22:00:00
I did it! This morning, I ran three miles in 22:00 exactly. Now I’m wondering if I should start lifting or try for 21:00.
There is a Light That Never Goes Out
There’s always that pesky feeling of loneliness that stems, no doubt, from the persistence of an inability to relate. The Beatles are getting less play these days, and The Smiths are on the cusp of its resurgence as my popular authority: this is how I know I’m coming up on a personal shift (juvenile, I [...]
Ambition Only Leads to Failure
I tried my hand at swimming laps this morning. Kicked my ass. Fun, though.
Victory’s Sweet Even Deep in the Cheap Seats
22:28 on my three-mile run this morning. A personal record!
I’m coming for you fast, 22.
Iran’s emergent revolution
Protestors flood Tehran streets
By Borzou Daragahi and Ramin Mostaghim, Associated Press
Tens of thousands of protesters swarmed the streets of Tehran and at least two other Iranian cities Friday, audaciously turning an annual rally in support of the Palestinian cause into the first major demonstration against the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in six weeks.
“Not Gaza, [...]
I’d Be Running Up That Hill
I ran my 3-mile in 23:00 this morning! I expect I’ll get at that elusive sub-22:00 this week, barring any unplanned plateaus.
The Unfeasibility of Plato’s Republic
It’s seeming more and more to me that Plato was Socrates with bitterness in his heart.
All of his earlier work more likely attributable to the historical Socrates seems more forgiving, as though the teacher were aware of some kind of broader truth that put him at peace with the quarrels and flaws of his society.
But [...]
South Africa’s black schools are still suffering from the effects of apartheid
Keen to Learn, and Let Down in South Africa
Celia W. Dugger, New York Times
I am so incredibly disgusted by the perpetuation of that one relevant sin of a sentient species — what I call “uneducation.”
Hendrik Verwoerd, architect of South African apartheid, would surely be proud to see the vestiges of his Bantu education system [...]
You Are a Runner and I Am My Father’s Son
I reached my initial 3-mile goal of 24:00 on Wednesday, and the next day I ran 23:25! Next up: 22:00.
