As I have mentioned several times on this blog, I detest the Florida heat. There are portable fans all over my house directed at the spots I normally stand or sit. My desire to stay cool was confirmed recently when I became ecstatic when the wife gave me ... http://chicago.brainbasement.com/2007/05/25/how-do-i-cool-thee-let-me-count-the-ways/ Yesterday a friend of ours GAVE me their treadmill. They were happy to pass it along as it was "taking up space" and that the only problem on the machine was that the display didn't work. Well, without display how would I know my distance or pace? I thought ... http://chicago.brainbasement.com/2007/05/23/my-new-old-treadmill/ The big news for me this past week is that I lost three more pounds. About a month ago my weight plateaued and then began dropping off at about a pound per week. This morning the LCD screen on the scale blinked an even 210 lbs so I'm just ... http://chicago.brainbasement.com/2007/05/21/three-down-25-to-go/ Yesterday evening I ran a relaxed 5.5 miles. My Mother-In-Law (MiL) lives just down the road (2 miles) and since my wife was going there for dinner I flippantly asked, "How about I just run there for dinner?" Without hesitation my wife said, "I like that idea." Whuh? I guess ... http://chicago.brainbasement.com/2007/05/16/a-canine-stalker-and-the-new-comfortable/ I took a few mental days off and ignored my running blog. It was hard but it had to be done. Between personal issues, a busy weekend and Mother's Day there were barely a few moments to spare for running! Last Friday evening the family went for a walk on ... http://chicago.brainbasement.com/2007/05/14/a-few-days-off/ Just saw this commercial on LetsRun.com and had to share it. If you don't care for the Friday the 13th style movies you might not like this one. I thought it was pretty damn funny myself. [coolplayer width="480" height="380" autoplay="0" loop="0" charset="GBK" download="0" mediatype=""] Nike Commercial [/coolplayer] http://chicago.brainbasement.com/2007/05/09/youll-live-longer-nike-commercial/ I hit Weather.com just now and saw a "Hurricane Local Statement" that reads: SUBTROPICAL STORM ANDREA LOCAL STATEMENT...JACKSONVILLE FL 1103 AM EDT WED MAY 9 2007 ...EARLY-SEASON SUBTROPICAL STORM FORMS OFF NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA COAST... ...NEW INFORMATION... A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM THE ALTAMAHA SOUND IN GEORGIA ... http://chicago.brainbasement.com/2007/05/09/weather-forecast-tropical-smokey-storm/ Although I celebrated my birthday a few days ago, today is my actual birthday. Thanks to everyone who sent emails or called! Actually, I'm not officially 34 years old until 11:43 PM tonight. :) But my girls aren't allowed to stay up that late so we went ahead and ate ... http://chicago.brainbasement.com/2007/05/08/its-my-birthday-and-ill-run-if-i-want-too/ This post will probably bore you a little because I'm just going to rant about my weekend. I personally can't stand posts like this but, how can my other posts look great without a little mediocrity thrown into the mix? :) SATURDAY In the morning I met with a couple of ... http://chicago.brainbasement.com/2007/05/07/last-weekend-party-masaman-curry-crazy-weather/ And it just gets better. So now there are fires to the North AND South of where I live. There isn't anything close so it's just smoke... but still: St. Johns County is getting a double dose of smoke from wildfires as the blaze in Flagler County doubled in size ... http://chicago.brainbasement.com/2007/05/04/the-woods-the-woods-the-woods-are-on-fire/