Earlier this month I ran the Tinkerbell Half Marathon, one of the many fantasy themed races offered by Disney at their Disneyland and Disneyworld parks. Actually I did the Pixie Dust Challenge, which was the 10K on Saturday and the half marathon on Sunday. I was going to write a regular race report, as I …
Sample from my novel Crash Shadow – A Note
This is a sample section from my novel Crash Shadow, available on Amazon.com A note The passing traffic vibrated in her ears as she quickly walked down her street. The strings in her shoulders were twisting around. It was an unusually heavy commute on her street for that time of night. It wasn’t until she …
The Vehicle of Damnation
The Vehicle of Damnation by Jeffery Vernon Matucha “I have that stupid White Zombie song stuck in my head”. “Which song?” “Y’know, that MTV song of theirs.” Skye had not seen Spinny in more than a year. Skye had been bent over her old Plymouth, trying to determine why it …
The new kid on the block Ello and open advice to Facebook
So there’s this new beta test social network called Ello that’s making some waves. It’s even being promoted all over Facebook. How big is the buzz? Despite the fact that you need an invite from an already registered member to join, Ello’s server got overloaded because of all the incoming traffic. Ello is trying to …
Race Report: Napa Valley Ragnar – Crazy From the Heat!
Last weekend I ran in the Napa Valley Ragnar Relay on the team 33 hours in Paradise. It was my 12th Ragnar overall and my 4th Napa Valley Ragnar. For those of you not familiar with a Ragnar Relay: The Ragnar Relay is a long-distance relay race a la’ Hood to Coast. The average team …
Half Riots In Berkeley? Moooo!
I have been training for the Berkeley Half Marathon, which takes place tomorrow. The city of Berkeley hasn’t had a major footrace since, well, forever as far as I know. This one should prove interesting though. For those of you unfamiliar with thee San Francisco Bay Area, you basically can’t drive around the block without …
Rules for Facebook Epitaphs
Inspired by a flurry of “RIP (a close friend of mine)” a few weeks ago amongst my Facebook circles for a longtime friend who was not actually in fact dead, but still very much alive, an event which caused a lot of people unwarranted anguish, frantic phone calls, and sleepless nights. 1.) When discovering a …
Race Report: Swimming the California International Marathon
Yesterday I ran (swam) the California International Marathon, a race from Folsom to Sacramento. It was my tenth completed marathon since I ran my first marathon in July of 2009. I had gone to great lengths to prepare for this marathon. Since the middle of summer, I upped my training to run more weekly miles, …
Taking it to the Next Level – Juno Fitness Bootcamp
A few months ago my old friend Juliet posted about a nighttime boot camp at her fitness studio on her Facebook. She was holding a weekly one hour intensive workout at Juno Fitness. I had always trained alone, or at gym classes at high school and in college. While I have received some advice and …
Race Report – Napa Valley Ragnar
Last weekend I was one of eleven runners on the team The Ministry of Silly Runs for the Napa Valley Ragnar relay race. I was runner #2. The Ragnar Relay is 200-mile (give r’ take) relay race with twelve runners per team. Each runner runs 3 legs, and the race generally takes anywhere from 24 …