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EOY Meme:
1. What did you do in 2010 that you’d never done before ( Read more... ) -
everyone's a critic...
So this is Zeke the Boarhound - a pup I'm fostering right w/ the Jax Humane Society.
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a hypothesis on elitism . . .
The newest N+1 is out. Number Ten. Reminds me why I don’t forego this one.
In the Intellectual Situation, there’s an incredibly good piece on elitism (YT). I’m digesting the piece right now, but the hypothesis on Who the Elite Is was through-the-fucking-boards, dead-on. Naming-specifically-that group of people, who’ve come from educated and ( Read more... ) -
follow up to the post below:
The surgery went well. The macular degeneration is likely stayed indefinitely and there were no adverse outcomes and my grandfather celebrated his 88th birthday over the weekend in something other than complete and total darkness. -
the next person to speak to me of "God's Plan"
is fucked.
My grandfather finally broke down and agreed to have surgery on his left eye, the only one he can still barely see with. If the surgery is successful, the deterioration that is leading toward a certain and complete loss of vision will be delayed on a timeframe that will likely extend until such time as his heart finally stops.
If it is ( Read more... ) -
History is laughing at us/ Plotting its discovery
August 21, 2010: Jacksonville, FL - The ostrich looks about and finds itself confused ( Read more... ) -
And the truth shall set you free.
I priced racing bikes on Tuesday of last week. Based on what I would want--and the price tags associated--I quickly decided that I will not be buying a new bike before the unemployment rate drops below 6%. Right now I'm down to one single-speed track bike(DAWES SST) and a burly (Schwinn) mountain bike. I modified the Dawes for the 11 mile ( Read more... ) -
running again?
So I may or may not be running again these days. Over the last four days I've put in just shy of 14 miles, but no telling if I'll stick with it or not. While I'm finding that forced hydration is the key to running in 91' (heat index: 99') weather, no telling if I'll stick to it or not. I'm enjoying it while it lasts--which is to say I'm enjoying ( Read more... ) -
(another kind of) Seasonal Affective Disorder
I am finding it increasingly difficult by the day to get outside and run or bike or walk the whole two blocks to the gym. I know SAD is generally linked to wet grey habitat--not season-less Florida--but just the same . . . this heat is making me incredibly lethargic which in turn has me questioning whether or not I'm becoming ever-so-mildly ( Read more... ) -
I might be an ass from time to time, but at least I'm honest.
Doing laundry the other evening, I led the charge with whites. Dress shirts, t-shirts and socks mostly and a few towels--you know--just for fun. Coming off a client-relations gig where I was on-site with the client, my office shirts were more Brooks Brothers than, say, Stafford or "Old Glory" and ran between $70 - $80 per for the most part. ( Read more... )