1. The one sport in which neither the spectators nor the
participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends.
Boxing

2. North American landmark constantly moving backwards. Niagara
Falls (The rim is worn down about two and a half feet each year because of
the millions of gallons of water that rush over it every minute.)

3. Only two vegetables that can live to produce on their own for
several growing seasons Asparagus and Rhubarb.

4. The fruit with its seeds on the outside. . Strawberry.

5. How did the pear get inside the brandy bottle? It grew inside the
bottle. (The bottles are placed over pear buds when they are small,
and are wired in place on the tree. The bottle is left in place for the
entire growing season. When the pears are ripe, they are snipped off
at the stems.)

6. Three English words beginning with dw. Dwarf, dwell and dwindle.

7. Fourteen punctuation marks in English grammar. Period, comma,
colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, apostrophe, question mark, exclamation
point, quotation marks, brackets, parenthesis, braces, and ellipses.

8. The only vegetable or fruit never sold frozen, canned,
processed, cooked, or in any other form but fresh. Lettuce.

9. Six or more things you can wear on your feet beginning with 'S'.
Shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis, skates, snowshoes,
stockings, stilts.

Quiz for People who Know Alot

This is a quiz for people who know everything!

1. Name the one sport in which neither the spectators nor the
participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends.

2. What famous North American landmark is constantly moving
backward?

3. Of all vegetables, only two can live to produce on their own for
several growing seasons. All other vegetables must be replanted every
year. What are the only two perennial vegetables?

4. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?

5. In many liquor stores, you can buy pear brandy, with a real pear
inside the bottle. The pear is whole and ripe, and the bottle is
genuine; it hasn't been cut in any way. How did the pear get inside the
bottle?

6. Only three words in standard English begin with the letters 'dw'
and they are all common words. Name two of them.

7. There are 14 punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name
at least half of them?

8. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen,
canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh.

9. Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning
with the letter 'S.'

Another Day; another run.

FR and I got the marriage license today. We had a very nice dinner with friends tonight. My brother should be arriving shortly. And tomorrow at 12:15 we have the ceremony.

See no panic.

It's been 54 weeks since my last post (confession?). Ran 8+ miles today. It made me feel so good I think I'll run again tomorrow.

We bought a new Wii game today. Wall*e. Fun so far.

Tomorrow is a study day after I run. I'm taking an Estate Planning course. Very interesting stuff. Point of information for today:
1) Get an Advanced health Care Directive (to pull the plug or not - ie. Do you want to be kept alive as a vegetable until everyone is in the poor house)
and
2) Get a Will (especially if you have kids).

After months of training I completed my Marathon with flying colors. Now I'm getting back into stained glass. I cut out all the pieces for a new project. A little more grinding and it will be ready for the lead and finish. I'm going to try a new product for holding it all together. We'll see how it goes.

Well it's been a while. I've run 2 halves and am in the tapering period for my first full Marathon. FR and I are traveling to San Diego for the Rock-N-Roll Marathon in June. 20 miles is my longest run and my coaches tell me I'm good to go. So we'll see what we shall see.

I've created my first stained glass design from a photo. Tomorrow I'll make an enlargement or the picture and then it's glass time.

My brother sent me this UTube piece. Made me laugh out loud.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4Y4keqTV6w


Hope you enjoy it too.

I may have committed myself to doing a Marathon. My running buddy is all excited about doing the San Diego Rock-n-Roll. He says we have 14 weeks to prepare and that with our solid half marathon base we can get there. I told him that if I have a solid 18 miler (I've never run more than 14 miles at a stretch) under my belt by 4/20 and am feeling good, I'll sign up for the marathon. My girlfriend is supportive but thinks I'm nuts. She is, of course, correct as usual.

Did my 4th half in 6 weeks. Did I mention I'm tired? I'm not planning on running any more halves until April 22, La Jolla Half. Yesterday's race was a trail run with a 1400' elevation climb in the first 5 miles and then up and down for another 500' and then downhill back into Avalon. My time was nothing to write home about but I didn't have big expectations. My running partner for this race is 10+ years younger than I. I think she could have done it faster. She starts faster and I end faster. Whatever.

One of my Goals this year was to set a new personal record of 2:11 which was 2 minutes and 25 seconds better than my previous best. Well today I ran the Carlsbad half marathon and shattered my PR. I ran a 2:10:43 according to my watch (still waiting for the official time). My running partner was trying to get me to slow down so I won't set such a hard goal for next time but I wasn't having any of it. I wanted to break the 2:11 and I did it!