Yesterday I was running through Point Pleasant Park. It was dark, cold, and windy, and just as I was thinking about cutting my run short a stranger reached out and gave me an enthusiastic high-five. What a day-brightener! Thanks for perking me up, putting a smile on my face, and giving me the energy to finish my long shuffle across town. —Redheaded Runner

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  1. I kinda like it when once in a while the loves get stuck amongst the bitches… not so much the other way around.

  2. If this is your idea of a bitch OP, you must be the world’s most laid back person 🙂

    High five friend.

  3. I reported it but it seems she’s quite diligent at ignoring me.
    must be busy finalizing the issue for thursday.

  4. the bird bird bird…
    the bird is the word…
    have you heard
    about the word?
    ya know the bird bird bird…. bird is the word.

  5. Cubs are awesome.
    Z I’m drawing a blank….what wee those old surfer movies that they did that Dance?

  6. I just saw it on family guy…
    but wiki should be able to help me out on this….

    In popular culture

    * The song is featured in the “birthday party” sequence of the 1972 cult film Pink Flamingos, where it accompanies the performance of a nude contortionist.
    * This song was also used in Stanley Kubrick’s film Full Metal Jacket.[8]
    * This song could be heard in the video game Battlefield Vietnam, as well as the similar expansion pack “Battlefield: Bad Company 2: Vietnam
    * This song has been used many times in Family Guy episodes.
    * The song is also featured in the movie “Fred Claus” starring Vince Vaughn.
    * It is also mentioned during a driving scene in Deadly Premonition.
    * “Surfin’ Bird” was used for the Wii dance game Just Dance published by Ubisoft.
    * The chorus of “Surfin’ Bird” is used by Bluebird to promote Bluebird chips. In this version, the chorus becomes “Bluebird’s the word” and featured penguins carrying packets of chips under their flippers.

  7. <3 Awesome! Last week, a motorist slowed down to give me words of encouragement when I was barefoot running at 6 am (it now occurs to me, now that I type it out, that he might have been very politely testing the waters to see if I was an escapee from the Dartmouth Hospital...). It helped me get up that last hill!

  8. Puppy is good PG… a whole lotta handful and getting bigger by the second! I’ll be in touch ASAP LS!

  9. Yikes a running ginger. Are you sure he meant to give you a high five? Maybe he was trying to slap you and knock you to the ground because of his fear of soulless gingers.

  10. that guy was lucky he wasn’t kicked in the balls, and sprayed in the eyes with bear repellant.

    Reaching out at someone in a park at night is NOT cool.

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