by Sam Stortz | Dec 12, 2024 | General |
Three months ago a new friend at a wedding asked me: You’re a runner right, what’s your 5k time? Like under 20? 19 minutes? 18?!” I slyly replied, knowing it would provoke a big reaction. Ah, the last one I ran was like 15:40 something. It did indeed...
by Tom Stortz | Dec 10, 2024 | General |
Do you know who Brian Thompson is? What about Luigi Mangione? Thompson being the victim and Mangione being the murderer finally caught. The former being a passing name at this point. A CEO of the 16th largest company in the world. Not health insurance companies, all...
by Sam Stortz | Dec 4, 2024 | General |
With Spotify Wrapped having it’s annual moment, here’s my quick breakdown. According to Spotify, I listened to about 60,000 minutes of stuff. Podcasts / audio books made up about 35,000 minutes vs 25,000 minutes of music. I don’t know how that...
by Tom Stortz | Dec 3, 2024 | General |
My lease is ending at the Carson which is a “luxury” apartment complex on 5th and Spring Garden. Both of my closet door handles fell off completely and my shower leaked on day 1 that I puttied without even notifying management. Aside from minor grievances,...
by Tom Stortz | Nov 28, 2024 | General |
…On the other hand, it might easily be something as simple & basically perverse as whatever instinct it is that causes a jackrabbit to wait until the last possible second to dart across the road in front of a speeding car. People who claim to know...
by Tom Stortz | Nov 26, 2024 | General |
The European Trip Report Do you see how dehydrated I am! These fuckers only drink sparkling! I’m opinionated. Today I told my mom that her chocolate chip cookies weren’t her best. Normally I love her cookies, but that batch was a bit off, and I wish I...
by Tom Stortz | Nov 21, 2024 | General |
Traveling for lengthy periods of time is challenging. Poor sleep schedule. Weird eating habits. Lack of exercise. Drinking until 1am. Combine this with days where you’re traveling to a new city by train every 2-3 days and you’re out of your routine....
by Tom Stortz | Nov 21, 2024 | General |
It’s a nice feeling to wake up at 3:08am and see Elvis Smylie hold the 1st round lead at the Australian PGA Championship at 90-1. But you only post winning screenshots! First of all I never win, so false, and I’m down $16,418 betting on golf since...
by Tom Stortz | Nov 20, 2024 | General |
I have hundreds of different thoughts from my last 12 days spent in Europe that I’m unsure how to compile that information into a thoughtful post about my experience. A trip report is too lengthy and individual topics don’t have enough meat. I’ll...
by Sam Stortz | Nov 18, 2024 | General |
I’ve never hit a deer in my life, but it is now almost certain that it will happen within the next 1 day to 5 years. I’m bracing myself for it. The reason is that I’m now running in Newtown after work, meaning I’ve chosen to run in the light...
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