I have been planning recently on leaving LJ. Most of the reasons I was originally here have gone. And most of what I get out of LJ these days is Russian spam. I have started up what I hope will be a reasonably serious blog here: http://saoili.blogspot.com/ . And most of the small, random ( Read more... )

I'm currently listening to the audiobook of Stranger in a Strange Land (published in 1961)*. Listening to old sci-fi set in the future I am generally amused by how slow they expected the development of information and communication technology to be in comparison to other forms of technology. The book is set in a future where ( Read more... )

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In case anyone's missed it, my 30th birthday is on this Friday in the 51 bar on Haddington road in Ballsbridge from 7ish.

Short version: I missed my pessimistic goal time by almost twenty minutes, did a lot of walking and failed to get a negative split. But I not only completed a marathon, but one of the (if not the) hardest and hilliest on "these Islands", with no hill training. Ow ( Read more... )

I'd read a bunch of things about taking ice baths after long runs. I read one thing that said from-the-cold-tap cold was just as good. I figured I could manage that ( Read more... )

This Is a good post on privilege, including a great metaphor. But it includes this:

A man has the privilege of walking past a group of strange women without worrying about being catcalled, or leered at, or having sexual suggestions tossed at him ( Read more... )

Last Monday I ran in the Flora Women's Mini Marathon ( Read more... )

Without exactly planning to go that way, I've been pulling more feminist stuff into my reader lately.  In general I find I agree with most of what is said and I think I learn quite a lot.  But there seems to be this sticking point.  Every time abortion is mentioned, my back goes up.  There is this idea that you can't be feminist and anti-choice.  ( Read more... )

Link for people who can't make it to the games day, poker night or someplace I'll be with my sponsorship card in the meantime and want to donate:

http://www.mycharity.ie/event/throwsorchaoutofaplane/