Thanks! I'll need it! The other two races are 4.5 miles and 6 miles. They're all three weeks apart, so if I get back to training, I might actually do okay in them.
Most Louis L'Amour books have similar plot lines. The names and locations change, but they're all pretty much the same story. I like them anyway, though.
Go rent it. Now.
I knew people like that in high school, which is probably why I spent the whole movie laughing the first time I saw it. Heck, I probably was one of those people in high school.
It's not called an achievement, per se, you just the right to call yourself a Badass. There's usually a hoodie or a beanie with "Badass" on it, too.
I'd like to go to an NHL game sometime, too. These guys are AHL.
I'll probably walk most of it, I'm not where I'd hoped to be physically by this time, but I'll run what I can and walk the rest.
The Longmire books are so much better than the series. The Henry Standing Bear of the books is just plain awesome. And the series doesn't really follow the books at all. Branch is a very minor character in the first book and then he disappears for ever, Walt's wife died of cancer, she wasn't murdered, the Ferg isn't an inept young guy, he's just a quiet older guy who loves to fish.
As for Dostoyevsky, I read both Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov in high school. The Brothers Karamazov is the better book, in myu opinion, it's just a lot longer. Never read War and Peace (or anything else by Tolstoy, for that matter).
Chris, it was so long ago that I went to see the Black Bears play, I don't remember who I saw. Maybe 24 years ago now. I just remember that they kicked arch rival Boston College's butt and the crowd went wild. My best friend from high school invited me up to Orono (the town where UMaine is located) for the weekend for one of the women's basketball games and the men's hockey game. I remember seeing Cindy Blodgett play basketball, but not who any of the hockey players were.
As for the race - no medals. Prizes are racing snowshoes for the over all winners, and locally donated items for the rest. It's a pretty small (race cap is 50 people), low-key race where the main focus is to have fun. The overall winners will finish in about 20 minutes, I'm just hoping to keep my time under an hour.
Personally, I hate Duck Dynasty, but that's just me. No judging those who do like it. And I, too, come from redneck stock.
Jason told me if he wins the lottery, he'll buy me the console of my choice. As I don't think he plays the lottery, I'm not gonna hold my breath, but it's sweet he thinks of these things. As to my choice, PS4 would win at the moment.
Oh, I do so love single malt Scotch! Laphroaig, Lagavulin, Oban, Talisker, yeah, I like Scotch.
Did you ever read Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain? Never order fish on Monday is the only bit I really remember, not that I would order fish, anyway. Not a fan of fish or seafood. And yes, I really do live on the coast of Maine, lol.
I have the Game Cube version, but I could never get past the crappy tank controls. I may have to get this now. Er, later, when I have disposable income.
I think the biggest issue I had with chemistry was that I just wasn't all that interested in it. I liked organic chem, but we spent very little time on it. Biology on the other hand, I loved. Except when we had to dissect things. I made my lab partner do it, lol. It was a perch, poor fishie. Better that than a rat or a frog, though.
