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Fremont 5k weigh-in.

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A fuzzy, furry, funny, fun run to benefit the Seattle Animal Shelter. Carlo the Golden Retriever took first place once again, dragging his fat and out of shape master to the finish line. Walter the Wiener Dog gave up at half way and had to be carried to the finish line. His spirit undaunted, he quickly resumed chasing squirrels and much bigger dogs.Note: The maker of this video has no affiliation

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Its Friday, the sun is shining, and Matt Wieters is making his Major League debut.

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Saffy demonstrates her withering intellect.

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Just another night out at the bar with Jon Gibs. Don't you hate it when FOX News shows up and kills your buzz?FOX News Happy Hour

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"If I wanted to see young, attractive people doing cool, exciting things I'd go watch sports."

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My inner dork is starting to get really pumped. Early reviews are overwhelmingly good for the franchise reboot. Rotten Tomatoes is showing a huge 'fresh' score early. Also, a few publications under Nielsen have screened the movie and have good news. Read on:The Hollywood ReporterFilm Journal International

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My parents planted this big 'ole tree back when the barn at Snohomish had an imploding roof and a horrible paint job. Now that the barn is nice and green with a new roof, it was high time for old Firry to go to firewood heaven. You'll note that I just avoided taking out the fuel shed.

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My blog post had a ton of media coverage. The Twitter community took exception to the fact that we only studied Twitter.com. Well, we went back and expanded the study and...found the same thing. Check the video reply:

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We've gotten some great press coverage with this piece on the Nielsen Wire. Check it out:Twitter QuittersMore universally, here's a neat graphic showing the relationship between Internet reach (a site's audience size) and minimum audience retention. Simply put, if you are going to become the next Facebook, you really have to hold on to your users.

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See, Bart? No shoes and I'm still increasing my gravitational pull. Now where's my "Jack's Chicken Ciabatta" sandwich?

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"Matt Wieters took batting practice this morning. There were no survivors."http://mattwietersfacts.blogspot.com/

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She's crazy with baseball stats.

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They forgot to mention learning the secrets of mining Tiberium and converting it into cash or super-weapons.

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Apparently there is this other type of football that is played in countries all over the world. You're not allowed to use your hands and you can't run up behind someone and knock them unconscious or break their femur by grabbing them by the knees.It all sounds kind of stupid to me, but I'm a slave to trends and I'll buy anything marketed by Microsoft.

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Along with the drinking and the bad weather, another great tradition of this race is never knowing exactly how far one has run. Here's my Gmap-Pedometer sketch of the course, which puts it at 3.93 miles. The Aurora Bridge turnaround point was hard to spot on the satellite, but it is the big metal seam two light poles past Canlis.St. Patrick's Day Dash New 2009 Course

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My running prime is 30 pounds behind me. Time to go out and do the St. Patty's Day Dash and see just how far I've come.Beautiful morning for a run.Ended up loping to a 26:20 on the 3.93 mile course. That's 6:42 pace. Now while that seems painfully slow, remember that I have not run more than one mile consecutively for 15 months. If I can just gain 40 more pounds I should be able to clean up the

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Saffy enjoys my office window...

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This must be a problem in San Francisco, as I encountered this makeshift plea in a parking garage bathroom there.

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Randy Harlow bravely manning the hose and getting covered in insulation fallout. He'll probably die of lung cancer in a few years. It was worth it, though, keeping the garage at 60 degrees F last night while just outside the door it was below freezing. All with no heat added.

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Snapped this monstrosity on the drive home. Any ideas?

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I was thinking about adding some wood paneling to the garage walls and installing a moose head and overstuffed vinyl chairs, but I REALLY like the fallout shelter motif. The only thing Monopoly Guy is missing is a gun rack and perhaps a few gas masks.Courtesy MarketWatch.com

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Amen, Wolfman."Moral hazard is the prospect that a party insulated from risk may behave differently from the way it would behave if it were fully exposed to the risk. Moral hazard arises because an individual or institution does not bear the full consequences of its actions, and therefore has a tendency to act less carefully than it otherwise would, leaving another party to bear some

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Okay, so this is making its way around the Internet, and I feel as though I am obligated to help. Rick Santelli has got to be one of the better voices of reason right now in this quagmire. This will go down as a classic. Who's going to the Tea Party? I'm in.

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