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Posts from ‘September, 2009’

Final harvest, 2009

I picked the last of the summer bounty today – about 1.5 lbs of carrots, which were promptly peeled and frozen for winter stew, and 4 servings of beans:

Also, we have about a yard of some really rich compost (on the upper right of the photo below), and we’ve started the new batch for next [...]

Weekend photo

Enjoy this photo from Nanny and Poppy’s this weekend.

9 years of marital bliss

This is what it looks like:

The end of the tri season

Well, if it’s the end of the triathlon season, that means a few things:
1) I get to sleep in later and train lighter to give my body a break until the serious off-season training starts. The problem is that the sleeping in and light workouts started a month ago. Oops.
2) I usually gain [...]

Science + geekiness + music

I hope you enjoy this melodic fusion of some of my favorite things as much as I did. [1]

I originally discovered this at the Bad Astronomy blog. [back]

First day of school, 2009

Skinnyman 2009

Yesterday was the big day for The Manlius Formation (the triathlon relay team, not the website). It was an absolutely beautiful day, although a little hot for the run, and we had great fun.
It was a little tight with well over 600 people[1] entering the water, but it went pretty smoothly.
Here we are, all [...]

How golf is like camping with kids

You spend a lot of time outside.
Sometimes it rains on you, and you just have to play through.
Both offer a spectrum of possible difficulty levels.

You can hit the links at a brutally technical, hazard-ridden, members-only course – if you can afford the $500K annual club membership – while sipping martinis from your golf cart’s cooler, [...]