optimize your stride

so on tuesday night, the abalones and i join each other for dinner at cloud nine, the delicious restaurant that spins atop vancouver catching breathtaking panoramic views. we enjoy some biz discussion, oysters, clams and mussels, a little grilled chicken, baked salmon and tender steak, delicious wines, and rich desserts. bellies full, we get a little goofy and my brother, trust my brother, comes up with one of his random questions like he often does as though he's being followed around by the obscure question fairy.

"how long do you suppose it will take to walk from steveston to the seabus?"

a myriad of answers spring forth from our chicken, cheese and chickpea-dulled minds. becky says 4 hours, carrie says 5, uday says 7, bobby says 10 and i fall somewhere in the middle in a swiss-like neutral move, with 6. friendly argument ensues and the din of giggling rises.

"we should walk it and find out. get people to sponsor us for charity"

a wild idea. additions pop up from each of us. "we could send out a press release!", "we could get matching white track suits and headbands!", "we could donate the money to the canadian cancer society!", "we could do the talk show circuit and as we walk out on to the stage in our matching track suits and headbands, stop to stretch and tell the host we bet on how long it would take to get from the hotel to the studio!", "we could have commercials of us all working in the office in our maching track suits and two of us get up to go to the bathroom at the same time and end up racing each other after a staredown!"

but what should we call such an event sponsored by a search engine optimization company?

on the drive home, my idea light sprung on with a ding, "optimize your stride!"

Currently listening: In Utero By Nirvana

posted by Courtney at 6:01 p.m.

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