http://www.generaljackassery.com Nothing of consequence here! Move along! Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:47:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en November 21, 2007 Hello Team, I hope this letter finds you all in great health and happiness this Thanksgiving holiday. I realize that I have taken way too long to get this letter out to you, but it has actually taken this long for me to find the words to describe the ... http://www.generaljackassery.com/archives/2007/11/21/tnt-recap/ Linkin Park's new album "Minutes to Midnight" really is pretty distinct from what they've done in the past. I mean they have the usual catchy tunes they always have, but there are several songs on the album that seem a little out of their usual comfort zone of screaming. "Hands ... http://www.generaljackassery.com/archives/2007/10/05/hands-held-high/ This past weekend, I participated in a Bicycling Team-Relay. For those who thought I was going to be an official on this thing, that wasn't the case. I actually rode my fair share of miles and help make this thing a reality. The idea was to start at the southern ... http://www.generaljackassery.com/archives/2007/08/29/its-done/ I'm sure it seems like all I post about lately is cycling, but I wanted to take this opportunity to let you know that I'm still training for the Marathon in October and despite suffering some set backs due to injury, I have actually made up all of the ground ... http://www.generaljackassery.com/archives/2007/08/14/more-shenanigans/ Well, we're back from the Blue-Ridge Parkway safe and sound. My buddy Kari rode a phenomenal 28 hours straight for a total of 344 miles on the Blue-Ridge Parkway two days ago. Here's how the last couple of days have gone from my perspective. I went to bed at about 11:00 ... http://www.generaljackassery.com/archives/2007/08/03/i-dont-do-all-nighters-like-i-used-to/ 46 Miles, 150 miles, 6 reasonably difficult climbs and one's a flat out bitch. That's what I've done in the last two weeks and I've even been traveling. I have run 46 miles at an average pace of 9 minutes 30 seconds per mile. I've ridden 150 miles at an ... http://www.generaljackassery.com/archives/2007/07/27/training-and-fundraising/ You never know what I'm going to get into. I've made a lot of excuses lately. I've been traveling a lot, I had the shoulder surgeries and I've worked some long hours over the last month. While those might seem like good excuses for not exercising, they're not good excuses ... http://www.generaljackassery.com/archives/2007/07/06/life-in-general/ I've got too many irons in the fire right now. Between work and home life it seems like I don't have enough time. Sometimes I feel like I'm back in college when I was up late and up early, but I don't think I ever worked this hard when I ... http://www.generaljackassery.com/archives/2007/06/19/i-think-im-drowning/ Just a quick post here. Since I started back jogging on the 4th of May I've run 26.6 miles at an average pace of 9:58 / mile. The fastest run was a short 1.2 mile run at an average pace of 8:00 / mile and the longest run was 3.6 ... http://www.generaljackassery.com/archives/2007/05/22/quick-update-on-team-in-training/ Dear Friends and Family, I hope this letter finds you as happy and full of life as I am. I know many of you don’t hear from me very often so you’re probably asking yourself, “Why on earth is he sending me a letter?” Well, the answer is I ... http://www.generaljackassery.com/archives/2007/05/18/a-letter-to-you-all-please-take-the-time-to-read-and-consider/