Me and George
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G is for Garret
Steve's brother has a luxury box at FedEx Field, so I was offered a free invite to the Skins-Niners MNF game, including pre-game on-field access. As a Skins fan the game was a stinker (L, 27-6) but the night was awesome. However, given the recent spate of horrible news from the NFL, and the dumb Washington fan who was mad at everyone else on the train because nobody liked hockey as much as he did, I have to agree with Mark Kleinman , Matthew Yglesias, and others: taxes on alcohol should be much higher.
JFK 50 Miler
1. Never buy an inflatable camping air mattress. If I've advised you to do so in the past (Ashley), I apologize, because I was wrong. Leaks are inevitable. If your trip is long, you'll get used to the cold hard ground and sleep well on just the Gossamer Gear Night Light , torso length. If it's a short trip, you're probably not hiking that far. So suck it up and just carry a bunch of foam pads. I've got two Night Lights, a Ridgerest and a Z-Lite: put them all together, and you're much more comfortable than when you bring your stupid EMS Air Channel , which will leak. From the seams, not because you punctured it. 2. Here's my hotel for the night before the race. An easy half mile from the road, had it all to myself, and it's only 5 miles or so from the race start. Just north of the AT's crossing of I-70. Free awesome stuff in the shelter. (Sorry about the glare--it's flavored pipe tobacco, which I can only assume is awful.) 3. I ran...
Ridiculous, hideous, or both?
Delivered today, just in time for JFK 50 on Saturday. Running 50 miles with no training in brand new crazy shoes. What could go wrong? 152 job apps in.
3:32:50.
That was kind of fun. Not too bad for having run further than five miles only twice in the last 2.5 months, and only 100 miles of "training." Hope I recover for JFK 50 in six days.
How We Do
What I do (when not running ultra-marathons) is featured in Wired magazine. My academic grandfather (adviser's adviser) and postdoctoral supervisor is the lead figure in the article.
My Quality of Life
has improved dramatically since I learned to use Google Scholar's Cite-->Import into BibTex-->Copy-->BibDesk-->Publication menu-->New Publication from Clipboard. It'll change your life, I swear.
To Do List
10 Easy Races Use Ken Train's code for mixed logit discrete choice models to estimate the willingness to pay for chlorine in western Kenya. Apply to a couple hundred jobs.
I was made to believe there would be guac.
Headed to Boston for NEUDC and meetings. This airport burrito was a huge disappointment.