Sardonic Catholic Dad

Demotivational Monday

2010-11-01T01:54:00.000-04:00

Because the weekend is over and Mondays are just horrendous at times

Demotivational Monday

2010-10-25T01:03:00.000-04:00

Because the weekend is over and Mondays are just horrendous at times

Demotivational Monday

2010-10-18T01:02:00.000-04:00

Because the weekend is over and Mondays are just horrendous at times

Demotivational Monday

2010-10-11T01:04:00.000-04:00

Because the weekend is over and Mondays are just horrendous at times

Today's Workouts

2010-10-08T08:58:00.004-04:00

Weather: clear and cool, around 45
Time of Day: 4:30am
Distance: 21.12
Time: 3:12:49
Pace: 9:08
Running Shoes: Saucony Tangent 3's
SCD Running Shoe Ranking: 8
Comments: sore, tired, old, and a mini-pad stuck on the top of my foot to protect my torn-up eczema-covered foot from the shoe (I hate socks). It worked well-no cramps at all. Plain mini pad, I think next time I will try scented ones with wings.

Vintange Ads Part 3

2010-10-06T01:09:00.000-04:00

Lose weight and clean the house at the same...It's a win-win...for husbands...

Go ahead and annoy the 50% of the population that actually purchase sweaters

I see the company was too afraid to put their name on the ad

Like anyone is actually looking at her slide-show

Yes we men are like that

14 nails?! She cooking with her toes too?

You could run ads like that in the 60's?

Today's Workouts

2010-10-05T21:30:00.000-04:00

Weather: 50 and cloudy
Time of Day: 11:15am
Distance: 7.69
Time: 1:07:58
Pace: 8:51
Running Shoes: Saucony Kinvara
SCD Running Shoe Ranking: 8.5
Comments: nice easy run in cool weather

McDeath

2010-10-05T08:12:00.000-04:00

Since most of you probably don't live in the DC area where this add is running....

Sure it's a cheap-shot, sure I would never go vegetarian (blah), put it does make a point. The very ironic thing is that I am typing this while eating a McDonald's breakfast - hey I was running late and didn't have time to have a good breakfast.........

Today's Workouts

2010-10-05T07:15:00.001-04:00

Yesterday actually
Weather: cold and rainy
Time of Day: 1pm
Distance: 7.21
Time: 58:23
Pace: 8:06
Running Shoes: Nike Lunar Racer2
SCD Running Shoe Ranking: 9
Comments: 2 mile ware-up, 4 miles tempo (a fast paced run) at goal pace of 7:45 per mile. Actual mile splits 7:45, 7:34, 7:31, 7:30. 1.21 mile cool down.

Demotivational Monday

2010-10-04T01:03:00.000-04:00

Because the weekend is over and Mondays are just horrendous at times

50-most-extraordinary-churches-of-the-world

2010-09-28T00:49:00.000-04:00

Love them or hate them but some of them are pretty interesting looking

50 Most Extraordinary Churches of the World

Today's Workouts

2010-09-27T21:54:00.002-04:00

Weather: 65 and light rain
Time of Day: 1pm
Distance: 7.69 miles
Time: 1:07:17
Pace: 8:45
Running Shoes: Saucony Tangent 3's
SCD Running Shoe Ranking: 8
Comments: Very humid at the start but then a nice light rain started that felt awesome

Demotivational Monday

2010-09-27T01:58:00.000-04:00

Because the weekend is over and Mondays are just horrendous at times

More Vintage Ads from the Good Old Days

2010-09-21T01:21:00.000-04:00

Husbands you too can have a perky wife

All that sugar is ok if she's taking her PEP vitamins

You needs sugar and vitamins if you have cocaine tooth drops

A Subaru? Really? Maybe it would be fun if you loaded up on PEP vitamins, sugar and cocaine drops

I wonder how much therapy that kid needed as an adult

I promise to never drive alone again. I wonder what De Fuhrer likes to listen to on the radio

Of course she can, she's hopped-upped on cocaine

Demotivational Monday

2010-09-20T01:00:00.001-04:00

Because the weekend is over and Mondays are just horrendous at times

Pet Peeve Phriday

2010-09-17T01:09:00.003-04:00

Ok so I have already done one post on bad baby names but this is topic that is always getting new 'winners'.

My daughter Cecilia (a nice saints name by the way) goes to a kindergarten program 2 days a week for some help with her speech (not her swearing her annunciation). In her class is a girl named Princess and one named Blessing! Seriously! For real! These are these poor kids names.

Sure they might turn out to be normal kids and adults but why take the change with names like that? It's hard enough to raise good kids.

Who is going to want to date, hangout with, or hire a person with a name like Blessing or Princess? How high maintenance are these girls gonna be? Only will time will tell but if I was a betting man I'd have to go with higher maintenance than a spoiled rich sorority girl or a Ford Pinto.

Do parents actually consider the power of a name and what it will do to a child? I admit that I wanted to name one of our kids Zephaniah (a boy not a girl) but my lovely bride talked me out of it.

Heaven help the men who get stuck married to these two future Diva's in training.

On the plus side maybe they could be wide receivers for a NFL team when they grow up.

Today's Workouts

2010-09-16T21:33:00.001-04:00

Yesterday
Weather: 75 and nary a cloud in the sky
Time of Day: 12:15pm
Distance: 7.11
Time: 1:02:10
Pace: 8:45
Running Shoes: Saucony Kinvara
SCD Running Shoe Ranking: 8.5
Comments: Great weather and a great run

Today
Weather: 85 and bit humid
Time of Day: 11:15am
Distance: 7.22
Time: 1:07:05
Pace: 9:18
Running Shoes: Nike Lunar Racer2
SCD Running Shoe Ranking: 9
Comments: dead dead dead legs. I am beat.

Star Wars in 5 seconds and Other Movies

2010-09-15T01:15:00.000-04:00

My kids have been watching a bunch of these lately. It seems they have their mother's warped sense of humor

Today's Workouts

2010-09-14T21:30:00.001-04:00

Weather: 75 and lots of sun
Time of Day: 11:15am
Distance: 7.07
Time: 1:03:05
Pace: 8:55
Running Shoes: Saucony Grid Type A3
SCD Running Shoe Ranking: 7.5
Comments: easy run on sore legs

0 Down...12 to Go?!

2010-09-14T00:43:00.002-04:00

We are going backwards, it used to be 2 down 9 to go.

Two years ago around this time I was "bragging" how we had 2 down 9 to go. Well 1 new baby and 2 of the college kids moving back home and we are at 14 bodies bursting the plaster seams of this old house.

What this means in practical terms is more money spent on food, utilities, clothes, home maintenance, schooling etc...More cars in the driveway (and street), there are 7 out front right now although one of the vans is gonna be sold soon...we hope. It's the lovely van that Mary was so kind to decorate a few years ago. We got a new to us van a few weeks ago and no family should have 2 15-passenger vans, not even the Duggars. Our new van is great. Only 2 years old and fairly clean since we haven't skanked it up to much yet. But I will kinda miss the old van. In addition to Mary personally decorating it we have broken down on the side of the road at least twice in it while on vacation. You just can't buy family fun like that. I mean who doesn't like to be stuck on the side of the road in the summer heat far from home with a 10 or so kids, a van full of suitcases, no idea where you are or where to get a tow or where to have the van towed to. Not to mention the joy of spending the next 10 years vacation budget on car repairs. Yes indeed I will miss the old family truckster. Word of advice to growing families looking to upgrade to a full-size van. Don't Buy a Doge Van! Thankfully they have stopped making them. It's a wonder Dodge is in business at all anymore if their vans are any indication of the rest of their line of vehicles. We have owned two of them over the years and they were garbage. Our two Ford vans have been much better.

Um, shoot where was I? Oh yeah kids still at home...We had two kids moved out, one at college and one at seminary so we were down to 9 kids at home (yeah us!) Well Sam went and had another baby (I can't keep her off me) and the two oldest have moved back home. So we are at 14 kids age 11 months to 20 years old living at home. We have juggled rooms around and turned the classroom into a bedroom (why would a homeschooling family need a classroom anyway?). We have 2 adults and 12 kids stashed in 8 bedrooms - thank God for cheap old roomy Levitt houses.

We have reached and passed the Mortgage vs Food tipping point. Our monthly grocery bill has now exceeded our monthly mortgage payment. That actually happened a few years ago. I had hoped with kids moving out that would change but no such luck. Maybe we should start keeping chickens or goats or spotted owls...

So for now, and the foreseeable future we will have all 12 kids at home. Which is a good thing for the most part.

Here is a rundown of what the kids are up to:

#1 Alexandria (20) - In grad school for a Masters in Social Work. Graduates next May
#2 Joshua (19) - At Community College and working various jobs
#3 Caleb (17) - At Community College, working at a gym and playing on the college soccer team
#4 Lizzie (16) - Finishing up her last year of homeschool high school and working on getting her drivers license and just got a part-time job at a grocery store (can dad get a discount?)
#5 Barbara (14) - Doing her second year of high school (or maybe it's first year of HS...not really sure) and playing soccer for a local school that lets homeschoolers play
#6 Joey (12) - In 7th grade and playing CYO soccer
#7 Robert (10) - In 6th grade, playing CYO soccer. Also does swim-team and the occasional triathlon during the summer.
#8 Dominic (8) - In 4th grade, playing soccer. Also does swim-team and the occasional triathlon during the summer. Will become an Altar Boy in the spring.
#9 Mary (6) - In 2nd grade and recovering from her broken leg. She will make her First Communion in the spring
#10 Cece (4) - In kindergarten and feisty as ever
#11 Eric (3) - A Special Child is he. He is our roughest and naughtiest kid we have. He is lucky that he is very cute.
#12 Kolbe (1) - Best behaved baby out of the bunch but in to everything now. We are trying not to let Eric destroy and/or corrupt him

Today's Workouts

2010-09-13T22:09:00.000-04:00

Weather: Awesome out there today. 72 and sunny at run time
Time of Day: 11:15am
Distance: 9.69 miles
Time: 1:24:20
Pace: 8:42
Running Shoes: Nike Lunar Racer2
SCD Running Shoe Ranking: 9
Comments: Legs a bit sore but not too bad and the weather was great so this was an A+ run today

Demotivational Monday

2010-09-13T01:56:00.000-04:00

Because the weekend is over and Mondays are just horrendous at times

2010-09-12T16:03:00.002-04:00

Weather: 65 and rain
Time of Day: 1:30pm
Distance: 7.27 miles
Time: 1:03:29
Pace: 8:44
Running Shoes: Saucony Fastwitch
SCD Running Shoe Ranking: 8
Comments: Love running in the rain!

54.72 miles for the week........not that I am counting

Today's Workouts

2010-09-11T22:10:00.003-04:00

Today
Weather: 70 and sun
Time of Day: 10am
Distance: 7.29
Time: 1:02:10
Pace: 8:32
Running Shoes: Saucony Kinvara
SCD Running Shoe Ranking: 8.5
Comments: legs surprisingly fresh after yesterdays long run

Yesterday
Weather: 60 and cool
Time of Day: 6am
Distance: 16.63
Time: 2:27:08
Pace: 8:51
Running Shoes: Saucony Tangents
SCD Running Shoe Ranking: 8
Comments: Nice long run. Longest in about 3 months

Thursday
Weather: 80 and sunny
Time of Day: 12:00pm
Distance: 4.01
Time: 31:48
Pace: 7:56
Running Shoes: Saucony Kinvara
SCD Running Shoe Ranking: 8.5
Comments: Quick paced run

Yet More Reasons to Love Black Gold

2010-09-11T01:41:00.000-04:00

Coffee! Yes I love me some coffee every now and again. Ok I love some coffee hourly. And here is 5 more reasons to love coffee/caffeine if you are a running. I didn't need any more reasons to drink coffee but it's nice to have a few more excuses.

From Runner's World

Run Longer, Think Faster
In a study done last year, researchers gave cyclists an energy bar with or without caffeine (equal to one cup of coffee) before and during a long, hard ride. They found that cyclists who have caffeine ride farther and think faster on cognitive tests than the no-caffeine group—useful news to runners in endurance events and adventure races, where quick decision-making is key.

Increase Sprint Speed
Consider drinking a cup of coffee before your next speed workout: Australian scientists gave fit athletes a 300-milligram dose of caffeine one hour before running five sets of 6 x 20-meter sprints. They found that runners who have caffeine sprint faster than those who don't have caffeine. Researchers think the stimulant enhances reaction time and running speed.

Recover More Quickly
Runners know they need carbs postrun to rebuild their glycogen stores, but a recent study suggests caffeine may also enhance recovery. Cyclists rode hard for two consecutive days to drain their glycogen stores. They then drank a carb beverage with or without caffeine. Researchers found that having a drink with caffeine rebuilds glycogen stores 66 percent more than a carb-only drink.

Hydrate Smart
Many people have heard caffeine causes dehydration. Most studies, though, show you can have up to 550 milligrams of caffeine (or about five cups of coffee) without affecting hydration levels. That means you can have quite a few caff einated sports drinks and gels while running without risking dehydration; more than 550 milligrams will have a diuretic effect.

Keep Bones Healthy
A few studies have shown a link between bone-mineral loss and caffeine—but a close look at the data reveals that caffeine itself doesn't cause the mineral loss. Many coffee lovers may drink it in place of beverages rich in calcium (such as milk), and as a result, decrease their intake of this bone-strengthening mineral.