Those are great! At least someone redeemed me!

I might order prints of 4044-3350-019, 4044-3350-020 and 4044-3350-021 for you for thanksgiving, because that guy isn't you.

I will copy some onto my drive, but I don't think I'm actually going to PAY for one of these until you run a race down here. But I will buy some of your Patapsco prints. Those rock.

I can't wait until winter. I love taking pictures of snow, even though I don't do it well. So subtle, everything is softened to the point where all shadows are discrete and no curve is sharp. By the way, the NYC pictures guy has an otherworldly polarizing filter for his fish-eye lens...look at those city shots. It's nuts.

As for your comment on the other one about stopping before the line...There's a banner overhead, but they have it slightly forward of the line, presumably so that the camera can get you as you cross. I stopped beneathe the banner, as I was looking to stop at my nearest convenience.

Incidentally, don't hold your breath on my racing in the south. If it doesn't happen in the winter, it sure as hell won't happen in the summer again.

My current racing schedule looks like this:
Alumni Race at Bear Mnt, Thanksgiving weekend
A track race or two in DC with Matias, Jan/Feb
Shamrock 5K in B-more, whenever St Patrick's day is
Floating around the Frederick, B-more, south PA scene for most of the spring, with one or two DC races for challenge through the spring into summer
Trail races in the summer
Chicago Marathon next October
....
Boston spring 2006
NYC fall 2006

Plan ahead: way too much.

Hmpf. I don't really like any of those. Maybe something in D.C. I've been wanting to take the girlies to see the Smithsonia. Any travel is going to depend on whether I kick some ass at trial next week, and if I make any headway on the godforsaken novel. Yeah, maybe D.C. in the spring.

I am watching The Apprentice for the first time. Is Donald Trump really this cool? I stayed at his place in Atlantic City on assignment once. It was seriously resplendent digs.

I am addicted to the Apprentice, even though I think Donald Trump is a total dork!

Well, I thought that dude got a raw deal, but what a whiner. Jeez. And handing out bridal flyers to commuters at Penn Station? That is the stuuuuuuuupidest, make-work idea they could have come up with. On Trump, the Fruitcake Lady says that Trump's hair got fed up. It just got sick and tired of being treated so bad, that it just went wild, she says, like a tame thing goes wild. And once a tame thing goes wild, there's no turning it back. It's over. That's what she says. It's all over for his hair.

I was so glad to see Chris go. He was such a jackass from the very beginning. I do happen to know who the final two contestants will be, AE. That hasn't lessened the excitement of the show, however.

It's funny, because I always made fun of reality tv, and the boy I was in love with last year watched the Apprentice. I gave him such a hard time about how he was a sellout for claiming to be against tv in general and especially reality tv but then was an Apprentice addict. Living with a reality-tv addict this year has changed that and the Apprentice is my only show. How things change...

I haven't watched the Apprentice since the first couple episodes of the very first season, but I've gotta say that I LOVE the way that Donald Trump puts the contestants in their places. They're all vacant and soulless (as is anyone who tries out for any reality show, no matter how supposedly reputable a show it is) and there's nothing more refreshing than witnessing him telling them off.

I have a special place in my heart for Donald Trump, always have. Even if he owns everything under the sun and his lifestyle goes against everything I believe in, at least he's honest about the fact. He's not trying to be anything other than what he is.

Yeah, he's kind of adorable in spite of much of what we know to be true about him, kinda like Rudy.

I saw the Biggest Loser show this week, and I'm gonna keep watching that one. As a professional obesity educator (add that to the list, Furstie), I found it fascinating, and kind of heartbreaking. Of course, I know way more about obesity than most people, so I'm sure it's more compelling to me than most people, but it seems like it would be interesting to anyone. Or at least to the two-thirds of Americans who are overweight, or at a minimum, the one out of three who are actually clinically obese. It's just the craziest little fish bowl.

I'm not sure I was really ready for those shirtless weigh-ins. Those were alarmingly serious c-cup man-boobs. That guy is going to need surgury, even if he gets the tonnage off.

Okay, Lara, tell me who the last two are, and I'll make some money betting with some of the local Apprentice freaks, and I'll send you a cut. That will be very business-like of us, don't you think?

Kind of depressing when men have more chest than me. Alas...Regarding your request, AE, I can indeed satisfy you with an answer. If any of you watch the Apprentice and don't want to have anything ruined, do not read further. These names were leaked early in the season and I doubted that it was legitimate, but they have remained strong and in the running. They are Kelly and Jennifer. Good luck and be sure to send me at least 50% of the earnings ;)

You know, I'm not particularly depressed by 375 lb women who have bigger arms than me. I don't see why you should envy a quarter-ton man boober.

Especially with hair on them... no, if you're equipped to cause cleavage when leaning over a desk drawer, you're good.