I went to a local testing center today and passed my SCJP exam with a score of 86% (59% is pass/fail mark). Thanks to the Sierra and Bates study guide for making the exam preparation go smoothly. It seems that a celebratory trip to Goodberry's is in order, for a custard blizzard treat :-)

An article at the New York Times reports that travellers may now board with drinks purchased in the terminals, and you can bring any toothpaste/liquid under three ounces.

"Politician's Logic: Something must be done! This is something, so it must be done." - from slashdot.org user LaughingCoder (914424)

Read Gabriel Sherman's article entitled How sluggish newbies ruined the marathon. I plan on running a marathon to finish it anyway!

We won our men's soccer game 4-1 tonight behind timely shooting from captain Joe, and stingy defense led by Clayton. The only goal we gave up was when I the keeper failed to call off a defender, who accidentally headed the ball backwards and into the net. It was nice to play a game for once, after all of the rainouts we experienced!

I took my practice exam for the Sun Certified Java Programmer test tonight and passed! Required score is 42/72 and I got 47/72. Since the practice tests are supposedly harder than the real ones, I think I am in good shape! I'll brush up some more in the short term, and start looking for an appointment at a testing center. Hopefully the real test goes this well :-)

We had our first watermelon from our little patch tonight! I wasn't sure if they were ready for picking, so I picked the smallest one. It was about six inches in length and four inches tall. Lo and behold, there was even some red flesh inside, enough for a small snack! I'm saving up seeds for next year already :-)

Just a quick post to say how much I am enjoying the food I got in Lancaster, especially the dried papayas and mango strips.

Oprah was victorious over me in the end. I just had a bad race, I'll have to do better next time. Harmeet was able to achieve his goal with a finish time of 2:15:25. The rest of the weekend was great though. Lots of time with family which was a lot of fun. We also really enjoyed our trip to Lancaster. Harmeet got to see his first Amish people :-)

It's time to get excited about the half-marathon this weekend. I've got my running shoes, shirts, shorts, socks, gels, energy bars, Gatorades, and heart-rate monitor sitting in my parents' house. PHL will not have the opportunity to lose those items! I'm only checking some shirts to wear the days I am not running and my razor, and I will carry the rest of my luggage onto the plane.
Even better, my mom is out in Lancaster and buying me goodies from the Green Dragon farmer's market. Trail mix, dried bananas, all-sorts, here I come! I'm even going to get in a trip to the Family Heritage restaurant. Should be a great weekend!