July 2007 Entries
My last post used a Steve Austin quote and it isn't a perfect match, so adding another post which will touch on bionic stuff. When you have a second, look at your toes. Is your second toe longer than your big toe? Mine is. It is called Morton's Toe, "Although commonly described as a disorder, it is sufficiently common to be considered a normal variant of foot shape". This is fine except for the blister on top of blister on top of blister on my left second toe from 13 Mile+ runs. I now wear the ridiculous...
“Steve Austin: astronaut. A man barely alive.” “Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to make the world’s first bionic man. Steve Austin will be that man. Better than he was before. Better…stronger…faster." Tim, Rajiv and I took a road trip to Boston last Friday on official Notches business. Tim was using his tablet with EVDO on the way up in the rental car when about 1/3 of the way there, he says "uh, that doesn't sound good" and held up the computer when the obvious click of death sounds became...
A Departures magazine subscription comes with American Express Platinum membership. It is a thick, glossy volume that can make anyone feel insufficiently world traveled and luxuried up. Here's a full page spread on burgers in New York City, highlighting things like foie gras and short rib burgers, but take a look at the bombshell opening sentence: Los Angeles burger haven In-N-Out is rumored to be planning a New York debut, but burgers have already taken the city by storm. I don't have to spell it out: this would be just about the biggest news in burgers...