Irvine Hills hillbilly
…No, not really. My little cousin Adrianna is here this week. It’s her first time in New York. I do love showing folks around this place. Her first full day here, we went down into the city at a reasonably…
The misguided search for morning coffee
It’s already 1:38. I’ve gotten very little done today except for a few critical, money-oriented errands. Sadly, none of that’s translated into actually making money. Hmm. This week is going to be very busy: We have a visitor from California….
New Book Review: Sarah Conley and Summer Sisters
Two books, eerily the same, only not at all. Read more here.
a training season recap
Things I Hated About the Training Season 1. Having my dishwasher look like this every single time I ran it Seriously, people, when your dishwasher looks like an ad for the Plastics Advisory Board, there is something wrong. Every week…
Book publishing goes all Michael-Jackson on me
There’s been some hue-and-cry lately over Justine Larbalestier’s new book, Liar. It’s not because it’s about a black girl who is a compulsive liar; it’s not because it’s a young-adult book about a black girl who’s a compulsive liar; it’s…
Crumbs in my keyboard…
…bees in my bonnet. I had a dream last night that Jim and I were in a triathlon. It was some kind of weird triathlon/adventure-racing hybrid, though, because there was underwater bush-whacking involved. My friend Pamela was there, for some…
New book review: The Epicure’s Lament
A misanthrope, a writer, and a cook walk into a bar…Read about it here.
The things they ate
During an Ironman, you consume all sorts of high-tech food. Engineered stuff, crafted to hit the sweet spot between high-quality fuel and optimized ease of digestion. If that jargon isn’t enough to make your head spin, well…you should take a…
iron stuff in my grey matter
For the longest time I thought I’d feel good about completing Ironman, and not in the traditional manner of having done something big and unprecedented for myself. More, I thought I’d be relieved to have Ironman training go away completely,…
Iron Girl, Iron Guy, and the Iron Maiden (Part II)
Are you keeping track of the number of hours I’ve logged in as sleep since Tuesday night? I was, as I lay awake on Saturday night, the night before the race I’d taken six months out to train for. Jim…
