Jeez… One little power outage in San Francisco, and Typepad, Technorati, and a bunch of other sites go Pfft. Had a huge blog post to put up today, but it’s late already, so I’ll do it tomorrow. In the meantime, take a look at what COULD have happened, had it not been such a little outage…

Remember the episode of the Simpsons where Homer wants to buy a gun but is told there’s a five-day waiting period? (His response: Five days? But I’m mad now!) Anyhow, that’s the same episode where he mutters an extended period of time… Homer: (walking out of store to his car) Lousy big shot, thinks he’s so big ’cause he’s got a lot of guns, if he didn’t have any guns I’d show him a thing or two… (at home, pacing the hallway in front of Lisa’s bedroom) …let’s see him walk into my store and then we’ll see who’s worried about five-day waiting periods…Lisa: Dad…it’s three A.M! Can’t you mutter in your room?Homer: Marge kicked me out.Lisa: (groans) All right. [...]

From Bloomberg: "Kid Counselors Wait By Phone In Case Harry Dies." July 20 (Bloomberg) — A U.K. children’s charity has brought in extra staff to man its phone lines in expectation of a deluge of calls from distraught youngsters if Harry Potter dies. “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” the seventh and final book in J.K. Rowling’s series of adventures about the boy wizard and his friends at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, goes on sale tomorrow. “For many children, Harry Potter and his friends have become a major part of their childhood,” said Kate Trench, a spokeswoman for ChildLine, based in London, which provides telephone support services for children. “Excitement could give way to sadness for those caught [...]

Muhlenberg College’s oldest co-ed a cappella group, The Dynamics, singing Come On Eileen (a medley of two versions originally by Dexy’s Midnight Runners and Save Ferris) at their 2006 Winter Concert. Just made me smile this morning.

Today’s Experiment: Does what you eat have an effect on running and exercise? Please read all the way through, as the results are simply astounding! Sample: Two Central Park Loop Runs, both run by me, two days apart Controls: Central Park located in New York City during both runs Same sneakers My hair looked good on both days Apart from the remix of “Since You’ve Been Gone,” every other Kelly Clarkson song still sucks as a running song. DATA: Run one: 7pm, Monday, July 16th, 2007. Run completed after long day of work. Food eaten prior to run 1: Protein Bars (3) Tuna Fish in Water (3 oz) Four liters of Water Run one: Completed in 50 minutes, 46 seconds. [...]