Wordpress Themes: I can’t take it!

I’ve gotten pretty good at this web standards “stuff.” I haven’t built a table-driven layout in over a year, and have a few decent sites out there that are totally handcrafted using valid XHTML and CSS. As well, I’ve finally figured out how to basically create a Wordpress theme from scratch, but frankly, […]

Sibling Solidarity

My 4 year old son received a “timeout” the other day for various small-but-normal infractions. I think his sentence was 2 minutes in his Spiderman chair, and the chair happened to be facing the staircase. He sat down and faced the stairs with his little hands on the armrests, silent.

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We Stand Alone as a Family

Most people know that I’m the proud grandson of William “Wild Bill” Guarnere. Something pretty special happened last night. My wife and I were watching the companion episode of “Band of Brothers,” entitled “We Stand Alone Together.” Well, my grandfather is featured quite a bit in that episode, and my daughter, who […]

12 miler today, bring on the Half Mary!

I ran the big 12 miles today in preparation for next week’s Half Marathon in Philadelphia. Without pushing, I was out there for around 2:04, which is damn good for me. My goal next week is to hit the 12 mile marker within 2 hours. My father-in-law is stepping up next week and […]

New York City Marathon today!

I just purchased a “pay-per-view” web version of the New York City Marathon, which I’ll be watching today. I’m pumped to see Alan, Meb and Deena try to give the americans their first win since Alberto Salazar. And of course, Lance Armstrong’s participation in the race has brought a certain sense of “star […]

 

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10 miles today

I ran 10 miles today. The goal was to go “long and slow,” which I did. Half Marathon coming up soon, and although I ran more slowly today than I hope to run in the half mary, I did a few things of note no matter what the pace:

I ran for 1 hour […]