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Thursday, 01 November 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

Okay, so remember a couple of days ago, when I briefly mentioned my mild unhappiness with our home’s original chandelier<\/a>? My wife says that I should show you the new chendelier, as a means of bringing closure to that earlier post. Here it is:<\/p>\n

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Due to my phone’s lack of quality-picture-taking ability, that’s the best your gonna get. I assure you, that ethereal glow is not inherent in the chandelier’s illumination.<\/p>\n

And while I’m posting random pictures from my phone, here’s another one I gotta share with you…<\/p>\n

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I stopped into a small store today and, amidst the gift wrapping section, I saw copies of The St. Paul Almanac<\/em> for sale. See them? They’re in the bottom left and right corners. Damn, I love how awesome it feels to see stuff I wrote for sale like that.<\/p>\n

Friday, 02 November 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

For the eighth time in as many Novembers, I participated in my company’s annual 6 kilometer run\/walk today.<\/p>\n

Last year, I tried. I went out and ran around the lake probably 20 times between July and November. On days that I didn’t do that, I often went for long walks. And on other days I visited the YMCA with my family and worked out there.<\/p>\n

And it paid off. I finished the race last year with my best time ever, setting a new record a full two minutes shorter than my previous record. I also, for the first time, finished in the top third, by being #118 of 410 runners.<\/p>\n

This year, I didn’t try. I haven’t run the course since last year, and I haven’t been on a treadmill in over a year. I did participate in a workout class sponsored by my employer, and I’ve been to the YMCA a couple of times…but that’s it. In fact, a co-worker from my previous department invited all of us former co-workers to dine together today, and I even joined them for lunch, overeating on a fish sandwich and fries.<\/p>\n

My goal, then, for today, was pretty much just to make sure I didn’t do my worst ever.<\/p>\n

The results aren’t in yet, but judging from the big clock I glanced at as I came down to the finish line, my time was somewhere in the middle compared to previous years. I’ll let you know when the results are published.<\/p>\n

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