooray injuries, i run so i can eat, personal records are made to be broken, philly marathon, running
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