Looking for thoughts on this… It’s a somewhat touchy subject. There are many homeless in the Arlington area. I recognize most of them in the Ballston area and a few recognize me back (I bike everywhere… they seem to notice that). I remember reading or hearing that the most special thing to a homeless person is to be treated as if they’re a human…
A year and a few days ago, I had the absolute best race of my life. I finished the Cherry Blossom 10-Miler in a few seconds over 1:04, which equated to 6:24 per mile for ten miles. Today, I ran 3.1 miles. The weather was great, I was feeling the best I have felt in months, but it was clear I’ve lost a ton…
Since starting a business, I’ve been wanting to read this work by P.T. Barnum. I located it on the new pad, found it was free (part of Project Gutenberg), downloaded it, and started reading it yesterday. Last night, I put it down at page 78 of 98, thinking I still had about 15 minutes to go, but when I picked it up today, I…
It has arrived. Does it live up to the hype? I’ve now been using mine for a full day and the following (written from it in hardly longer than it’d take using a real computer) are my thoughts: Pros Netflix streaming is awesome. It is great for quickly checking email. It is great for quickly checking on the latest news. Browsing the web is…
And still am. Good song, by the way. Perhaps not the most fitting song title to choose for this blog? Meh. After 25 years in the same house in Herndon, my parents finally moved last week. It has been a long, laborious process, which was not helped by a number of surgeries and a small case of hoarding, but it’s finally done. The trick…
I’m driving home this morning, and on the radio is an OnStar commercial. I’m not really a fan of allowing Big Brother watch where I am or disable my vehicle, so I’m clearly not likely to buy any GM vehicle from the last many years, but that’s beside the point of this post. Edit: or from a handful of others. They have the ability…