Complete Idiot’s Guide to Communism

Putting a can of Diet Coke in your purse before you leave the apt. and forgetting that until you go to look for something else around 2pm and find it.

And it’s still kind of cold.

94monkeys:

Not sure what I’ll be doing after my 10K in October, but I’m eyeing that 15K in December since I’ve never done one. Maybe one of the cross-country races as well?

I ran the Holiday 5K in Brooklyn last year, though it was changed to a 4-miler at the last minute, and it was chilly yet fun. I didn’t do any other races last year between September and December because I injured my foot (tripped on the sidewalk! sober!) so if you have run any of these before, suggestions are welcome.

I’ve successfully avoided running since that relay race I did in May. (Can’t blame the heat anymore.) Goal now is to get back into the habit probably starting with the Sept. 11th 4M working up slowly to the 10K and 15K in December. I love cold weather running.

It should also be noted that two more NYRR races + one volunteer race and I’ll qualify for the NYC Marathon in 2011. Am I going to do that? I don’t know, but I might as well qualify and then figure it out later.

efstein:

A list of thoughts that pop into my head when I see this video of my cousin, his wife and friends kayaking near the San Juan islands off Washington State.

1.  Kayaking!

2.  The Pacific Northwest is the obvious landing spot if I ever left the northeast.

3.  I have always sorta loved whales, especially orcas.

4.  I’d be dropping f bombs too if this happened to me.

FIle under things that I really really want to experience but from the comfort of a boat slightly larger than a kayak. (I do love kayaking.)

"Muslims are as much a part of our city and our country as the people of any faith. And they are as welcome to worship in lower Manhattan as any other group. In fact, they have been worshipping at the site for better, the better part of a year, as is their right. The local community board in lower Manhattan voted overwhelmingly to support the proposal. And if it moves forward, I expect the community center and mosque will add to the life and vitality of the neighborhood and the entire city."

— Michael Bloomberg (via soupsoup:biteofpythias)

Me: Serious question. If you were on The Bachelorette and dad was one of the guys there… Do you think you would have ended up picking him?
Mom: Most def.

"I stopped thinking about The Rest Of My Life, and decided to start living it, with the only person who ever really made sense."

—

AdamIss

Big congrats on the engagement, Adam! (And the story is beautiful as well.)

on everything.

(via peterwknox)

People have often asked me what could really ruin a day for me. Men telling me to “smile” more is in the top five.

Complete strangers generally do not walk up to me on the street and tell me to “smile.”