As discussed previously here, we went to the Run For Your Lives event in Knightstown last weekend to watch our nieces Sarina and Samantha do the 5k zombie obstacle course with Sarina’s sister-in-law, Katy. They had a good time running and we had a good time watching. Aside from 5 kilometers of running through fields, woods and creeks, there were various obstacles such as a smoke filled room with electric shocks, monkey bars over slime pits, ladders, slides and, Oh by the way… ZOMBIES!
I have two nieces that will be participating in the Knightstown Run For Your Lives 5K run this Saturday. Sounds like it should be pretty cool! Both of them are Walking Dead fans and we have a txt’d episode discussion after each new episode airs. That along with a running joke where we rate tools, yard implements and kitchen utensils for their value and undead killing potential when the Zombie Apocalypse comes. (Did you know you could buy Zombie Survival Kits on Amazon.com?)
We’ve also had a running discussion of what their team should wear and they were considering custom t-shirts, so we’ll see what they come up with. “We taste like Broccoli” was a contender as well as “Tasty brains are Hard to Catch!” There are sites full of ready made zombie t-shirts too such as zazzle.com and and cafepress.com
It should be fun to watch and there’s supposed to be a big Apocalypse party associated with it. The website promises bands, food and games. Apparently there are enough people participating that they will be doing waves of runners and associated zombies to attack them. Becky and I will be going down to cheer them on and document the carnage! If I get any good pictures, I’ll try and put them up next week.
I know that National Tax Freedom Day is somewhat randomly calculated, but I think it’s a good exercise to remind us of the cost of government. Unfortunately, I didn’t hear much about its passing yesterday. Are we getting immune to it? According to the Heritage Foundation it was five days later this year due to the fiscal cliff negotiations. The Tax Foundation breaks the number of days to pay each tax into calendar days. That’s a bit sobering too. Hit the “read more” button to see their chart.
As Hoosiers, we can take heart in the fact that we’re only the 25th most taxed State, so our Tax Freedom Day was actually April 13th according to the Star Press. It was hard to celebrate this Saturday when I was still finalizing my 2012 taxes to mail out on the 15th…
I am one of the groggy people you met on the road this morning. My internal clock is harder to reset than the digital clock on my oven. I grumbled yesterday resetting my watch and various clocks, but the fact that my alarm clock and cell phone reset automatically was almost as annoying! How dare they make it seem so easy!
If you want to commiserate with me, maybe we could meet for brunch sometime. By then it will be light out and I will be more civil…