January 2012
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I run for tacos
Think I’m foolin’? I know, I know, eggs and cheese… don’t need it for the long runs. Bla, bla, bla. I cannot have only beans- who does that? Truthfully, today’s run was total shit. I drove out to Government Canyon State Natural Area, paid the $6 to get in, and planned on a >20 mile run. This was to be my last, longest run before Cross Timbers. All went well for...
“Especially important is the warning to avoid conversations with the demon. We...”
– Father Lankester Merrin
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There will be 'mud' →
Yes. This was a cheap zing. Mud, blood, get it… got it. Had an 8.5 mile road run planned for today but witnessing the bloody monsoon we got last night I have no choice but to hit the trail. This will make for an all trail, no run week! Sick! ***Post run edit*** I suppose it’s nice to get a little rain but holy crap! Most of my trails were completely submerged. Waste high waters at many...
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Meet the Bundlers Behind the Money - OpenSecrets... →
Shady campaign finance operations. What stands out? ONE presidential nominee who DOES NOT use bundlers: Ron Paul. Whaddya know, he’s running a clean, legit operation. Damned honest SOB, who does he think he is!?!?
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Sugar High: The Dark History and Nasty Methods... →
A long but good read. Most people don’t know the shadiness surrounding sugar in the U.S. If you don’t read anything, here’s one quote worth noting… read the last paragraph as well.
An overwhelming percent of world sugar production occurs in Brazil and India, but if you are an American, your sugar fix is likely satisfied by U.S. sugar, whether cane or beet. The U.S. has...
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Why I will never watch a State of the Union.
There are a few reasons. Primarily, however, because our president, no matter the name and when, will never reach down into his pants to verify he has a set of bollocks and tell me, the average American citizen, what the actual state of this union is. I’ll go watch Pippy fucking Longstocking or an episode of Sesame Street if I want sunshine pumped up my ass. I shouldn’t get it every...
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Why Is the State Department Using Our Money to... →
A story from October doesn’t make it any less gross. My government makes me sick to my stomach. Probably their intention so I can buy some bullshit drug which in turn greases their “our representative’s” pockets. Shameful, disgusting, and embarrassing.
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Supreme Court unanimously rules search warrant... →
thecheekylibertarian:
statehate:
The U.S. Supreme Court has unanimously decided today to uphold citizens’ Fourth Amendement rights in the GPS tracking case which would have allowed the U.S. government to track a suspects’ cars without a warrant. The court states that the Fourth Amendement’s protection of “persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures,”...
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USDA deregulation of Monsanto's corn & more fun... →
Hooray for the USDA! This is a cute story. More than a few “red flags” here, the title reference of course, but on paragraph and link really stood out. The USDA’s deregulation of Monsanto’s drought-tolerant corn and Dow’s corn engineered to withstand 2,4-D and Dicamba. Official USDA link [here]. Probably 99% of people on Earth have no idea what 2,4-D and Dicamba are....
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Thoughts on a few things...
I have two legitimate business ideas. One is an online venture I know for a fact would be ridiculously popular but I have to research the legalities. No, it’s not porn…there are a few of those sites already around the world wide web, allegedly. The other would be strictly something I’d love and there is nothing in San Antonio, or much of Texas for that matter, which would...
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Banana Choco-PB Muffins
These just happened as well. I did steal a majority of this recipe from Devon Crosby-Helms’ Gluten Free Banana Nutella Muffins [here]. Nutella is great and all but it’s a little bit of a show! A ton of sugar! I’m not a celiac so I don’t need to roll gluten free as well. 2 c organic whole wheat flour 1 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp sea salt 2 (large) ripe organic...
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Boudro's Guacamole
This [here] just happened in my kitchen! I wish I could say it came from my brain but it did not. However, that does not mean it is any less awesome. However #2, I don’t think my avocado was ready so it turned out a little more chunky, like a salsa. My mouth cares not! {Naturally, I substituted all ingredients with the organic variety save for the serrano pepper}
Boudro’s Famous...
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Reviews and crap - Altra Lone Peak
Behold, another trail shoe review- unofficial, unsolicited, and unprofessional. So a very brief background: I’ve had my eye on the Lone Peak’s for a while now and made the decision months ago they were going to be my next pair of trail shoes should the Brooks PureGrit not work out. While it’s a great shoe with a lot of awesome attributes, they just weren’t the best fit....
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2011: The 9th hottest year on record →
Phil Plait of Bad Astronomy breaks it down… with neato pictures and all! Keep on denying. ***Side note: the disrespect of climate change and environmental issues is one glaring fallacy of the majority of the Libertarian side. I could be wrong on that but it’s not what I’ve seen. One of the few reasons I will never subscribe to one political party. I urge everyone, on all sides,...
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WatchClay Shirky explains SOPA and PIPA in layman’s terms with a brief history of the bills as well. Very good info and very scary.
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Why shelving SOPA/PIPA is not enough.
Have you ever heard the term, “throw enough shit against the wall, hope some of it sticks”? Make no mistake, this is a tactic our government uses against us. President Obama’s alleged shutdown of SOPA and Sen. Reid’s proclamation that they’ll delay the vote on PIPA ARE NOT victories, folks. To me, the fact that these bills were even drafted is a serious problem we...
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The Hidden Story of GMOs →
What else can be said here? All they hype, rightly so, around SOPA/PIPA, NDAA, and [insert government power-grab bill here], the fight continues with our food supply. We’re constantly hearing about the obesity epidemic, increasing health costs, increased diseases, heart conditions, general poor health, declining health of children as well as their consistently decreasing performance in...
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“Brains for dinner
Brains for lunch
Brains for breakfast
Brains for brunch...”
– The Misfits - Braineaters I feed my fat dog green beans with her food. Naturally, ‘Beaneaters’ has become a nightly ritual. Do mad people know they’re mad? Hmmm…
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United States of America 'Friend Request Form'
1. Are you caucasian?
YES
NO
2. Are you Christian?
YES
NO
If you answered NO to any of the preceding questions, you are an enemy of the United States of America. Please prepare for eventual military occupation.** If you answered YES to any of the preceding questions, we will contemplate the benefits of your friendship. Please prepare for eventual military occupation in support of our...
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HELP STOP PIPA & SOPA →
Yet one more link to do your part. Take the minute. Take a few more to directly contact “your representatives”. The best part is you’ll get a nicely wrapped, canned response in a few weeks telling you why your opinion doesn’t matter!!! Hooray for congress!!! I didn’t plan to post much today but this is too important.
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A consequence of free time overload
Notice this is not necessarily negative. Today, amongst the mundane and excitement I decided to challenge myself to create the perfect long distance fuel in the form of a breakfast taco. I am serious. There are countless options, both legitimate and hoax, when it comes to consumption of necessary calories whilst running. Even more so for distances where glycogen depletion and caloric deficits...
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BTBAM ARE WORKING ON PARALLAX PART II →
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My initial reaction:
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Thoughts on the Buffalo Sabres
Currently. Flirting with mediocrity…from the backside that is. This team either looks like the worst team in history or a potentially decent team. Either way this formula adds up to zero Stanley Cups. Zero. A couple of quick, unsolicited thoughts. First thing is first- Darcy Regier is a complete buffoon and needs to be removed immediately. He’s been the GM since 1997 and while...
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Thoughts on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
To celebrate MLK day, I have eaten ~6 bowls of cereal. Correlation, you ask? Jog off, I don’t need any. Awesome dude, awesome food. Good enough?!
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Reviews and crap - New Balance MT110 AK
Review, part 2. Sometimes bright people make dumb decisions. Dumb people also make dumb decisions. I tell myself I fall into the former category at times to make myself feel better for making a dumb choice. Wed, all hopped up on new shoes, I decided I’d roll with no socks on. To be fair, the MT110s are designed to hit the ground running [pun intended] out of the box. The sock liner and lack...
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Texas Benefits
After the 18-mile trail run I just finished, there will be copious amounts of chips and salsa and beer consumed in just a little bit. Problems with the new kicks…more on that later. Frustrating indeed but could be an easy fix.
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Letter from my "representative":
A wonderful, canned, bullshit response from my rep [italics to emphasize irony] Lamar Smith. What a joke. To sum up, I sent a letter to each of my senators as well as Mr. Smith, all of whom supported the NDAA. Consequently, I’m fairly certain they’ve all supported SOPA as well. I know Mr. Smith did. I was pleased to see that each congressperson included a blatant lie about the NDAA...
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The Making of the New Balance MT110 | iRunFar →
A bit more in depth, professional, view on my new MT110s. I should log about 3 hours in them today and time permitting, I’ll follow up with my unprofessional, unsolicited, probably unworthy review, version 2. Side note, it’s funny, [here] is an earlier post reviewing the MT110. 42 comments. The title link, giving away free pairs of the shoe, 840 comments… people love to grasp at...
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Reviews and crap - New Balance MT110 AK
Review, Part One. Indeed, at least pertaining to running, there may be no better combination of sight and smell than a box of new sillies! As an avid Brooks fan it was hard for me to admit that the PureGrit shoes probably weren’t going to be my go-to trail runners. I went back and forth on where to go next, finally finding the MT110. This model, looks to be somewhat of a hybrid between the...
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Next-Gen GMOs: A Larger Danger? →
If this stuff doesn’t scare you I don’t know what will. Our government has proliferated the widespread use of these products into virtually every food product. Look at the ingredient list of whatever you’re eating. Unless it’s marked as organic or non-GMO verified, chances are you are consuming a product with made from genetically modified or genetically engineered...
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Anonymous asked: Im from buffalo where did u get your tattoo done at?
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Thoughts on career path
In less than five months I will be halfway through my graduate studies. It has become abundantly clear that I really have to figure out where I’m going. Unorthodox, naturally, but my INTP traits chose a program where I’d have a few options, of which I did not have to choose [and plan] ahead of time. The kinesiology program is geared towards a career in education. A career strictly as...
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What’s the difference between GE and GMO? →
Some terminology. Not that it makes them any safer.
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“Beep, beep, Richie! …we all float down here…”
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Trail notes v1
I decided to try out a new trail (& park) yesterday for my 160 minute (~16 mi) run. At this point on the trails I’m tracking time rather than distance. For the sake of numbers I’ve averaged about anywhere between 8 and 11 minute miles depending on technicality. Using 10 to be safe but it’s really just for metrics. First, as I was looking at the park map I hear a couple kids...
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Monsanto's GMO Crops Ravage US, USDA Ignores... →
More of the same. Disgusting. Wake up, people!!!
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Banned in 27 Countries, Monsanto's rBGH In Dairy... →
Do you think there’s something wrong with this picture? Are those 27 countries nuts, or is something up with us? Again, ask yourself, who benefits? What possible gains could come from an entire nation banning a substance? Oh, what’s that, the best interests of their people? Sounds crazy, huh! Yet here in the good ole U.S. of A. we cannot even make food corporations properly label these...
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Food Science: A Scary Subject →
This is your brain on nasty American processed food. Not scared? The scariest part for me is that our representative government not only is aware of these dangers and fails to take necessary measures to ensure our safety (regarding food), they proliferate the spread of Big Ag and Big Pharma’s power over our food supply. Sad. Yet, even worse, we’ll continue to treat the symptom. We...
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Noteworthy News v1
Reading through some headlines yesterday I flagged a few stories I wanted to follow up on and give my unsolicited opinion. I’ll add that I will only comment on the given “facts” in the story. As we all know, what is reported is rarely the entire story but in these cases it’s what I have to go on so I’ll treat them as truths. First and foremost, gaining some attention...
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Life Lesson #5
Travel. Easy, right? Sounds easier than it actually is to execute. Truth be told, most of the places I’ve been lucky enough to visit were because of work at the time. While throughout my life I’ve driven all over but decided to track only those places I’ve stayed over night. Take a look… look at all the blank spaces. On my long list of lifetime to-do’s, one is taking...
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NEW TATTOO POST!
Just over two hours and out. There’s still some shading we’re going to do yet but this is pretty much the finished product of the first installment of the new project. For those who do not recognize it, this is Buffalo City Hall, in, you guessed it, Buffalo, New York. I can assure you I’m not representing the current inhabitants of the building, only the city it represents and my...
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The Hipster Libertarian: Security Theater And The... →
letterstomycountry:
A Sullivan Reader writes:
Why haven’t terrorists been hitting public transportation, museums, shopping malls, movie theatres, etc? Either because there aren’t nearly as many terrorists as the security state apparatus and its apologists want us to think there are, or…
Finally have a few minutes to go back to this. Regarding the original link and the...
