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Using Crockford's supplant function in Javascript

The supplant function is easy to use for string interpolation and a nice introduction templating in JavaScript. Here’s the function from Douglas Crockford’s website: 123456789if (!String.prototype.......

Posted by Richard Lucas on Nov 1 2013

Late Fragment by Raymond Carver

Great poem by one of my favorite writers. Late Fragmentby Raymond Carver And did you get whatyou wanted from this life, even so?I did.And what did you want?To call myself beloved, to feel myselfbe......

Posted by Richard Lucas on Jul 1 2013

Cleveland Marathon Race Report

This past Sunday, I ran in the Cleveland Marathon. I’d been training for the past 4-6 months for the race. So, how did it go? Well, I finished with a 3:43 time, so reasonably well. I beat my go......

Posted by Richard Lucas on Jun 1 2013

How I've trained for a marathon

I began really back in the summer of 2012, when I started training for the Columbus half-marathon and then the Whitney climb. After I ran the half, I continued running, and in talking with a co-wo......

Posted by Richard Lucas on Jun 1 2013

Running Pains

I’m just going to preface this post by saying I’m not a doctor, so this is simply my own experience. If you’re feeling foot pain you should see a doctor. So, over the past year or so, since I’ve r......

Posted by Richard Lucas on May 14 2013