From fat, overweight blob to king of the mediocre, our backwater boy hit the smalltime with a number 66 single and grandiose self-love. But what was behind his meteoric rise to the middle? And did all the goofy Top 100 hats and self-showered accolades leave him in shambles, a twisted mess of man hopped up […]
What an experience. I’m afraid I’m a little overwrought about the whole thing, but for today, to hell with self-consciousness and what others think. It was my first marathon and has been an emotional adventure. My thoughts are a jumble so I hope I can do my feelings justice here. I’m not really sure where […]
“I don’t want to fail.” When your goal is to run at a pace that thousands of others can jog, is it possible to succeed? I wrote the above in an aborted blog post who knows when, and I just ran back across it. Ironic that I see it again two days before the marathon. […]
A bit more about introverts: if you’re going to be an introvert, don’t be “sensitive pony tail guy” from Singles. Don’t be that kind of introvert. The fake kind. The insincere, look at me brood kind. The Garth Brooks kind. Speaking of Singles, Cameron Crowe has written two of my favorite movies. Can you guess […]
Jessica said to me, “maybe he’s just like you, everyone thinks you hate them too.” Yes, it’s tough being an introvert in an extroverted world. Do you know someone who needs hours alone every day … seems awkward in groups and maladroit at small talk? Who has to be dragged to parties and then needs […]
I’ve been wanting to write this for a long time, and this is probably just the summary version, but I really believe that no one knows what the f*** they are talking about. Sure, there is the mathemetician that can explain algebra or whatever, but for most people, including (and especially) so-called “experts”, knowledge is […]
i think i’ve said before that you can gauge my running by my blogging. so what does it mean that i’m making this post …. ? and that it’s so boring? anyway, rather than recap the last month with witty entertaining minutia, here are some snippets from emails i’ve sent to friends who i’ve kept […]
The doctor said, “So how far is a marathon? How many kilometers is it, like 20?” Seriously. And they took eight x-rays of my ankle and knee and said I have a “potential” problem with my knee. Uh…? Oh yeah, they also say there is no stress fracture in the “tib/fib.” I kept telling the […]