Howard Solomon

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Argh

I'm watching this Yankees game; was hoping they could put it away tonight, but I gues asking to win three in a roll in Philadelphia is asking a lot. Sure do wish we weren't getting completely dominated by Lee again. Makes me as nervous as can be for a potential game 7. 

In other news, not too much to report. Let's see:

-- the little girl finished second in her age group in her first-ever triathlon. Nice effort from She WHo Has More Energy than anyone on this planet.

-- I picked up an annoying head cold during my travels last week. I guess that was to be expected. 

-- I am two plus weeks out from my hardest race in a long while; the Quad Dipsea.  This one has got me more than a tad bit nervous. 28 miles with about 9,000 feet of climbing. Yowza.

I think that's about it. Back to the game I guess........

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Posted 2 days ago

And a Video.......

... for the grandparents! 

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Posted 3 days ago

My Daughter the Triathlete

The Little Girl did her first ever triathlon today and I have to admit, I've never been prouder. She did absolutey great but way more importantly, she had a blast and can't wait to do it again. I loved every minute of it. Note that the one group photo features Chris Lieto, second place finisher at Ironman Hawaii. Totally cool, down to earth guy.

           
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Posted 3 days ago

Jay Z at World Series

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Posted 5 days ago

More pictures

       
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Posted 5 days ago

Yankees Win! Yankees Win!

This video is a little long, but worth it (I think, at least).

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Posted 5 days ago

World Series: We're Headed to NYC

When I was a little boy of 11, my Old Man took me to a 1977 World Series game. It remains today one the greatest memories of my childhood. 

the evening that my son was born, October 21 1999, he and I sat on a rocker and watched a World Series game together. He was not but 10 hours old. I explained to him Derek Jeter and Paul O'Neill and promised that one day we would be Yankee fans together, forever. Strangely, he didn't even peep the few innings that I held him. I'm convinced today that he was listening to the Game.

When I went through the cancer thing a few years back, I did a bit of soul searching and made a bucket list of sorts - a list of things that I needed to do before I died.

One of the things on my list was to cultivate my son into being a Yankees fan -- and take him to the World Series, similiar to what my father did for me more than 30 years ago. I accomplished the first part three years ago; as you probably know from these pages, my son is a raving Yankees fan. So mission accomplished there. And now the Yankees are going to the World Series. 

And guess what -  so are me and my Little Boy. And to be honest, I am not sure who's more excited. Probably him, but only by a hair.

It's costing an arm and a leg and it's going to turn me inside out from a travel perspective but you know, you only live once. And money is fleeting while memories are forever. So screw it -- we're going to the World Series. We'll be in NYC for less than 24 hours and it will probably take a few days to recover and of course there's no guarantee that the Yankees will win, but regardless, there's nowhere else my Little Boy and I would rather be.

Let's Go Yankees.

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Posted 9 days ago

Nice Day for a Ride

Indian Summer is in full effect in Marin County, CA. It must be 75 today and there isn't a cloud in the sky. It's days like this, in late October no less, that makes California what it is.

My boy Dave M is in town and we had to celebrate the weather with an epic bike ride. We road about 30 miles at a moderate pace. It was so enjoyeable it makes me wonder why I don't ride more, versus all this crazy running.

After the ride we had Tony Tutto's organic pizza for lunch. If I can score a quick nap - and get over this travesty of a Michigan football game - this has the makings of a perfect day.

     
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Posted 11 days ago

Happy Birthday Little Boy

Ten years ago was one of the best and scariest days of my life. Scary in the sense that The Wife had some unexpected complications in the delivery room that made for an utterly nerve wracking day. Best from the standpoint that everything was fine in the end and the day culminated with the birth of my Little Boy.

I simply cannot believe that he's ten years old. Like any kid his age he certainly has his moments and he can be a bit bratty but he's also one of the sweetest, most kind hearted and compassionate kids in the world. I love him (and his sister too of course) more than life itself.

Happy birthday Little Boy. I'm really proud and honored to be your father.

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Posted 14 days ago

Rain storm in SF

I was headed to a client meeting today when a storm of biblical proportions broke out. That would have been one thing, but I've never seen anything quite like this where water was literally erupting upwards. It was so odd that I had to stop and film it and I wasn't alone; a network cameraman was doing the same. So, can anyone explain to me the law of physics that caused this to occur?

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Posted 15 days ago