Learned a few things today including but not limited to
1) Happy Birthday by Stevie Wonder was written to honor Martin Luther
King. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fchmupqobwa>
2) Little Caesars is the two buck chuck of Pizza. One of those things that
people say that is idiotic is that there is no such as bad pizza. Little
Caesars has a crust, cheese, sauce and it comes in a box and it is cooked
and sliced but it is like a facsimile of the pizza experience.

Yesterday I was running around the complex. To get in extra miles I run
under the buildings.
Noticed under one of the buildings that a pipe was open and it smelled bad
so I went to the clubhouse to report it to the so and sos.

The TV was on and saw that it was Dr Oz. I am all for information about
health being on the television but his credibility took a nose dive as he
had the Long Island Medium as a serious guest.

http://www.doctoroz.com/episode/long-island-medium-housewife-who-talks-dead

I am thankful when someone reveals they are into nonsense (Astrology,
Creation Science, Talking to the Dead) because you know you do not have to
pay attention to anything else they say.

Yesterday was actually a pretty productive day.
Went on a field trip to first off East Palo Alto where I saw the Amazon
showroom (Best Buy) was shut down. Went to the Mexican supermarket where I
had a Super Taco for Breakfast. On the way down, I saw a flooring place.
(In the process of getting my place painted/hard wood floors)
Did the science experiment where the Dutch woman measured my skull and put
sensors on. Then I watched a parade of odd faces from the 1970's. Felt like
I was in a Clockwork Orange.
Stopped off at the flooring spot. Met a dog that reminded me of Sophie.
While in the complex I ran across someone who was doing flooring and got an
estimate. Will do that in the next few weeks.
Went for a run on San Bruno Mountain. On the course three Asian women had
stopped as they saw a snake. Did not want to get eaten. We all were
stopped. Eventually I slowly went by the snake. Someone told me that it was
not poisonous.
Then used a snake to fix things...

Today is the third Mothers day since my Mom passed. I remember hearing
about the stages of grief:
Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance...

Looking back on the last few years and it kind of fit what I went through
and where I am now.
I remember being very angry in 2010 from around the time of my Mom's
birthday to the anniversary of her passing (June 16th)
Whenever I saw a Mothers Day Ad I would bum out ( I have since set up a
gmail filter that offer for Mothers Day things gets deleted)

For a while, I would get my haircut in Ross Alley but once again, Will
Smith had to ruin by putting him in a movie and had him raising his prices
from $9 to $17.
So I have spent the last few years playing Chinatown Haircut roulette.
Luckily my $5 haircut on Stockton went well. At the end I grabbed a random
bottle of Sriracha and pretended it was hair products.
On BART There was some nonsense with the trains. Told some travelers to get
a cab.
Somehow this is still the greatest blog.

Made my way down to 101 for a field trip to Stanford to a volunteer for a
study.
Was early so I went to IKEA and was amazed at the amount of parking but
realized that I was an hour early.
IKEA always makes me think I am entering the main space ship of a Swedish
science fiction movie from 1984. In addition I always get lost. Reminds me
of Candlestick.
Was late for my appointment and they put a thing on my head. Looked like
Clockwork Orange but they could not get it working so I was sent on my way
back to Clown Colony.
Ran seven miles in San Bruno.

For some reason they were destroying Doyle Drive. Not really sure why.
Hit 500 miles for 2012 and 100 miles for April 2012. That is the 15th time
in the last 16 months I ran for at least 100 miles in a month. April was a
bit off after the half marathon and then the trip to New Orleans. I would
not consider New Orleans to be a great running city.
But I felt much better on Thursday.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTAXptCP0oo&feature=fvst

I get exposed to quite a few interesting articles and resources via social
media. Have been a big fan and I will often share things.
What I do not like at all is "auto-sharing".
If I hear an interesting song, I may want to share it but I do not want
Spotify to tell everyone that I have been listening to Captain and Tennille
in Spanish for the last few hours. Now when I see an article I am taken to
a nonsense social reader where they want me to autoshare articles.

Ran the USHalf on Sunday. Was very happy that both sides of the bridge were
open as bottlenecks make Marcus grumpy.
On the way into the city I noticed I did not have my headphones so I was
going to run with my thoughts.

Turned out I beat my best time in a half time by 8 seconds.

Turned out that I double booked myself in regards to half marathons this
weekend.
I really need to read the calendar.

The "Green" Marin county half required a drive up to Marin. I am not a fan
of requiring all race participants to make a separate trip to make everyone
go through the Expo.

Considered getting my oil changed but I have not driven enough and the
MarcusMobile is good on oil.
I am going to be bummed when I will need to replace that car. It has served
me well.

Interesting how my life has stayed the same from 1999 to the present. When
I was 28 I had a cat named Sasha, was dating Heather and I was driving the
MarcusMobile (which had a cassette deck at the time)