CRFD Memorial 5K

I always get choked up hearing the National Anthem--especially before a race for some reason. Possibly because it immediately silences a thousand-plus runners from excitedly chatting about the race ahead of them to reverently observing the flag in front of them. Hearing it under a massive flag hanging from a ladder truck at this morning's Cedar Rapids Fire Department memorial race will no doubt gut me.

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Flashback Friday: Cicero Edition

The Chicago Gay Men's Chorus allowed me to check off a lot of things that are on every man's bucket list: Sing the National Anthem at a Cubs game, record a CD of beautifully arranged love songs, choreograph a show called The Ten Commandments: The Musical, and rock the six-wived Lipschitz out of Velma Kelly's wig and heels in a reverently faithful re-creation of "The Cell Block Tango." POP!