http://www.pseudostoops.com Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:22:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A part of an occasional series of food lists.  (Previous installments here and here.) Foods Jamie Oliver would be ashamed of me for eating, but which I JUST CANNOT GIVE UP ENTIRELY, okay?  Some things are TOO DELICIOUS: Circus Peanuts Pizzeria Pretzel combos Green jello with mini marshmallows Cheddar sauce (a la Arbys) on french ... http://www.pseudostoops.com/2010/03/theres-no-food-in-your-food/ Do not eat anything new on race day.  I knew this, I did, and yet somehow when I got to the Gu station at mile 9 I was like “hey! Free gu!” and sucked a whole one into my mouth.  HUGE, gut-wrenching mistake.  Literally.  Let’s leave it at that. When you ... http://www.pseudostoops.com/2010/03/things-i-learned-running-my-first-half-marathon/ There's still snow on the ground here, which is disappointing, if not surprising. I'm back from my trip to New Orleans for the half marathon, which was followed immediately by a business trip to California.  You know what New Orleans and California have in common? No snow.  Also: delicious foods that ... http://www.pseudostoops.com/2010/03/back/ Things I have seen on the ground in our building’s parking garage which distress me: Milk, spilled, with accompanying shards of glass Rodent, dead Condom (SERIOUSLY?) Piles of vomit, now desicated and frozen and generally disgusting (2) Look, management company.  I do not ask for much.  I do not care about Christmas décor in the ... http://www.pseudostoops.com/2010/02/relatedly-how-did-it-get-there/ The week ahead: Book club Charity event Dinner with a friend Speaking at a nonprofit Preparing 6 cases for work trip next week Flying to new Orleans for half marathon then straight to California for work trip I have nervous tummy just looking at that list.  Send help. http://www.pseudostoops.com/2010/02/oof/ Yesterday I had planned to tell you all about our fabulous mini-break to Nashville, complete with restaurant and honky tonk recommendations. Things did not go according to plan. As we were on the plane home (one of those small regional get types, the claustraphobic kind where it's too small to stand fully ... http://www.pseudostoops.com/2010/02/id-like-to-buy-the-world-a-coke/ I feel neither love nor loathing for Valentine's Day.  I feel a deep and profound affection, however, for three-day weekends.  Since Valentine's Day often falls on or around the President's Day weekend, I often find myself with cooler-than-usual plans for Valentine's Day.  This year, for example, John and I plan ... http://www.pseudostoops.com/2010/02/bartender-ill-have-another-pbr/ It seems in my life that there are two kinds of weekends.  Type 1 is filled with vast stretches of nothingness, no plans, plenty of opportunity for lazing and laundry and cooking dishes that require hours of stove time, like osso bucco.  (You know, if osso bucco didn't gross me ... http://www.pseudostoops.com/2010/02/yall-seriously-seriously/ The normal secretary in our office has been on vacation all week, and we've had a substitute secretary, a very nice lady named Marge, who is ENTIRELY THE OPPOSITE of our normal secretary who owns a tricked out Harley and wears both a leather vest and leather pants to work ... http://www.pseudostoops.com/2010/02/rarely-recurring-etiquette-question/ Day Train: Readers Night Train: Chatters Day Train: iPods to block out the other throngs of commuters Night Train: iPods for singing along to Day Train: Coffee in a commuter mug or a Dunkin cup Night Train: Old Granddad or a tall can of Miller Lite in a paper bag Day Train: "Tickets please" Night Train: "Where ... http://www.pseudostoops.com/2010/02/day-train-night-train/