I have a philosophy that I try to embue in the people around me who are also participating in endurance sports. It is symbolized by the phrase, “Run Without Ego.” What it means is that you should be running/biking/swimming/rowing/whatevering for you, and not for anyone else. The converse to that is that it’s about you, …
Monthly Archives: January 2011
Craft Weekend
We are hosting a Craft Weekend at our house starting tomorrow. The stated purpose is to “get shit done.” I declared this particular activity because I last put a picture into a scrapbook around the end of 2006. Thusly I have December of 2006, and all of 2007-2010 to put together. This may take a …
State of the Union vs. Real Politic
Last night’s State of the Union address was standard and predictable: high-minded appeals to a better future and how we’re going to get there, with few specifics. States of the Union are never very specific, however and the Republican responses to it were also predictable and standard. Honestly, yesterday was a pretty boring day for …
Today's Sunrise
I get some good sunrises at work.
Other Interesting Race Timing News
I seem to make it a habit of examining race timings. However, in this case, no real analysis was needed: I think the ATC has messed up some timings from Saturday’s race. I clocked a 26:00 for that race, according to my watch. According to the official race results, I actually ran a 25:40! Usually …
Inside an Accordion
We took a detour on the way home from the Peachtree City 5k/10k to deliver Sharon’s accordion to a repair shop. I got to see what the inside of an accordion looked like! Honestly, I had zero mental image of what the thing was going to look like when it was pulled apart. Thusly, I …
Atlanta Track Club Peachtree City 5k/10k 2011 -and- Injury Update
I ran today with Keith and Jaime the Atlanta Track Club 5k/10k in Peachtree City (we all ran the 5k). I turned in a 26:00 according to my watch and both Keith and Jaime broke their previous PRs. Go us! This race is always fun, and in my experience now, always cold (n=3). It was …
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Astrology takes another Whacking
It appears that Astrologic horoscopes from Yahoo have a bunch of similarities. Big surprise, I know. Click through the image to go to the Information is Beautiful site that includes discussion of how that did this.
I Learn my Job Every Day
If you had asked me yesterday, “Bill, can you prevent pedestrians from crossing a bridge during construction?” my answer would have been “Sure.” And I would have been wrong wrong wrong: From the 2009 Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD): 04. If the TTC [Temporary Traffic Control] zone affects the movement of pedestrians, adequate …
Not enough Math Geeks
The biggest fundamental problem1 with working as a Traffic Engineer is that most of my colleagues don’t get my math jokes. For example, I will have to explain this to a lot of people in the office today. 1: Truly, this is the biggest problem. Huge, even.