several things to read & something to look at, too, and if it doesn't amuse you, that's really not my concern, is it now? i am not here to entertain.

jerky mcjerkleheimer managed to make a funny joke today. went somewhat thusly:
* passenger t -- running a sprint and running a marathon is like drag racing versus indy cars.
* jerky -- if i was to run that marathon, it'd be a drag race because you'd be dragging me around the course.
thought for a min there he was humanoid, but he quickly turned it around with a series of remarks that were a fascinating combination of sexism & xenophobia. ah, jerky... you are reliably... jerky.

a funny, yet profoundly troubling, picture.

in other local news:

* eddy george is running the cmm half, as is the daughter of my roommate from college. the daughter will be running with a group headed up by her cross country coach who is married to the sister of a man that rides my vanpool. that's, like, 4 degrees of separation from ol' eddie, but i saw eddie w/ my own 2 eyes running one day in the park, so i don't need no stinkin' dah-grees! i got yer dah-grees right here, buddy!

* a local mom was arrested after she purchased alcohol for her underage son's birthday party, then left the house while the son & his compadres consumed the beverages. brilliant!

* there's a retail place featured in the paper today -- a small place in a small town a small ways down the road i live on -- this store specializes in converse shoes, specifically chuck taylors in sizes 3 to 17. they have 10,000 pair. who knew?

* flat stanley from a local elementary school made it all the way to the white house, and another flat stanley made it to the set of the adventures of zack & cody. if you don't know what a flat stanley is, well just go google it & stop bothering me with all your silly questions. the first graders who made the flat stanleys were more excited about the nick visit than the prez visit. go figure!

* when my old man gets home we're going to blue coast for a little premarathon salt loading via tortilla. that's what i'm talking 'bout!