I GOT A PROMOTION TODAY. Not for anything I did, or didn't do. No, this was entirely due to three lucky accidents: that I was born, that my parents didn't kill me when I was a teenager, and that I have lived this long. You see, I turned 55 today. And it's been a good …
Category: Running and Cycling
Do What? I Can’t Imagine. . .
If there's one thing being a runner is good for (*) it's getting a sense of perspective. This morning I was meeting with our company president, an aficionado of the latest and greatest in technology (you can read my "Gadget Man" post here). A message from one of his daughters had appeared on his Apple …
A Hundred Thousand Moments
This morning I went to the semi-annual Dan (black belt) test at my Aikido school's main dojo. It was a long test, with three people each testing for shodan (1st degree), nidan (2nd degree) and sandan (3rd degree) rank. But it was also an exciting test to watch. At Dan level you see everything from …
Does This Phone Make Me Look Fat?
I WAS TEASED YET AGAIN recently about when I'm going to get a smartphone. And yet again I supplied one of my stock reasons (*) for continuing to use my Stone-Age flip phone. I don't deny smartphones are useful. On a recent trip to Colorado, my wife and daughter used their phones to navigate to …
