What I Learned This Week - 4/11/14

1.  There is something very motivating about a group of homeless people cheering and clapping for you on a run. Not the best idea to high five them though.
2. Car owners in San Francisco have been the target of vandals – more specifically their Smart cars. Due to their light weight, the cars are easily propped up on their rear bumper/hatchback. I’m not a proponent of vandalism, but I admit this makes me smile. 
3. There is a new level of bad ass – deciding to do a half marathon the day before the event, doing it and then not being sore the next day.
4. People surprising you at a finish line make my week.
5. The older I get, the more apologetic I am for naps I did not take as a child.
6. The moon is slowly drifting away from the Earth at a rate of 3.8cm per year….I think I learned that already, but I re-remembered it.
7. The Masters Golf tournament brands all merchandise at the event, including individually wrapped chocolate chip cookies. That's sad.
8. Best mini-van bumper sticker of the week read, "I used to be cool".
9. You know you're not completely in focus when you receive a phone call from one of your kids asking how to turn of the smoke detectors and you don't question why.
10. My youngest daughter believes her rap name is "J-Fart-so". I'm pretty sure I don't want to hear her beatbox.
11. Too many really wonderful people leave this world too soon.
12. Sometimes a double chocolate chip cookie is the best medicine, but usually it takes at least two.
13. How good a beer tastes is directly proportional to how thirsty and dehydrated you are. 
14. One can make a similar case in #11 with food, but it's not as fun.
15. The sounds of one of my worst fears came true and I didn't even flinch, much. My oldest was in the back seat with her friend and he asked, "So do you want to touch it". She replied with, "Woah, it's all squishy but kind of hard. That's gross but cool".......he had broken the end of his elbow.
16. No matter how much I try, it is impossible to turn my wife into a technology mini-nerd. She's pretty much technology-proof. I still love her.
17. I found something I had yet to create a spreadsheet for....so much for free time.
18. I don't think I'll grow tired of the unbridled excitement my oldest exudes when she calls her friends only to tell them the stupid (and very tired) joke, "Hey! Know what I herd??? SHEEEP!!!!! BWAHAHAHA!!!"....and then immediately hangs up.