Whatever Comes to Mind

Continuing Project Bathroom: Cut more drywall out, to expose studs. Next step is to put tile(cement) board up, along with moisture resistant drywall.

We also removed the gas line in the bathroom, pulled the exhaust pipe out to move the exhaust fan, and remove a electrical outlet box from the new shower area.

Laundry Project: I've installed the dryer exhaust duct work and hooked up the washer and dryer. The washer needs new hose lines, but I've written that project off as done.

The Leisurelies have a new demo song out -- Sidewalk Habitat --

This is what happens when my mom comes to work on my loft.
Project: Move the Dryer Electrical Box;
Result: Numerous holes in the drywall; Electrical line moved;

What's left to do: Get conduit and place the electrical box on wall. Run dryer exhaust vent down next to dryer electrical box.

Nike + Apple = pretty damn cool.

http://www.nike.com/nikeplus/
 
I've just finished going through the site for Nike's new device to track runs that is integrated with iTunes and other software to track your runs and create an interactive running log with pace, distance, time, and pace
graphed with distance and time.  I was a little skeptical about it, but Apple knows how to make an incredible product and market it.  I think this product will change the way people train and track running the way Apple changed the way people listen and share music.  

Miss Kris posted about the changing meaning of adulthood - I'll continue on the issues of hipster, child-bearing adults still in the single-minded adult world. This article on "Grups" talks about the adults that don't want to lose their self defined identity after becoming a parent or living an adult lifestyle. From a different perspective, those that are still living the single life in the city, are seeing more and more parents showing up at their favorite breakfast spot, climbing crag, bar/rock venue with kids in tow. These parents group together at the local coffee shop, hijack all the tables to create the McDonald's Playground for their undisciplined kids to run amuck. While climbing, outdoors off the state-park trail, I've seen more and more kids in tow to the crag. I'm all for teaching kids about climbing, at the right age. It's a great activity for a child, especially to responibility and focused thought. But parents that just plop a child in-front of routes with all their hiking gear a couple ropes to top rope the easy route, all day, while their kids scream bloody - murder because they're scared , kills the essence of the woods and outdoors. It also kills your focus on the wall, while you're already scared because you're on lead with very poor protection. I've seen disciplined kids at the crags stay quite, learn to respect those climbing, and interested in the outdoors. They were only created by parents that understood to respect why the rest of the crowd was there. This attitude of respecting those around you and teaching your kids the same is slowing dying as more parents are staying in areas where singles thrive. I understand that grouping together tables at the local bar and having good time is easy when you're a 20-something, but you are usually not bothering anyone else. The self-invovled hipster needs to look around before bring their latest accessory, their kids, to their favorite spot.

This is result of my second hash. For those that don't know what hashing is, I'll try to explain it. Essentially, it's a running club. The group meets at different locations each week, depending on who sets the trail. The "hares" set a trail from the parking lot, leaving markers (flour or tp) and the rest of the group has to find the trail to the finish. It's not a race, just an adventure into the unseen parts of town. My legs, shown left, got cut up in some woods. Luckily, there was a creek portion of the trail, so I got to wash off the blood half - way through. In the end, there is beer, food, and dirty/bloody/tired friends to hang out with and share stories from the trail. I'm sure my legs will see some more of this nasty-ness.

So there is this wierd challenge that I was not aware of, the tablespoon of cinnamon challenge. On my visit to Destin this weekend I got to see this first hand.Here is the video -- Notice the dragon's breath right in the middle.