Fake Nike shoes stopped at the border

Some gangster tried to smuggle $16 million of fake Nike shoes from China into the United States. It was one of the largest counterfeit merchandise smuggling schemes in recent history. I can see somebody on a street corner in New York opening up his jacket. “Hey...

Google has replaced my search box

I have replaced my old search box with a Google search box. Hopefully, it will make it easier to find articles on the website. I was not happy with the way that the old box performed searches. Let me know if you find anything funky with the way that it works or the...

The easiest way to avoid hangovers

When I was in college, I very rarely got hung over. Most days, I did not have to worry about being hung over to begin with because I did not usually drink a lot of alcohol at once. I was more of a, “have a beer with dinner” sort of person, and I still am....

The first weight workout with a wedding ring

This morning I headed into the gym to resume my weight training, which has been non-existant for the past two months. Given that I have had trouble running, I probably should have gotten in and done more weight training than I have. But, that is all right. My quads...

It took 5 weeks to decondition

The story usually goes that you increase your mileage a bit too fast and you get hurt. Or you just do a few too many workouts one week that your body is not ready to handle. Whatever the case may be, you may find yourself with some random aches and pains that you just...

Running Mania Forums

I recently found the Running Mania Forums, and have started poking around in them. There is a lot of good stuff. I did not realise it when I first went there, but it is apparently for those funny folk north of the border. They don’t seem to mind having a Yank...