They got Two a Day Running through Arizona!

A rare picture, Karno with his shirt on.

I know all the best people, and the professor too!

Andy Mathews in Back to School!

You know someone takes too much time off and..... well, they are happy, we want that now would we? I'm telling you if I didn't need to keep myself in nice cars, fancy clothes, beautiful purses, and eat at exotic restaurants, I'd just hang out all day everyday and watch TV. I wouldn't do jack! Er, wait, I was only kidding about the exotic restaurants, I think you know that.

Well, I go back to work in... two hours. Am I ready? Yeah right! That means, er nope, but I best be getting ready.

They do ease us in though, for the first week it's only the teachers, then the apples of our eyes, the students come in and make everything better and more fun. And that lasts until homeroom on the first day. Then I'll be grumpy for 9 1/2 months, but then more vacation. Ah, who am I kidding, I love school, even when the kids are there!

Gotta go, longer letter later!

Tail on the scale: 173 again. Surprising since I haven't had solid food since Sunday (it's the had a tooth yanked diet, and I don't recommend it!)

Dead Sexy!

Sunday's Brunch

Well, we certainly had a good time!
Thank you Star. Thank you Armando!
Top Drawer, Top Drawer, you guys are.

It was fun hearing about each of the adventures out there on the course. Seems we all had highs and lows. But we hung in there as long as the medical dudes let us, which was till the bittersweet end in almost every case.

During the party I gave my rookie attempt at a "mock cast" trying to copy Chase Squires most excellent Podcast of the Bighorn 100 in 2006, available here:

There is also a nice slide show through this link

Well my effort had no professional editing team, but if any of you have Power Point and would like a copy of this slow moving (like me!) 30 minute presentation, I'd be more than happy to send it to you.

In the meantime, here are some brunch pictures :-)

Roger Scolds Vicki's Dog, Polly

Our Star Hostess

Whatcha Grabbin' E?

Jill lives! And Armando lurks!

Vicki, A2 and son examine

The floor, while June says,
Seen it!

It's me, watching me, watching me!

Castaway Tooth

You ever seen that movie Castaway? Yeah, that one, Starring this guy:

They called him Wilson.

Yeah, well, what I remember most about that movie was that Tom Hanks' character had this massive toothache. Anyway it got so bad he finally took a rock and bashed himself in his own mouth to lose that tooth.

I am not going to do that, but I did call the dentist for an emergency appointment (not the same one Chase went to, this one has a real license from THE University of Florida and everything) So, don't look for pictures from Andrea and Armando's fabulous brunch, they are such great people, until I am able to concentrate on something besides, "When are my four hours up? When can I take more Advil?" Hopefully tomorrow.

Until then, A-Man

Song of the Week: Closest I'll get to MJ!

This one is inspired by yesterday's most excellent post (by the way, that thread is still very much alive) AND by the Harley watcher extraordinaire for my 2 day Universal trip.

I went to make some toast this morning before my little morning jog and noticed that the Harley watcher, had eaten 1/2 loaf of bread and the better part of a jar of peanut butter. Now that's no big deal except, he spent all of let's see ..... 16 hours in house alone with Harley . And I had taken him out to Breakfast Wed. morning. And his mom had took him to lunch on Wed. afternoon. Still despite the brevity of time, and the being taken out for 2 meals in 16 hours he managed to do the following damage, I am NOT making this up! SuperD, could we have done this in such a short time?:
10 Pepsi's (Wild Cherry)
4 Starbucks coolers
.75 Gallon of Ice Cream
1/2 loaf of Bread
1/2 Jar of Peanut Butter
8 Special K bars
6 Quaker Chewy bars
2 Smart Ones Mac and Cheese Dinners
***Late addition****
As I was putting away the groceries just now I noticed:
6 Pop Tarts @ 210 per.
I'm sure the ripples will be felt for weeks as I go to grab something.
Jeez, common courtesy says leave one! WTF?

Karno was taking in 5 - 6 thousand calories a day while running a marathon a day for 50 days, guys that up there is, schmitz, that's like 8,000 calories while watching TV. That's 8,000 calories in 16 hours, not counting the Pancake, egg and bacon breakfast, nor the Burger Fries and Milkshake lunch! You know that's 10,000 (now at least 12 thousand!) Calories in 16 hours! Happily, the cous cous and asparagus leftovers I had in the fridge were still safely stored when I got back.

I have no response to this, but my man Weird Al has one thing to say..... Just EAT IT!

Ok, Well, the young man is 16, and at this point still very lean, personally, I'm going for a run... right now!

Too Many Beans, not enough Deans

Over the last two days Ali and I were at Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure in Orlando. Orlando is on the cutting edge of two things: Tacky, and dealing with large humans.

First, tacky, go there and get back to me. If the World's Largest Bargain stores don't do it, the $24 parking at Universal will. For dealing with large humans (darn if I didn't forget my camera) but at the roller coasters they had this sign:

"For those of you with extra dimensions, Rows 3 and 6 have modified seating to handle people of extra dimensions." NO SCHMITZ!

Hey, Universal, got anything for this? Turns out they don't Ali felt bad for one lady that was too big for the added dimensions.

Hey, I feel bad for anyone that has this type of issue, but there are certain places that not everyone belongs. For instance, I don't belong at a bridal or baby shower, I've done both in my life, if you ever see me at another, feel bad for me. The butt above doesn't belong on a roller coaster or on an airplane. Sorry, I feel bad, but you just don't belong. You want to belong, you fit the seat, don't make the seat fit you!

Ok, I got home from Universal and shagged it over to Centro Ybor and saw the new film about Dean Karnazes' run or 50 marathons, in 50 states, in 50 days. Dean kept harping on the fact that 33% of America's youth are obese. He thought this was unacceptable. Dean, I agree! And I believe he is out there inspiring people to do more and live better. You go Dean, you go!

Dean said, "if I can get one person off the couch, that's worth more than a million dollars!" Well, I'd like to get some people off the couch too, but I'm not rich like Dean, so my saying is a little different, "if I can get one person to get off the couch and give me two million dollars, that's worth more than a million dollars!"

So, at least Dean and I are on the same wavelength.

Tail on the Scale #173

Yep, Gained two pounds post Vermont. Back up to 173.

No how do you suppose that happened?


............ Thank you mam, may I have another?.....

I'll be good here on in, promise

It's an ancient Native American Symbol, it means good luck losing weight. What? I swear!

Ok, I'm off to Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure with my lovely daughter Ali, so you won't hear from me again until Friday. But have fun, be young, and drink whatever you like!