Full Contact Aggravation

Just settling into an all out offensive battle of aggravation. I'm
currently in the lead but Eli and Melissa are ganging up on me.

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We really Tri-ed!

What a great day! Our TRI-NC Relay Team had a blast at the SC Festival of Flowers Triathlon. It was fun to do it together and we had a gorgeous day. The event was well organized and it felt cool to be competing in a top notch athletic event.

I swam first and while I missed the time I wanted by just a little, it felt great when I was finished. It was my first time competing in open water and I did not quite know what to expect. Once I had completed the 1500 meter swim I was so energized that I knew I could have continued on a bike. This is encouraging as I hope to progress and do longer triathlons later in the year on my own.

Zig and Raye both did the time splits that they expected. Raye had a new personal best and we were within 4 minutes of 3rd. place in the Relay Team competition which would have netted us a "Place" and a trophy. It was also a blast hanging around to see our friends Ruthie , Josh, and Brian and Greg complete their individual events. I'm almost ready for next time!

Time to Tri

I am nervous, but ready for the Festival of Flowers triathlon in the morning. Glad I'm just doing the swimming though. :) Thanks Zig & Raye for biking and running on the team with me.

Debunking Billy

I started a bible study MANY years ago here. I actually started it at my previous church and after a brief hiatus I restarted it. It has grown from 1 or 2 regulars to about 10. One of our new additions (the past 2 years) has been Billy.



Billy is quite the unique character. We have had many discussions ranging from going for the PGA Senior Tour to how to start a home church. Somewhere in between those topics we have discussed food.... and the bible.



While I have listened patiently while he has spoken of eating Kosher (per the Old Testament), several of my friends (Paul, Karl Allen, and Greg) have had difficulty accepting the whole "ban on pork" thing. After Billy sent me a link on Pork Tapeworms in the Brain, I just had to do some research.



I think we have all seen the You Tube video clip of tapeworms coming out of two pork chops after pouring coke on them. While that was an upsetting thought, did any of you actually see tapeworms. I saw something white.. but have no idea what it was. Plus with the "time breaks" I would say that the likelyhood of this being true is unlikely.



When I searched for information that went deeper into the subject (from Billy's article) and did some Snopes.com searching I found a lot of debunking information. I can sum it all up in this. If you do a good job cooking the meat, you will not be growing tapeworms in your brain.



So Zig, Paul and Greg - eat all the pork you want, just stay away from the bacon sushi.

A New Blog Post

This is it.

The Pattern in Prime

I posted last Friday about the importance of prime numbers in weight loss and physical fitness. That got me to thinking. I wonder if prime numbers are random (like this post) or if there is a pattern to them. I found this great website on what you can see in prime numbers.

It's our anniversary!

It's been 19 years and she still loves me. How could a guy be more blessed? Happy anniversary. I love you Melissa!