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Another 15 mile run today: 2:20:20, or 9:20/mi. Much better than last week; 0:25/mi faster, and only 45 seconds difference between front and back splits. But yikes, what a sweatfest. I literally wrung out my shirt (sleeveless and CoolMax, but still soaked) afterward. During the run I drank two liters of water, and two afterward [...]

Light on the blog as I’ve been heavy on everything else here lately.
Accessibility: the WCAG Samurai (Joe Clark &c.) have published the draft of their errata to WCAG 1.0. Also recently, the Illinois web accessibility bill passed the house unanimously; a signature from Blagojevich is all that’s needed to make it law. I’ve also been [...]

Too long since one of these catch-alls…
Madelyn: our girl has extended her mobility into the Z dimension; she’s climbing like mad now. Footstools lead to tables lead to trouble. The Bee now pushes chairs around the house to grab stuff which Mama and Daddy thought was “safe.” So, more reasons to keep everything dangerous [...]

It broke 40° today! It’s windy, but at least I didn’t feel like someone was rubbing ice on my forehead when I walked to school today. Actually, it felt warm. Erin and I laughed about this as we went to the Y: four years ago, 40° would meant running the heat, multiple layers, and shivering. [...]

Ice cometh. The weather promises to get worse over the next 48 hours, with more ice and snow on the way.
Time to make soup! We’ve got a couple chicken carcasses in the freezer and enough vegetables to go with. My recipe for chicken soup has always been simple:
1 or more chicken carcasses
Whatever vegetables are handy
Make [...]

Three and a half years after we moved to Illinois, we’ve got our first real snowstorm. WIU is closed. The wind’s blowing so much it’s hard to put an exact figure on it, but I’d say at least eight inches of snow fell overnight–and there’s probably a half-inch of ice under that. And it’s still [...]

Looks like a cold snap is coming. We may even get some snow.
Last year we had a few mild frosts in October, but most of the garden made it into mid-November. If we see high 20s tonight and tomorrow, that’ll be the end of the tomatoes and peppers that are still cranking out fruit at [...]

FIRST week three

Tempo run in the rain: 6/1, 10K, 47:51 (7:42/mi) with 10:00/mi warmup and cooldown. Total 8.8mi, 1:11:56.

So much little stuff