The New England Tough Mudder is fast approaching. A ten mile obstacle course with a 70% finish rate that brings grown men to tears (no pictures, please). To this day, I don’t know why I sign up for these things. Much less pay to sign a death waver. But the team-building, camaraderie and confidence from training with our team of guys from ESPN has been awesome. It’s a great group of five from random departments, and the accountability really helps one get up at 5AM to pull tractor tires (or whatever other crazy concoction Dave has rolling around in that noggin of his). Quite frankly, it’s the most intense training regimen I’ve ever been a part of. Kinda like Rocky IV. Well, maybe not so much. But I liken it to church sometimes: I don’t always want to go, but I know I need it. And once you get on a roll, it’s a great way to start the work day.
This week some of the Digital Media team (including yours truly) got to attend an on-campus jQuery seminar by Ben Alman (a man so time-wizened, his twitter name is @Cowboy). Boys and girls, that’s like getting the domain name www.internet.com, or e-mail account bryan@gmail.com. Sort of. But you get the point: he’s been in the business a long time. And it was a good and productive three days. Definitely fortunate to have a job that sets these kind of things up.
But other than that, it’s a gorgeous Saturday on the east end of West Hartford. Back in the day, Saturday’s in the Hardro house meant early morning cartoons, chores, and McDonalds lunch. But mostly chores. While blaring Christian radio, of course. And maybe it did mean certain tacky radio shows like Psalty (a grown man dressed as a blue bible? Really??). But it also meant awesome nineties music, like Another Bad Creation or Matthew Wilder. Is it wrong to have fonder memories of the latter? Anyways, what it means for now is cleaning the heck out of my apartment so that I can get out and enjoy some of this awesome weather.
On a separate note, many thanks for all the birthday wishes this past week. It was great to hear from you all, especially you guys from home. Got a surprise video from the cutest niece and nephew ever, which totally made my day. No offense Mikey, I meant cutest niece and nephew combo.
This week some of the Digital Media team (including yours truly) got to attend an on-campus jQuery seminar by Ben Alman (a man so time-wizened, his twitter name is @Cowboy). Boys and girls, that’s like getting the domain name www.internet.com, or e-mail account bryan@gmail.com. Sort of. But you get the point: he’s been in the business a long time. And it was a good and productive three days. Definitely fortunate to have a job that sets these kind of things up.
But other than that, it’s a gorgeous Saturday on the east end of West Hartford. Back in the day, Saturday’s in the Hardro house meant early morning cartoons, chores, and McDonalds lunch. But mostly chores. While blaring Christian radio, of course. And maybe it did mean certain tacky radio shows like Psalty (a grown man dressed as a blue bible? Really??). But it also meant awesome nineties music, like Another Bad Creation or Matthew Wilder. Is it wrong to have fonder memories of the latter? Anyways, what it means for now is cleaning the heck out of my apartment so that I can get out and enjoy some of this awesome weather.
On a separate note, many thanks for all the birthday wishes this past week. It was great to hear from you all, especially you guys from home. Got a surprise video from the cutest niece and nephew ever, which totally made my day. No offense Mikey, I meant cutest niece and nephew combo.
Ciao ciao for now!
