The Great Ganesha

The Finisher’s Medal, front and back
Well, folks, we did it! 26.2 miles! My second marathon, the wife’s first. Here’s our route, freshly uploaded from the GPS into Google Earth.

Temperatures were in the low 60s with fog, which made it perfect for me and perfect for running. In fact, it was so foggy, I couldn’t [...]

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In following with the stereotypical British fascination for the morbid, the latest Economist reports on a cadaverous Chinese tradition:
Chinese tradition demands that husbands and wives always share a grave. Sometimes, when a man died unmarried, his parents would procure the body of a woman, hold a ?wedding? and bury the couple together.
The custom has a [...]

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The people at Improv Everywhere describe themselves as causing “scenes of chaos and joy in public places” by executing “over 60 missions involving hundreds of undercover agents.”
Their last mission: Raising awareness of The Redhead Experience. Redheads, they say, make up less than 1% of the world population and “Agent McCarthy” suggested,
“What would it be like [...]

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If you’re single, and have an iPhone, then there’s hope for you. You can go on an iDate. What’s that, you ask? It’s speed-dating with a techno-twist. You mingle over drinks, you speed-date and then, in an election-booth like enclosed area, you elect your President-to-be at the after-party (and this party definitely surpasses the [...]

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The trailer for the Coen Brothers’ new film No Country for Old Men is out. And, to put it mildly, it does not disappoint.

From the trailer, it looks like they are back with a bang and are bringing on all the blood, noir, edginess, and “edge-of-the-seat”-iness from their Blood Simple days. After Ladykillers, I think [...]

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‘Nuff said.
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Well folks, after all those months of training, it’s finally here. My second marathon.

Not sure if we’ll finish in the allotted time - there have been quite a few setbacks, especially in the last couple of months of training. Coincidentally, these months are also the most crucial. Nonetheless, we’ve registered, so it’s a go.
Come out [...]

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Soapstone Marge
In the wake of all the brouhaha about the 7-Eleven/Kwik-E-Mart promotion, I thought this would perhaps -er- wash some of the stains left by the show and 7-Eleven, and lighten the mood a little.
Although most of them in the remote village of Tabaka in Kisii have never watched the animated TV show, Homer, Marge, [...]

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If relations between your friends have sunk to a new low because you’re blaming them for your obesity, listen up. Just because you’re fat, it doesn’t mean you’re unfit. Particularly, if you’re a biker.
…cycling is a lot more forgiving of body type and age than running. The best cyclists going up hills are those with [...]

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You better watch out. An article in today’s Times talks about a study that showed that obesity is contagious.
Obesity can spread from person to person, much like a virus, researchers are reporting today. When a person gains weight, close friends tend to gain weight, too.
Their study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, [...]

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