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Category: Non-Running
January 19, 2014
Motivation Board
I used to have a poster from the old TV show “ReBoot” on the wall beside my bed. It was really cool and signed by the artist and series creator. I got it at Fan Expo in 2012. It was pretty interesting to look at, but I finally got tired of looking at it and decided after a year-and-a-half it was time for a change. I keep seeing things on Tumblr about motivating yourself by creating a motivation board. So I found an old corkboard and put it where the ReBoot poster used to be. At first, I put[…continue reading]
January 2, 2014
New Year’s Resolutions
Happy New Year to all my lovely readers! And welcome to 2014! A chance to start all over again! Apparently there are a lot of you lovely readers: My site stats say that 68 people viewed my website yesterday? WOAH! Everyone does New Year’s Resolutions and promptly breaks them. Who am I to ruin tradition? :p But, I do seriously plan to list SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Time-Sensitive) goals. Some of these goals are running-related, but some are not. As for time-sensitive, I plan to accomplish all of these in 2014! SET NEW HALF-MARATHON PB I want[…continue reading]
December 20, 2013
Seasonally Appropriate Engineering Drawing
One of my jobs at work is to review engineering drawings submitted by external contractors. The coordinator for reviews sent this to me this morning and marked it as urgent. The jargon is so spot-on that it took me a moment to get in the spirit. Enjoy! (click here for a much higher resolution version) Our department sent some seasonally appropriate and cheeky comments back. Season’s Greetings, Happy Holidays, and Merry Christmas!
