I haven’t been doing much running for a while….but this is what it’s really all about for me. I don’t race….but I like to get out in the woods and just move through it. I need to get going again. … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2015
When I was just a really young guy….when we still lived in California….I had a couple of these toys. They were pretty popular…in the days before “clackers”. One of the neat things about this particular toy is that the man … Continue reading
I can’t dial it back. When confronted with a perceived lack of real value, my inner cheapskate comes roaring up to the front of my brain and I start to complain. It spoils things. It spoils a lot of things. We … Continue reading
I’m helping Nate get to sleep again, and he’s huffing and blowing air out his nostrils when I ask him what he’s doing. “I’ve got a booger.” “What?” “Inside the tube….inside my nose.” “What?” “Inside the tube….inside my nose. There’s … Continue reading
Our vacation wasn’t like this. We didn’t have a GoPro. No one colored us with colorful chalk. We didn’t run around. We didn’t run around….but man, we sure did cover a lot of ground in a Dodge minivan with 200,000 … Continue reading
Here’s a short documentary about Anton Krupicka, the ultrarunner. What was interesting about this one is that, while it did focus on his running… some, it was mainly about his day to day life….and his efforts to recover from injury. It’s interesting … Continue reading
Check out these guys cycle touring from Mexico to Peru to raise money for a charity called Mind Charity. This is a video that they made of a day in Nicaragua. Look at the pancakes around 4 minutes into the video. … Continue reading
All these Ted Talks. What a cool thing to get to hear people talking about things that matter to them. Speed records….on a bicycle. Pretty cool. All these extremes that these people went through to try and establish a record … Continue reading
Cello Joe! Joey Chang!! Ben Sollee I knew about. But this guy? Very cool. The internet can be a pretty good place to discover new things….and new people. Now, if you are a guy without any talent who drags his … Continue reading
Another Ted Talk about bicycles. Activism by accident….the building of something good because someone helped someone else….and the word got out, and soon….a lot of people were being helped and a “movement” was begun. It’s funny how that happens. It’s … Continue reading