On Thursday’s I do this radio gig for a local jazz station, and invariably the host talks about or asks about the whole marathoning thing I’ve been doing. Trouble with all the talk about running is that it gives the impression I’m actually GOOD at it.
I’m not. (Of course, the same can [...]
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Man’s best friend
August 7th, 2008 · No Comments · Blog
Happy Feet?
March 31st, 2008 · No Comments · Blog
You may remember an animated film that came out a couple of years ago called “Happy Feet.” It was sort of riding on the “March of the Penguins” bandwagon, but this time out-and-out anthropomorphizing the penguins.
Still I’m up for talking animals and birds now and then, so I played hookie from the store one Sunday [...]
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The Great Wall Marathon 2005, China
May 21st, 2005 · Comments Off · Blog
Ok, now I understand starter pistols. A couple of years ago if someone had said “you have to fly half-way ’round the world, get up at 2 a.m. to catch a bus for a 3 hour drive north into the mountains, endure the indignity of using a hole that is only called a “toilet” for [...]
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