Running, Pub Quiz and thoughts on Space Travel

I am not sure how much time after a running a half marathon you are supposed to take off but if I am going to every write that book about running two half marathons over the course of two weeks then I would need to get back into the flow of things.

Went out to the Marina Green a bit early and I wished I was a kite. We ran four miles which was from the Marina Green to what used to be Houston's or close to my old office back in 2005 to 2006. Used to walk from that spot to the spot o toiling. Even though running through Pier 39 and Fishermans Wharf involves a lot of tourist dodging, I like it. 

Afterwards we went to the Bitter End pub Quiz where we reclaimed the title like Ali in Zaire. We had a large team like the Les Humphries Singers but some of us were like Jurgen Drews and the others were like the guy with the Samurai Sword. The music round included Kung Fu Fighting.

They should have more Simpsons questions. Turns out there is a Simpsons Futurama Cross Over Book. 

On another note, there has been quite a bit of news about the Space Program. I like the idea of more private companies getting involved with exploring space. An example is the X Prize is helping to encourage innovation. Going to the Moon was good for the United States as it got quite a few people interested in math and science. A government could build an interstate highway system but probably not an iPod or Google Docs (use many government websites and it is like time travel back to 2002) 

I also like non-manned space exploration as there is no cost for space ice cream or getting people back but they are obvious limitations on what a computer or robot can do. I am excited about the discovery of extrasolar planets . An example of the private sector beating the public sector is how long it took for the NASA page to load compared to Wikipedia. On another note, the Wikipedia was updated with twenty two more planets compared to the NASA page. 

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Marcus Zack Ronaldi
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