Category Archives: Just thinking…

LEG 10: Javier Mariscal – 3.0 miles. OK, you probably noticed by now that most of what has been going on in the van has been pretty predictable, and maybe, in your mind, a bit lame.  Well, SOOOOOORRRRYYY!  I wish … Continue reading →

LEG 7: Nicole Rodriguez – 5.3 miles. Barely 5 feet tall… Not even 100 pounds… Staring 20 miles in the face over the next 24 hours… No problem. Our van 1 anchor from last year was back and up for … Continue reading →

OK so maybe this isn’t really about the first six legs. You see since I was in van 2 I was not going to be a witness to these legs… At least not most of them. So I guess I’ll … Continue reading →

Race time was quickly approaching.  It was sometime around 6:45 am when we found our van 1 teammates. They were in the safety seminar finding out why one should wear the headlight and the reflector jacket at night.  They were … Continue reading →

Wednesday night out-of towners started arriving.  Roly and Cory came in from D.C. to stay at Roly’s mom’s house.  They took advantage and went to the Orange Bowl where they got to witness history with the highest scoring bowl game … Continue reading →

New Year’s Day, and as usual I am arriving late to mass.  It is a terrible habit, not made any easier by having children who fight getting dressed for mass, and in particular a daughter who waits until the last … Continue reading →

I just got the iPhone 4S. This thing is pretty cool. You see I don’t have to type in this blog I’m actually dictating it. Now it’s not like I’m going to make a habit of this, but seeing as … Continue reading →

It was the concert that seemingly would never arrive.  I had gotten the tickets to this concert in November of 2009.  I thought I would be seeing them July 9, 2010.  Then Bono hurt his back and the concert was … Continue reading →

So here’s Part II of my Weird Al picks.  Few people know that more than half of the songs on his ALbums (that’s what he calls them… get it/ AL-bums… whatever) are original songs.  Though he’s famous for his parodies … Continue reading →

This past week Weird Al Yankovic released his latest CD.  The guy has now been recording for over 30 years.  And he’s still at it, and he’s as funny, clever, and ingenious as ever.  Nobody has ever done parody better … Continue reading →