Someone Please Post....

Would someone please write a new post so that I do not have to look at Polvo's bloody toes whenever this blog comes up?! I would post but I have not learned anything new today.

Confessions of a midnight runner

So, it twas around 2am early New Years morning when a friend and I decided that it was a "reasonably decent" idea (under the conditions) to "run" home instead of driving, or waiting for a cab. Given our impaired math skills at the time, coupled with a hefty-bar-tabs-worth of "liquid courage" - we concluded that it "couldn't be more than a mile to the house". In addition, and since we both grew up watching MacGyver - the fact that we didn't have adequate foot apparel didn't stop us. So after removing our shoes and socks, and running what turned out to be three (3) miles home - the bloody toes just added to the legend.

Well... if once was stupid, then 2 times is simply moronic? To that end, we went out with some friends this past weekend and since the bartender recognized that the service was slow he decided to make up for it in the form of free drinks that were extremely "TALL" i.e. basically a beer mug full of spirits and only a splash of whatever to cut the burn a little. So, like most other "bad ideas" it all started because no one was willing to just say "No"

So, once the clock hit around 12:30 AM we started off on our run - and after 7 miles (each mile a bit slower than the last) we finally made it home (shoes on this time).

What's even more interesting, is that I learnt that I'm not alone and in fact there are clubs coined as "drinkers with a running problem" and it's called "hashing"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash_House_Harriers

So, now you know!

Dad's post (see below) is NO joke! Ya know they are searus when those Floridians drive with these signs posted on their 4x4's!

Floriduh goes Hog Wild!

Like roaches aren’t enough…..
So today I learned on the TODAY show that FloriDUH has a huge problem with wild, feral boars, running through properties, tearing up lawns, looking for acorns.
I now know that is totally what we saw in the water at Jill’s office. It was not a mer-pig (mermaid pig) as I first thought, but a real wild boar!
The Today show had a lot of fun contrasting this nuisance with more lovable pigs, clips of Babe and Arnold on Green Acres, for example. They made a joke about getting rid of these pesky wild boars...when pigs fly.
The location filmed was Cypress Point, FL, but I would guess that Gulfport also has its share of pigs. I'm just sayin'....

learnt in my "office"

I learnt that if you are using the restroom, sitting down, and the toilet is one of those "sensor-flush" toilets, and the wall in front of it (essentially the door to the stall) is "gray" (and that is where the sensor is pointing) and you happen to be wearing a non-descript "gray" fleece pull-over that the censor may mistake you for not being there at all and / or thinking that you've essentially blended into the walls - it will subsequently flush over and over and over (and OVER AND OVER!) - Now, while the little splashes of water that accompany the "swirl" of the toilet-typhoon-flushing may be refreshing to an uncle of mine in GP - it really distracts from the calm escape that I had hoped it would be.