Last night I was relating the story of how the whole me-and-running thing began. (Readers with absurdly sharp memories know that I started this blog with that tale.) By the end of that discussion, I realized that Thanksgiving 2009 could technically...

I've officially switched registration to the Aramco Houston Half Marathon. I had been dreading having to do this for a while because it feels like admitting failure, but realistically, I won't be marathon ready in January. I don't feel that it's right...

In both the figurative and literal senses, this morning's Turkey Dash was an acid test. I thought I had found the right strategy to ward off the race-day nausea that has dogged me for too long. But would it work? Well, just like true gold drenched in...

My copy of Windows 7 arrived from Amazon right before the weekend. After adding memory and a new video card to my Shuttle box previously, I was ready to take the plunge. When making a major change like this, it's always a good idea to leave a...

One of the remarkable things about my experience in personal computing is the current period of relative stability in which I've found myself. In the 1990s I'd build another box every other year or so to keep up with advances in speed needed to keep up...