Monthly Archives: May 2009

Getting my overweight ass into shape!

Just picked up the Wii Fit yesterday and got my body tests all done today. It told me I’m overweight. It lets you choose a number of pounds you’d like to lose and a time period to lose em in. In order to get my weight down low enough to fall out [...]

Canoe trailer… for a bike?

How much fun would kayaking on the river right here in town be? Let me fill you in on a little secret: it would be a lot of fun.
I’ve been kinda thinking about that for a couple years now, but haven’t done anything about it. yet….
Kayaks are (maybe) expensive, but I could have access [...]

Junkyard bike race

I dare you to try to find a video of something that looks more fun than this. If you think you can – post a link to your video in the comments.
VIMBY – Bilenky Junk Yard Race

What Wordpress plugins are you using?

Here is my list of plugins I have installed on at least one of my 3 main websites:
AddThis Social Bookmarking Widget – probably one I will get rid of in favor of the “Tell-a-Friend Widget Plugin”.
Akismet – a must have for killing spam.

All in One SEO Pack – of course.

Cimy User Extra Fields – Used [...]

Running is crazy

I finished a half-marathon this morning in a personal record time, which means it beat the one time that I had run before. Check out some of the differences between this marathon and last years:

2008
2009

almost passed out after finishing
had energy to spare after a very fast last mile

really bad blisters (very old shoes)
just a [...]

Wasting time taking quizzes

I should be training for the marathon that is in 2 days that I’m not really ready for yet, but I’m wasting time online between hockey periods.
So you think you can name more US professional sports teams than I can in 12 minutes? Go ahead and try: http://www.sporcle.com/games/us_sportsteams.php. After you are done [...]

The proud new owner of someone’s trash!

So you might notice that it is clean up week if you were to come visit anywhere in my hometown this week. Everyone has tons of trash out on the curb – it is the one time of the year the city will come by and take anything away for you. It brings [...]