Drunk Blogging!!!

F'ing A!!!!

After a pletheora - f'it, i'm drunk, I don't need to know how to spell, much less try to use big words for YOU - after a pelethora (spelled differenly on purpose to prove I'm only have drunk) of drunk emails sent tonight to people who probably should not be getting emails from ME - I decided to make a blog post. Why the f- not? Seriously, we all do it from time to time, and I figured I could look back at this when I was sober and go, wow, Tony, you really need to lock up the Vodka, because that shit works! Either that or come up with a password that any drunk guy - or sober guy for that matter can hack! Well, this has been fun and that's about all I got, off to make another vodka/7 and delete some more old emails. Hope you all enjoy as much as I will tomorrow! Oh, why do I get the feeling this is going to hurt?

Peace out, N1!~

My First 10K!

I’ve never been a runner. I think the combination of relatively slow speeds, lack of adrenaline creating situations, and constant physical output required sort of ranked it up there with a weekend visit to the (now former) in-laws. My turning point happened just this summer. In an attempt to get back the single body I’ve never had (inside joke: I’ve not been single since I was a kid) and I think, initially, to impress a girl – I ran.

The first run was 3 miles. Pre run jitters told me I might as well be running the Boston Marathon – 3 miles? Seriously, that’s far in a car! But I sucked it up and ran. It wasn’t that bad, in fact, I made the entire run without walking! For reasons still unknown to me I started to enjoy running. In a matter of weeks I got past the point of “I’m going to die, this sucks!” and slipped into the “ok, if I head straight home after work I should be able to do the loop around my neighborhood before….” It was turning into an addiction. I was buying new shoes, special socks, and shorts with underwear stitched in the crotch! I was running frequently and adding distance and hills to my route. It was fun!

A friend who has done a lot of sponsored runs suggested I join their group for an upcoming 10K Halloween based “Pumpkin Run” – how could I say no?

It was an awesome experience – full of adrenaline and fun people! I have no doubt more will be in my future! Training for 13.1!

Oh God No! Not a Religious Post!

While my religious beliefs are just that - my own - I can, and do, appreciate humor. Even religious humor found amid church billboards trying to coerce us in their doors. The following is a collection of real-world examples found along the roads of the Midwest:

GOD ANSWERS KNEE-MAIL

GOD WORKS IN THE LOST AND FOUND DEPARTMENT

YOU TAKE ETERNITY: SMOKING OR NON-SMOKING?

CONSIDERING CATHALOSIM? HERE’S A SIGN

FORBIDDEN FRUIT CREATES MANY JAMS

TRY OUR SUNDAYS. THEY ARE BETTER THAN BASKIN-ROBINS.

“DON’T MAKE ME COME DOWN THERE” – GOD

WHAT PART OF “THOU SHAULT NOT….” DIDN’T YOU UNDERSTAND – GOD

KEEP USING MY NAME IN VAIN, I’LL MAKE RUSH HOUR LONGER – GOD

PREVENT TRUTH DECAY, BURSH UP ON YOUR BIBLE

WAL-MART ISN’T THE ONLY SAVING PLACE!

Seen in front of a church promoting Sunday morning coffee/donuts: Je-ho-va’s Java

The Goal

"You miss 100% of the shots you never take."
Wayne Gretzky

Live, Laugh, and Love

"I hope your dreams take you... to the corners of your smiles, to the highest of your hopes, to the windows of your opportunities, and to the most special places your heart has ever known."

~Unknown

Nicholas Sparks

I realize I don’t quite fit the demographics for his novels. That doesn’t bother me. I rather enjoy telling people, “Actually, I have read every book Nicholas Sparks has written.” Women usually say, “Really?” as they furrow their brow and question my sexuality; while most guys are like, “Who?” Aside from the ability to tout such an accomplishment, I do in fact enjoy his sappy North Carolina based romantic love stories where the guy always gets the girl – even if he loses her in the end. I’m not ashamed of being a hopeless romantic. Don’t get me wrong, I still love the smell of 2-stroke motor oil and have considered wearing WD-40 as cologne; I just happen to find his work entertaining.

Yesterday marked a banner day for all Nicholas Sparks fans as his 14th book, “The Lucky One” went on sale! I promptly made my way to Borders after work and have the 326 pages of hardbound bliss in my grubby little mitts! Unfortunately, I have to finish another book before I will allow myself to start this one. Talk about motivation for finishing a book you've not been enjoying! I just hope one box of Kleenex is enough!

Marriage

Marriage hath in it less of beauty but more of safety, than the single life; it hath more care, but less danger, it is more merry, and more sad; it is fuller of sorrows, and fuller of joys; it lies under more burdens, but it is supported by all the strengths of love and charity, and those burdens are delightful.

-Bishop Jeremy Taylor

I offer this quote to my sister and her new husband as they start their journey through life together. My best wishes and support are with you both!

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