Science Geek Alert! Mercury Crosses the Sun

This is why I subscribe to so many newsletters - you never know where the latest info is going to come from.
This came from Launch Alert. Cool, cool stuff!
MERCURY CROSSES THE SUN                   Astronomy Magazine news release
On November 8, the solar system’s innermost planet will pass in frontof the Sun’s […]



Today’s “Feeling Old Moment” Brought to you by Nena

23 years ago today, this song came out. A song with a conscience! Who would of thought?
99 Kriegsminister Streichholz und Benzinkanister Hielten sich fuer schlaue Leute Witterten schon fette Beute Riefen: Krieg und wollten Macht Mann, wer haette das gedacht Dass es einmal soweit kommt Wegen 99 ballons
Otherwise known as…
You and I in a little […]



I’m alive.

Stairs are evil. After a marathon, stairs are simply evil.
Public apologies to the woman in front of me at the base of the Queensboro bridge. When I said, "I’m going to beat you this time, you b%tch," I was talking to the BRIDGE. Not to you. I swear. I wasn’t even LOOKING at you. I […]



I am Elphaba.

Today, I defied gravity.
I ran the 2006 ING NYC Marathon in 3:58:03.
I beat my goal.
Thank you to everyone who said wonderful things.
More later, after I’ve recovered.
For now, though…
So if you care to find me Look to the western sky As someone told me lately Everyone deserves the chance to fly And if I’m […]



Do or do not. There is no try.

If you don’t want to read this ridiculously long rant, my marathon number is 43760, and you can go here to track me on Sunday.
So it’s Friday, November 3rd, 2006.
In under 60 hours, I’ll have finished the 2006 ING NYC Marathon.
Hopefully, in under four hours.
It’s been a fun trip to get here… I’ve run a […]



Thank you, NY Times Catherine Saint Louis

For a shout in this article in today’s Times, about how more marathoners are running with electronic devices.
Peter Shankman, 34, said listening to the Navy Seals marching chant on his iPod helps him in the last push of a marathon. Mr. Shankman, the founder of the Geek Factory, a marketing firm in Manhattan, said that […]



Carrol at Visibility PR responds to my Coma post

Carrol (note two "r’s", my apologies for missing that in the original post) wrote me a note regarding my posting about her "Unless he’s coming out of a coma" media release of last week.
Peter, loved the blurb and pitch tip on my press release BUT have to differ and so would the  press who showed […]