Miscellaneous

WTF!?!?

The Utes upset #5 Stanford 27 – 21!

This creepy creeper has made a home in one of our Halloween cob web decorations!

Just a quick update on the latest Janke activities. Our house is finally being framed! Hopefully, fingers crossed, there will be no more delays. I thought it was hilarious that the first equipment they delivered to the job site was a generator and a microwave! Erik has been ripping it up in tennis camp, Henry has been in swim lessons, & Maci rules the roost with a fist of terror! Mo turned 29, again, this month! And, we are both really excited for school to start in August! I got an email from Linda Hollard, she is retiring after 39 years with Qwest/CenturyLink! Congratulations Linda, way to go!

My employer (TCN) put together a 12 man team to run the Top of Zion Relay last weekend. It is a two day 200 mile relay race across some of the most unbelievable scenery in southern Utah. Each runner in the 12 man team ran 3 legs, for a total of approximately 16 miles. It was an amazing experience and a total blast to compete with the other TCN Team members! Physically I was totally destroyed for days afterwards. My first leg was a 10K @ approximately 9000 feet elevation. I ran it in 42 minutes (7 minute miles!). My second leg was an 8 miler in the middle of the night, I posted a time of an hour 18 minutes (9:45 minute miles). My final leg was a short 2 mile run, which I ran in 15 minutes (7:30 minute miles). I averaged approximately 8:05 minutes per mile across my three legs. I think that is pretty awesome for an old fart like me!

 

I have sent many of you the pictures I took of the solar eclipse, but I though I would post them to the The Janke Family Blog. The eclipse yesterday was an annular eclipse. Similar to a total eclipse, but the moon’s apparent diameter is smaller than the visible disk of the sun, leaving a ring (annulus) of fiery light around the edges. The last time this event was visible from the western United States was in 1994. I took these pictures of the eclipse with my phone! I put the special glasses over the phones camera lens & adjusted the camera settings so the image wouldn’t wash out. It was pretty awesome to watch!

MOvember is over ( us.movember.com ), but I found a way to keep the mustaches alive! This site (mustachify.me ) will draw a mustache on any photo on the internet. Just give it the url of the photo you want mustachified. Here are some of the Jankes:

Here is the URL:

http://mustachify.me/?src=YOUR_IMAGE_URL

Example:

http://mustachify.me/?src=http://www.thejankefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/macijanke.jpg

I joined the ranks of guys worldwide who shun their razors (at least around the upper lip) for the month of November and grow mustaches in an effort to support mens health programs like LIVESTRONG (us.movember.com). I’m always looking for an excuse not to shave. Little did I know I would be breaking the law in the process! Did you know it is illegal for men with mustaches to kiss a woman in Nevada?! In Alabama it is illegal to wear a fake mustache that causes laughter in church! Oh my! I have come to terms with my criminal status, I am a mustachioed man after all…

Here is the funny article about bizarre laws: I’m Under Arrest for What?