Spectacular Sunday

Union Hockey & the NCAA Hockey Tournament

Yep, we won! See previous post. We are awesome.

My bracket is not as awesome.

Being perfect (so far) at Worcester still has not made up for being shut out in Green Bay. We will see how this afternoon works out.

Work Out

I am trying to figure out if I want to go for a run today. I did have one scheduled but I did not get out early enough to make it happen before I was distracted by other things. I have done my weight workout, but...I think the run will help and it will distract me from the other things. It is colder today, and that may be another benefit to staying in. (Though, it is an excuse to wear my North Face Hybrid for something actually athletic as opposed to wearing it as a fashion accessory. Yes, I am trying to be realistic.

Speaking of realism, did you see this piece on Lifehacker last week? (Hat tip to Dan.)

10 Stubborn Exercise Myths that Won’t Die, Debunked by Science

My favorite:
2) Soreness After Exercise is Caused by Lactic Acid Building Up in Your Muscles
I did not know this. I have always believed that it was an acid buildup.

(Edit) I am going to go for a run at 3:00 pm. My hope is that I am going to be able to do four miles before it starts raining again.

Mad Men

Mad Men returns tonight.

I rewatched some of season four last week, and one of the episodes, The Suitcase, reminded me why this is the best program on television. (Oh, Downton fans, please read this.)

If you have any doubts, you should watch this scene.

Don Draper: It's your job. I give you money, you give me ideas.
Peggy Olson: And you never say thank you.
Don: That's what the money is for!(1)

Enjoy the return of Mad Men, people.

Plans
I had a great time last night, however, I tried Wine Product that is sold at places like Walgreens or WalMart. It was probably the worst thing that I have put in my mouth.

1) Via WikiQuote

Saturday Morning Summary

Union Hockey

Union won last night. There was a disputed goal and there is some controversy about it but...Union won their first NCAA Playoff game yesterday!

The Union win was the only game that I picked properly. (Though, I am not unhappy about being wrong about Cornell v. Michigan.)

Look at this though:

Ugly.

Tonight we play UMass-Lowell. We should win.

Plans

So, I am either watching the game and eating ribs with a cute blonde tonight or...I am going to a wine tasting with a adorable red head. Both sound appealing for different reasons however, if it is the latter, you know that I will have the game on via my iPhone because I am classy like that. My plans are dependent on what the cute blonde decides what to do.

Media

So, I listened to the Nerdist interview with NPH while I went for my run this morning, and Chris was talking about the Magic Castle (which NPH is the president of) and kept referring to the "tricks" that were going on.

Part of me was hoping that NPH would tell Chris that "They're illusions, Chris. Tricks are what prostitutes do for money." (Looks at children.) "Or cocaine." (And if you don't get the reference, I pity you.)

Workout

Because I wanted to avoid the rain, and because I have a number of things that I want to get done today (which means that I will get nothing done and will end up watching hockey all day), I went for my run as soon as I woke up. I thought I would be up early enough that running down Rt. 7 towards Frear Park would be okay because there would be a lack of traffic, therefore a lack of burnt hydrocarbons. I was wrong, and it was difficult. Instead of retracing my route, I ended up running though a neighborhood. I hope that they did not think it too odd to see me running through their very residential neighborhood. After I finish writing this up, I am going to finish my stretching and do a light wait workout. I have a goal. I am trying to meet it. Though, I am taking a weird combination of supplements to ensure that I am able to walk in the morning.