I’ve been doing this for about 14 years and still, the transition into summer is incredibly weird; having to deal with unstructured time takes a little detox time from school life, but I think having children helps speed that process along. For instance, Evan will want me to play Lego Star Wars I and II [...]
September 4, 2006 – 9:34 pm
Saturday’s 8 miles went without incident…listened to Wait, wait…don’t tell me and the beginning of This American Life “Americans in Paris” (starts with a piece about David Sedaris). Nice weather and really not much to write about. So, now it’s time to gear up for Saturday’s 26.2 miles and honestly, I haven’t the foggiest idear [...]
Darth Colin
Originally uploaded by vergil66.
“Darth Colin: Don’t let your boys grow up to be Darth Vader” video…watch it at:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j3_Y2OZhdg
As you can probably tell, I’ve been on vacation from all thing regular and timely for the past month. The flickr photos should show what I’ve been up to (Chicago, Ohio, fixing the pool, the Elkhart County 4-h Fair).
As far as running, I got that pain in the calf thing again on the 13-miler, so [...]
Huge Asteroid to Fly Past Earth on July 3
An asteroid possibly as large as a half-mile or more in diameter is rapidly approaching the Earth. It’s not gonna crash into us, but the space rock will make an exceptionally close approach to our planet early on Monday, July 3, passing just beyond the Moon’s average [...]
From my local paper:
Sunset will arrive tonight later than it has in decades due to Indiana’s change to daylight-saving time. The extra hour of light brought by daylight-saving time means the sun rose at 6:09 a.m. today and will set at 9:22 p.m., making today the longest day of the year.
The Goshen [...]
This morning’s run was 3 miles and I listened to Train again (I know, I need to put something else on the iPod). Though only 70 degrees f, the humidity was @ 90%…cool running, eh?
Tomorrow will begin one of my big summer of 06 goals: cleaning out the pool house (or shack) and the car [...]
News Report From Iraq
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Not ready for Pool repair
Originally uploaded by vergil66.
Okay, it may not look like much, but this is really the easier part of a repair job. The black hose had sprung a leak at the other end and the jet that the white PVC pipe is connect to, had crumbled. Major relief when I turned on [...]
January 21, 2003 – 3:50 am
Strategy: Require more, give less. Add some good old fashioned Guilt (you make more than your students), national pride/everyone’s gotta tighten their belts (though someone’s doing well out there), and sense of obligation (it’s for the children).
More than ever is a good time to get out of teaching and touching the leaders of tomorrow. Though [...]
