Transposing this from somewhere else … There is a story out there that John Lennon was once asked what he had wanted to be when he grew up and he said “Happy.” The person then said that Lennon hadn’t understood the question, and Lennon replied that, no, the person who asked the question didn’t understand […]
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Real Relay
I saw this on Roy Gillett’s facebook page. Take a look. It’s a story about the Real Relay, an effort to actually run the relay course that the Olympic torch is taking. I think this is absolutely the greatest thing. It works on every level–it’s the epitome of the Olympic ideal in the sense that […]
Read More ...What if You’re the Shoes?
I’ve now averaged 18,222 steps a day over the past year and a half or so (per my nifty Virgin Health Miles program counter, at least). For the past month it’s been 25,138. So, yeah. That’s good. Unless, of course, you happen to be a pair of shoes. If that’s the case, this is what […]
Read More ...Peer Pressure and Role Modeling
When you’re trying to understand people as a whole, it’s important to understand that on average we will not tell you what we really think or feel. Sometimes we won’t tell you because we don’t trust you, or for whatever reason we just don’t think it’s any of your danged business. I’m like that. But […]
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Celebrating the awesome All-Metro VolleyCard career of my cousin (x-times removed? … heck I dunno my family tree stuff). Or is she my niece? I should know that, eh? What I do know is that she was a heckuva volleyball player, so that should save me for a bit. [grin].
Read More ...You’ve Got a Lot of Books, or Welcome to Our Version of Bookshelf Porn
Good morning at the keyboard. Completed the first draft of what I’m calling the Golf Ball story, though there is no way in heck that title will remain. Also made my way through about the first third of it as a line-edit. I expect the back half will need a bit more of a face-lift […]
Read More ...Target Probably Knows More About Me Than I Do
Lisa and I were talking as we walked back from the Health Club this noontime. This fits our morning process on weekend days anymore, BTW, I write (or race) or whatever in the early morning, then we walk the mile and a half to the Health Club. We work out for an hour or so, […]
Read More ...Top 10 Things About Today
Top 10 things that made today great: 1 – Lisa made frapuccinos 2 – Wrote for several hours. Story pretty much done. I think I like it. [grin] 3 – Raced on the internet … set new Personal Best 4 – Received the Greatest FollowEver on Twitter. As far as I’m concerned, anyway. 5 – […]
Read More ...Technology in Sports
There will come a time when technology will replace humans, and I’m guessing it will be because rabid fans get fed up with losing big games on bad calls. That day is not today, but it’s coming. It’s been coming ever since the very first instant replay system was put in place back in the […]
Read More ...Sexualized Images – More or Less
Subtitled: Let’s See What the Search Engines Do With That Title, eh? # Back a week or two ago, Jenn Reese tweeted a link to an article that described a study that observed a relationship between the amount of a woman’s body a man observed and how competent they thought that woman might be. More […]
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