I think it's not that I'm such a bad polo player, it's just that the people I play with are really, really good, and it can be hard to keep up. At last weekend's US Kayak Polo Nationals in Charlotte, NC, the Austin women's team placed first and the men's team placed second in their divisions.

Go team!!

This Sunday is Austin Museum Day. Thirty museums around town will have free admission and special activities.

http://www.austinmuseums.org/museum_day.html

Riley and I had an awesome run this afternoon. It helped that there was a nice breeze and it was decently cloudy, but the best part is that I've finally found that "conversational" pace at which I should be running. Up to now I've apparently been letting Riley pull me into going just slightly faster than I should, but that tiny bit has been fast ( Read more... )

First Amy Winehouse, now the White Stripes have pulled out of ACL. :( Those were possibly the two acts I was most excited about seeing.

http://www.austin360.com/music/content/music/acl_2007/index.html

The Williamson County Animal Shelter euthanized a dog WHILE ITS OWNER WAS FILLING OUT PAPERWORK TO CLAIM IT. They called it a "freak and unfortunate event ( Read more... )

Running: 4.8 hours, 13.8 ( Read more... )

Killer polo practice on Sunday. Nationals is in two weeks, so we spent over half the time working on various offensive and defensive plays. I enjoyed it - I learned a lot more than I do during regular games when I can't keep track of most of what's going on - but some of it was absolutely brutal. Ouch. I had several surprisingly good catches and ( Read more... )

Labor Day (Monday, Sept. 3) is a free day of yoga all around town.

http://www.freedayofyoga.com/

Yesterday I finished week four of the Couch to 5K program. It sounds absurdly obvious to say that it was the hardest week so far (because each week builds in intensity until you get to three miles), but it was the first week in which day three didn't feel substantially easier than day one. It was also the first week in which I let my schedule get ( Read more... )

that Michael Vick has admitted to killing dogs that didn't test well for dogfighting purposes, but he has not admitted to gambling on the dogfights that took place on his property. Does that mean that gambling is considered a more serious crime than killing six animals? That doesn't seem right.