The Goal:

The Palos Verdes Half Marathon - May 2, 2009

http://www.palosverdes.com/Marathon/

The Inspiration:

"Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. It is always tired in the morning, noon, and night. But the body is never tired if the mind is not tired."
- George S. Patton, U.S. Army General, 1912 Olympian

And by the way...

I'm the one who cleaned the bathroom on Saturday anyway, so don't feel too sorry for him.

And the Winner is...

Me of course! Although Nic will deny it forever, I am the winner. Nic CLAIMS he won, but let me tell you how it all played out:

Day 4: While I was busy at work, Nic called me at approximately 10:37 to ask if he could PLUG in the TV... to Work. 'To WORK' I asked?? 'Yes', he says...'this is part of my work. I HAVE to know what is going on with the market.' He NEEDED to watch CNN. Or the money channel. I can't remember which one. But REMEMBER, the bet was the first one to PLUG in the TV and Cable. It didn't matter what it was for. So at that point, it didn't matter if I watched the Bachelor After the Final Rose from 10:00-11:00 that night. Because as I saw it, he had already plugged in the TV!! And that is how it all went down. And anyway...can't he see what is going on with the market on the Internet??

The Essence of Time Wasted

The Problem: Too much wasted time watching pointless hours of television.

The Solution: Unplug the Television and detach our Cable.

The Bet: The first one to cave cleans the bathroom for the next 5 weeks.

The Winner: Unknown. 3 days and counting...