food on the fire-escape

one small part of christmas-crap-is-too-early I can support.  Though I would also take a reese’s turkey.

ihatemile23:

idontgetrunnershigh:

jjae:

To Some, Winner is Not American Enough

He was widely celebrated as the first American to win the New York race since 1982. Having immigrated to the United States at age 12, he is an American citizen and a product of American distance running programs at the youth, college and professional levels.

But, some said, because he was born in Eritrea, he is not really an American runner.

The last American to win the New York race, Alberto Salazar, was also born in another country. He came to the United States from Cuba when he was 2. When he won, though, he did not hear grumbling about whether he should be considered an American. He pointed out two differences between his case and Keflezighi’s: Salazar is Hispanic, not black; and when he won in 1982, the Internet, in its current form, did not exist.

STFU.  Meb’s an American to the core.

That’s basically what I said to myself. “STFU”

American.  True blue.

TFA basically says these are commenters on the internet saying this.  I would like to reverse this and say that trolls are not American.  And really who would argue with that?

Thanks for the win, Meb.  Very exciting.

This dude is adorable.  I first heard he was an athlete-immigrant (or however one should say it) which I am guessing was based on look-at-his-name alone.  Oh how far we’ve come in this post-racial america.