Not really 7000 words. But seven pictures, each theoretically worth 1000 words, would give us that. I had kind of an exhausting week and I didn’t diligently note the interesting moments to write about as I normally do. And I’m still kinda...
go around
My customers in Mexico, and I think most companies there, work very different hours than we do in the US. A typical day is something like 10:00am to 8:00pm, with a two-hour lunch break around 2:00. It’s a really difficult adjustment ...
quite a view
Are you watching the eagle cam? It seems to be all the rage, and I understand exactly why. A mated pair of bald eagles is nesting high in a pine tree overlooking Big Bear Lake, and recently their three eggs have hatched. If you’re...
Lago de Chapultepec
I’ve been to Mexico City several times for work in the last few months, each time staying in the Santa Fe neighborhood. I understand that about thirty years ago, that entire area was undeveloped woodland, and they decided t...
wave that flag, wave it wide and high
another Sunday Seven entry, this one brief
Since the election I’ve been trying to think of a way to indicate this household’s opposition to the regime. I’ve seen arguments that we should just f...
another in the Sunday Seven series
Dawes at the Chop Shop in 2023
My phone was blowing up last Sunday as I was driving from Logan to the hotel I stay at near my office in Lexington. Everyone I know wanted me to be aware that Dawes was opening the Gra...
I knew it was hopeless. At 3:15, I reached up to turn on the little halogen lights in the headboard, then reached over to pick up my phone and turn off the alarm. 5:00 would get here soon enough. That’s the thing about events that play out over exce...
For the real running nerds out there, or the morbidly curious, here’s a detailed recap of the race, mile-by-mile. This might make more sense with the map in front of you.
Marathon Route 2024
And a preemptive, general note: at no point did I wet my pa...
Waldheim Cemetery
It’s hard to avoid them. The western part of Cook County is essentially one long band of cemeteries running north-south at approximately the longitude of the Des Plaines River. Presumably, about 200 years ago, shortly after c...
Cassiopeia A (see footnote 1)
I kinda feel like I lost the first half of this year. The first four months were largely consumed by taking care of my dad, and then the next two in dealing with the aftermath (emotional, logistical, financial) of his p...
my office on Sunday
I love race day.
I like running, but I love race day. There’s nothing like the excitement of the starting corrals, that rush on the course as you realize that all the training is paying off, and the celebration and release ...
Late yesterday I got an email from FedEx notifying me I was getting a package from “Ragnar Trail Atlanta” sometime today. It weighs three pounds. No other information available.
My eyes rolled all the way up into my head. My skin flushed ...
I’m usually pretty bad at predicting the future, but I nailed one thing this year: knowing I needed to take today off from work because I wasn’t going to be in any kind suitable mental state for it. I wasn’t entirely sure if I was g...
I’m breaking up with MapMyRun today. It’s over. The thrill is gone. There are a lot of other fish in the ocean, all of which can do the most basic thing that a run tracking app should do, which is, you know, to accurately track your fuck...
