tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74807815787232290052024-03-14T03:28:15.759-07:00Elated Spacesel8ed1http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050631686356322944noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480781578723229005.post-26109943703798057482012-05-10T08:30:00.000-07:002012-05-10T09:10:13.092-07:00One goal down for 2012! Run for the Wild<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A little late to post this but my April goal of running a 5K is a success! I ran the WCS Run for the Wild at the Bronx Zoo on April 28th. Official time 31:49 which is close enough to a 10-minute mile for me considering I didn't do the complete C25K training (2 weeks in and I had debilitating shin splints - compression socks really work)!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I would like to thank my many sponsors for helping me raise over $300 for the lions and the Wildlife Conservation Society!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Alison W.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Jay P.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Marie M.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Peter W.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Kelly P.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Christina M.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Jodi L.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Lisa N.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Shawn M.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Update #1: I would also like to thank Frankie and Nikki - who also ran as part of our team but in the 1st race, not the family fun run & walk portion that Jason and I ran so we could hang out with Lisa & Fred (thanks to them as well for introducing me to street clams)!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Update #2: I am now challenging Nikki for fastest time in next year's run since she is a smartass and owes me pictures to update this blog!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Sights of pre & post race fun in and around the zoo and Arthur Avenue:</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My little brother and best cheerleader! FYI - He's been playing football almost every weekend for the past 15 years!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Thankfully running <b>for</b> him, not <b>from</b> him!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our puppy girl is getting surgery today to have a mass removed. Let's send out some positive thoughts to her and hope it's benign! She is terrified of the vet hospital I dropped her at this morning so it was more than just a little heartbreaking to watch her go through that door. On the positive side, ultrasound indicates nothing has spread to the lymph nodes and she's gonna look pretty funny when she gets home. Baboon butt! You'll see...</span></div>el8ed1http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050631686356322944noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480781578723229005.post-8650272346714795642012-03-26T17:15:00.004-07:002012-03-26T17:20:22.277-07:00Dude in memoriam<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">So I found these pictures awhile back. I've been meaning to post them for awhile and I have to burn them to disk for Lisa as I promised then. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I still can't believe Dude isn't here. Even after 2 years it still feels surreal to imagine this world without George Nault. But I remember the good times and cling to those...and hopefully...I honor his memory in doing so. Here is the last time I was in VT w/Dude. My wish is this brings a smile to your face as it does for me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Some people might see this title in a negative light but I mean it in the "totally, like wow!" way in that the generosity of human beings is truly extraordinary and shame on me for thinking otherwise. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This is a year of revelation for me. Maybe it's because I am firmly within middle age now (even if I still only have the maturity of a man-boy) and the questions of mortality loom closer while my sphere of reality disintegrates as I continue to mourn the loss of friends and family. Or maybe it's because I don't feel like I've made my mark yet and find myself restless and taking on challenges to encourage me physically, mentally and spiritually.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">One of the ways I've done that is to join the race craze. Starting off this year with a 5k (which I'll get into further below) and 2 obstacle races - the <a href="http://www.ruggedmaniac.com/events-details/items/tri-state-panjny.html" target="_blank">Rugged Maniac</a> and the <a href="http://toughmudder.com/events/tri-state-2012/" target="_blank">Tough Mudder</a> - can you say mid-life crisis?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You see, earlier this week, I got a reminder email that I'd pledged a sum of money in a race I was participating in and that I hadn't raised a dollar yet - with the exception of my entry fee and the additional $15 I'd contributed to my pledge goal of $275.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So I thought about this for a few seconds and decided to put out a call to my friends using facebook. Now whether or not you find facebook useful, a time suck or a privacy killing business behemoth (with the sole purpose to monetize your relationships and the items and stories you share with your network) is a point of discussion for a future post. Personally, I waffle between all three viewpoints but found it incredibly useful for sending out my plea.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Anyway, I asked my facebook network to each pledge $1 to the following cause (as I ask anyone reading this to do if you are so inclined):</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://e.wcs.org/site/TR/Events/RunfortheWildTeamraiser?px=2330817&pg=personal&fr_id=1100" target="_blank">Run for the Wild - Wildlife Conservation Society - Bronx Zoo</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">If they all did just that little bit, I'd reach my goal - no problem!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">What happened in the following 24 hours was completely different and completely unexpected. Now, I wasn't expecting everyone to participate. I'm fairly realistic and I know not everyone is going to be supportive of a cause, supportive of me in this endeavor or even bother to read my update because, let's face it, we all have our own busy lives full of all the issues, joys and people we deal with on a daily basis in the meatspace.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My point is, within 24 hours, I'd reached my goal! (<i>Disclosure: my ab fab mom helped tremendously with a $100 donation</i>) And that was from extremely generous contributions from only 8 people out of a network of just under 300 within an incredibly short period of time. Some of these friends I haven't seen in person in years. Some are struggling with new additions, loss and new environments yet still felt this was worthwhile. I am incredibly humbled and incredibly grateful - from within my heart this experience has touched my soul. Thank you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>(as I will for this and <a href="http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/" target="_blank">The Wounded Warrior Project</a> - once the <a href="http://toughmudder.com/events/tri-state-2012/" target="_blank">Tough Mudder</a> looms a bit closer)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span>el8ed1http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050631686356322944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480781578723229005.post-60125277767979687962012-01-26T07:11:00.000-08:002012-01-26T07:11:32.577-08:00Distractions & Excuses<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I've had so many lately, where do I start?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I've been enjoying this incredible ride immensely! Week after week of improbable wins throughout the playoffs with the G-men showing tremendous heart and getting hot when it matters most.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I finally fixed the PC problem and we got a new scanner so the tribute post will be coming in the next day or so...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Well, as everybody on the 'nets in the US and English speaking world at large was well aware, many of your favorite sites were either blacked out or dedicated to informing you about the opposition to SOPA/PIPA legislation and why it is important to you, the American citizen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Since I can't get my shit together and write about all the other things I want to because of my own laziness in fixing a simple home PC issue, I'd like to tell you all about something very near and dear to me...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> As sombunall of you may or may not know, <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/" target="_blank">boingboing </a>has been running RAW week on their site and there are some fantastic articles, videos, quotes & more so far, located here:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I've been a huge fan of RAW since the late 80's of the last century when a college friend turned me on to their dog-eared copy of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Illuminatus-Trilogy-Pyramid-Golden-Leviathan/dp/0440539811/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1326461888&sr=8-1" target="_blank">The Illuminatus! Trilogy</a> and like so many others, my mind opened a bit more. When I got to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cosmic-Trigger-Final-Secret-Illuminati/dp/1561840033/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1326465959&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Cosmic Trigger</a> I never turned back and I've been enjoying the journey ever so much more because of it. I liken RAW to the Grateful Dead in that he opened my mind to much more information than I was being fed in school as the Dead opened up music in much the same way beyond that which the radio fed me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Some years later, I had the pleasure of meeting Uncle Bob once outside of St. John the Divine in NYC during the 2001 Prophets Conference. He played his part as satiric old crank as I played mine of doe-eyed disciple (which I'm sure he abhorred). I wish I could say I wasn't more than dumbstruck, but I can't and barely managed a few platitudes and a successful autograph request. What I can say is he was polite, funny and eased my mind by asking me to complete a simple task for him even though he was obviously looking for a few moments away from idiots like me. As I look back now I see he was saying "Think for yourself, schmuck!" without being rude...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Even later still I stumbled across the <a href="http://www.maybelogic.org/" target="_blank">Maybe Logic Academy</a> where I met a great group of people much more talented than myself where I took some online classes and helped to publish a dead tree edition of the <a href="http://maybelogic.blogspot.com/2008/03/latest-edition-of-maybe-quarterly-comes.html" target="_blank">Maybe Logic Quarterly</a>, online editions of which you can find at the great blog <a href="http://www.maybelogic.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Only Maybe</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Please take the time to check out <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/" target="_blank">boingboing</a> and all the other tributes to Uncle Bob as they're infinitely more in-depth, interesting, erudite & illuminating. </span><br />
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<br />el8ed1http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050631686356322944noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480781578723229005.post-33559100354622768522011-12-29T03:42:00.001-08:002012-01-19T03:28:46.594-08:00Interlude<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Wow! It's been 2 weeks since I posted anything. I have one more big post coming for 2011 but I don't have everything put together yet. I have to scan in some pictures and compose a few more thoughts about closing out the year with a tribute -which I hope to do all by tomorrow afternoon. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I was feeling pretty darn grateful yesterday. My boss gave me the option of switching my days around so I could take Monday off instead of Friday (and I needed it after my 'sump pump weekend' - see previous post). I was able to go for a nice long walk on the trail with Kayla & Chance and we all enjoyed it. </span><br /></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Kayla was atypically a good photo model - probably because she was well exercised! Chance was way too distracted by everything to give me a good pose...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I forget this is practically in my backyard. Most of the time I feel like the world is going to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH7I6ibA-SM" target="_blank">Hell in a Bucket</a> so when I get an opportunity to pause and take a look around, I'm always pleasantly surprised at the beauty that is right there in front of me. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Recording it here helps me remember it and not get dragged back into the normal day-to-day doldrums. I hope you're seein' it too!</span></div>
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<i><b>First of all, to my small and devoted group of followers, I apologize for not posting more frequently. Now that the holidays are approaching, I find myself busier with real life and unable to devote as much time to virtual pursuits. I also realize that I could just continue to post pictures every day to achieve my previous goal of posting daily but the season also brings a time of reflection and I've been wondering why I post at all. Before I get into a major ramble here, let me just say that I intend to change the focus of this blog as we approach the new year. Very simply, most posts after today will deal with the following themes: Gratitude, Inspiration, Creativity, Vitality and Service. Which brings us, in a most circumspect way, to today's post:</b></i><br />
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I planned on going to NYC this past weekend to visit my brother and make the rounds with some friends but this damned thing consumed my whole weekend:<br />
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On Wednesday night, my wife was playing around with this dying contraption and succeeded in getting it to remove much of the water from last week's downpour. After work on Thursday, we realized that this galvanized monstrosity was finally done for. We have an emergency pump but it doesn't have an auto shutoff so I decided to use this until we could get a new sump:<br />
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So my Thursday evening trip to NYC was, at that point, only postponed until sometime Friday. Later that night, I watched this video on YouTube:<br />
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...which, along with a visit from my friend Chris McColgan, gave me hope that I would indeed be on my way in no time at all...<br />
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On Friday, I went out and got a new sump, some 1.5" PVC, a check valve, and a few other parts, realizing I'd need more but not sure what that would be until I removed the old sump pump and converted some of the galvanized joins into PVC. Do you remember that 1st picture of the sump pump up there? I actually took that late Friday afternoon after struggling with those galvanized fittings for most of the day. Talk about frustrating!<br />
Ultimately, I took a calculated risk and yanked the whole thing from the wall. I finally got it out and that's when the real fun started...<br />
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Inside the wall was a piece of 3/4" black pressure pipe inside a piece of 1" pressure pipe. This 7" length of pipe was all that came between 1" piece of pipe that was attached to the reducing joint of that wonderfully corroded galvanized pipe. Now I knew why the wall was so water-damaged - a small pipe inside 2 larger pipes with nothing to prevent the pressurized water coming out of the sump from spraying inside the block wall. Oy! I would have to get creative and craft a solution. That meant no NYC.<br />
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What it did mean was this - me, using my brain to come up with a solution. I tackled it alone and came up with this:</div>
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Now I had a proper check valve, a weep hole and even though I decided to use the existing pipe behind the wall, it all had proper joins and reducers. The part you can't see here (sorry, forgot to take a picture) is the smaller, 3/4" pipe joined to this 1" piece with a similar gray reducer join. That smaller piece is still inserted in the 1" piece of hose behind the back of the block but I inserted about 4.5' of it rather than the measly 3" it only had previously. </div>
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I then filled the sump hole with water and tested it all out. Success! We saw water coming out of the drain into the drain field which slopes away from the house. Would I have liked to use 1.5" PVC all the way through? Of course, but this works - much better than before - and I completed it solo.</div>
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So that's a win in my book. I'm sorry I wasn't able to keep my original plans but I was ecstatic to solve the problem using my brain and a bit of brawn - even if the galvanized won a battle - I won the war. Huzzah!</div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Do you like the ability to control your information easily and transparently? Without large corporations controlling what you see & how you see it? This may be the social network platform for you. Currently in alpha, Diaspora promises these abilities and more. From what I've seen so far, it looks a lot like a mashup between facebook & google+. I am curious to see if it delivers on its promise and I believe it can with our help. To be continued...</div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">e-commerce is still retail - no matter how you slice it. At the new gig I can already see the 'nets heating up and online orders increasing steadily now that people are mostly at work. Unofficially based (or anecdotally if you prefer) on what I've seen and heard - online ordering is set to double last year's totals. Is the economy finally picking up or are we seeing really great/desperate deals?</div>el8ed1http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050631686356322944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480781578723229005.post-73708232373050120302011-11-21T05:43:00.000-08:002012-01-19T03:28:46.688-08:00A great weekend...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lots of pictures to make up for not posting but you'll see why in a sec here. Starting out with massive leaf clean up on Saturday!</div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And it's reward on Saturday night...</div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then a puppy rescue run from Newark, DE to Norristown as my leg early on Sunday morning. They were all so adorable! Support your local dog rescue!</div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Also - having trouble finding more Lipp shots in my library - they're there - just gotta figure out where exactly...</div>el8ed1http://www.blogger.com/profile/18050631686356322944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7480781578723229005.post-75893100689341254862011-11-11T05:04:00.001-08:002012-01-19T03:28:46.697-08:00Lipp<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm dedicating today's post to my father-in-law, known to friends and family as Lipp. He is a Marine, a Vietnam Veteran, a dedicated father and someone who I'm proud to honor today and every day. He welcomed me in as part of the family and has shown me so much love over the past 13 years. Thanks for coming back Lipp and giving me the greatest gift of my life, your daughter! I love you and hope you get all the respect you deserve today...(I'll add more pictures this afternoon.)</div>
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