Stories from Feet Meet Street
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YakTrax for Two!
Feet Meet Street &bull Feb 1, 2012
The free YakTrax contest is over. Deb, Mindy, and KMR, you can stop entering now. I'm glad you three - though special commendation to Deb and Mindy in particular for their dogged determination - understood that each entry only increased your odds of winning. This is something you other pinheads didn't seem to understand. It's a real testament to these folks lack of employment, hobbies, family, and general interest in 'other things'… Full Story »
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- YakTrax
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Running is Better than NASCAR because...
Feet Meet Street &bull Jan 31, 2012
Running and NASCAR racing: Two events that both involve going from Start to Finish in the fastest time possible. Besides that, there is very little similarity between the two. Running has a large number of participants but a very small nationally interested audience, very little television coverage, and barely gets a mention on ESPN.… Full Story »
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You Get Some YakTrax, You Get Some YakTrax!
Feet Meet Street &bull Jan 26, 2012
It's giveaway time, Oprah style! Everyone look under their seat for their prize! What? No prizejust chewing gum and the Ghosts of Farts Past? Shame. I guess we'll do it the old fashioned way: Random number generator. But I have MULTIPLE YakTrax to give away! SoYOU get some YakTrax!And YOU get some YakTrax!AndAnd that's all. Two. Two YakTrax to giveaway. That is "multiple" according to Webster. Fortunately, that… Full Story »
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The Devil Inside Us
Feet Meet Street &bull Jan 20, 2012
It's in the house. That demonic whirring noise is coming from somewhere INSIDE THE HOUSE.That's right, We Bought A Treadmill!* I'm not one of those husbands that blames everything on his spouse butit was Mrs. Nitmos' idea. Really. I only passively resisted at first. The fact is that I don't like running on a treadmill. Who does, right? But… Full Story »
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The Olympic Trials According to a Ten Year Old
Feet Meet Street &bull Jan 17, 2012
Much like her Dad, my daughter likes to offer unsolicited commentary on the Things Going On around her. She'll have a blog one day and it'll be equal parts hilarious, sarcastic, and bitter. I can't wait to read it. She looks at life with a cocked eyebrow and a sharp quip. Yes, she's a chip off the ole Handsome.So as I settled in Saturday evening to view my DVR'ed Olympic Trials for the men's and women's marathon from Houston, I expected a few choice remarks.… Full Story »
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Back to the Core
Feet Meet Street &bull Jan 13, 2012
It's that time of year again. No, it's not time to check back into rehab, smart asses. If last year taught us anything, it's that nothing can solve a significant substance abuse problem quite like two hookers, mounds of blow, a twitter account, tiger blood, a bad publicist, and a hastily arranged "World Tour". All of those things = Problem Solved and a new TV show!It's time to work on my beach muscles, the glamour muscles, the vanity muscleswhatever you want to call them. It's time… Full Story »
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Devil in the White Dress
Feet Meet Street &bull Nov 30, 2011
That giant depressed sigh you heard last evening came from the Midwest. Not any one place in particularjust kind of everywhere. Collectively, we all looked out the window at the innocent-looking, fluttering flakes accumulating in inches and heaved a gentle, defeated sigh. Last night, the Devil returned to mid-Michigan wearing his (her?) white dress.*You would think that, having lived my entire life in this region, I'd dourly accept this fate. The Devil always sweeps in this time… Full Story »
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Randumbery Reads the Fine Print
Feet Meet Street &bull Nov 18, 2011
I used to run this semi regular feature called "Randumbness" about, as you would guess, various random and dumb things going on. It was nice page filler. You thought you were getting actual carefully constructed content. Instead, you were getting fluff, filler, time wasters. I'm not saying this to foreshadow this post. I'm just saying the post title is Randumbery and if you can put 2 and 2 together....well, we'll both be pleasantly… Full Story »
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Shadin' Away Again in Margaritaville
Feet Meet Street &bull Nov 17, 2011
Be sure to drink your Ovaltine! Yep, you're reading the first line of another commercial.Well, not so much a "commercial" as a "product review". And not so much "Ovaltine" as "Jimmy Buffett sunglasses". Seriously, I have no idea how this ended up in my Inbox. I was offered a free pair of… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Sunglasses
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Runner Punished For Thinking on His Feet
Feet Meet Street &bull Oct 13, 2011
I know we are supposed to be all Over The Moon over the preggo that finished the Chicago Marathon on Sunday then squirted out an 18 year tax credit a mere few hours later. I know this because everyone is discussing it ad nauseam like it is some morality play that needs to be debated endlessly. Then we can decipher your position and figure out who watches Fox News and who watches MSNBC based on where you come out. I love taking sides on relatively inconsequential, non-important issues that don't concern me. Did you hear about the woman… Full Story »
