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“I hope we find a cure for every major disease. I’m tired of walking 5k.” - Daniel Tosh, comedian

I’ve decided to challenge myself and will ride in the MS150 charity bike ride this May. I figured that if I’m going to take on a new fitness goal, I may as well raise money to help find a cure for a major disease like Multiple Sclerosis (MS).

What is the MS150?
Basically, I’m riding my road bike 150 miles in two days to raise money to help find a cure for the disease. I have 2 months to prepare and am quite serious about training to reduce the risk of making a fool of myself.

Why am I doing this?
1. A great cause.
2. I’ve never been in any sort of charity race. Ever. I usually just volunteer to help these races.
3. I turn 30 years old in August and would like the fitness challenge to prove I’m not an old man.
4. What else am I going to do on a random May weekend?

Feel free to donate to my goal if you’re feeling spunky.

I stumbled upon two new shows that really caught my attention. If you like goofy stunts then you’ll love them both.

Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factoy
Rob Dyrdek, from the recently cancelled Rob and Big show, has a new show. Rob is a famous skateboarder who is whacky and just likes to enjoy life. He is always doing the crazy things that an idle mind can think up. He lives the life that I only dream of.

Nitro Circus
Johnny Knoxville, the star of Jackass, is the new producer/director for this show. It’s basically a show where people do stunts, but not the gross Jackass type of stunts. Definitely a lot of laughs.

I’ve enjoyed watching Daniel Tosh standup comedy for many years now. I recently visited the Comedy Central website to find new videos and stumbled across a lot of prime Daniel Tosh videos that are worth sharing. Check out all of the videos on their site and get ready to laugh.

Below is one of my favorites:
Daniel Tosh - America The Augmented

I started my meal plans again this month. I turn 30 years old in August and I have a major goal of getting down to my “fighting weight”. I won’t share what that is but it’ll be a steep mountain to climb. I started running a couple of weeks ago and so far it’s not bad. I can already see that I will need lots of patience to become a good runner, but it’ll be a fun challenge. Stay tuned for my weekly updates.

I’ve been working in the Boston area since mid-November. This is my first time to visit the east coast and frankly, it’s not a bad place. Yes, it’s cold at 9 degrees sometimes. Yes, it’s windy. So far, I don’t have many complaints. I hear that the fun is yet to come with the January and February months approaching, but so far I’m fine, except for one thing. We don’t have power. Two days ago we were hit by a major ice storm that has knocked out power to 1.25 million residences. Unfortunately, I am one of those people. My hotel is without power except for very little emergency lighting. I’ve been taking showers in the dark and have been trying to spend as much time away from the hotel as possible. Luckily, the client I’m working with is a hospital with good backup generators allowing me to work and hangout. It’s Saturday night and they say that the area won’t have power until Monday. That’ll be 3 full days without power. It’s really not that bad. Just a small inconvenience.