Dan Schofer '00
7-8-2012Pre's Trail. 75 minutes. 10 miles.Extra early morning run. Hamstring still sore. [Week: 68 miles]
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7-10-2012Mud Rd. + Irish + Mt. Vernon. 44 minutes. 6 miles.Slow and easy run. Lunges.
View ArticleChet Haase: Things I Believe: Thoughts for Friday
He who lives by the sword shouldn't roll over in his sleep.He who laughs last laughs is pissing me off.He who pays the piper should have him stop playing. That instrument is annoying.Hindsight is...
View ArticleKurt Kohlstedt '02: Body Piercing And Modification: 17 Extreme Mods
[ By Marc in Culture & Cuisine. ] Body modification is an ancient tradition in many cultures. As tattoos become increasingly commonplace, body mods are becoming increasingly complex and pushing...
View ArticleKen Wedding's Reading Blog: Fiction and TV
I'm sort of embarrassed by how much TV I watch. It's a default activity even more common than trolling the Internet. One attraction is that it is so passive, although it's not as passive as it was when...
View ArticleDavid Ocker '73: The Name of This Piece Is
I picked the title of a new 30 Second Spot so that I could write the following sentence.The name of this piece is The Name Of This Piece Is.It's a simple title, easy to remember. Titles are supposed...
View ArticleJohn Tischer '71: Oblivion
Oblivious in sober self centered assessment of the world, the marching morons walk five abreast in the city streets, barely noticing the others around them, entrenched in cast iron ruts of direction...
View ArticleDavid Schraub: Joe Walsh Should Be Pro-Israel PAC's Public Enemy #1
There is one member of Congress who is a loud-and-proud supporter of a one-state solution. His name is Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL), a Tea Party extremist who came to Washington on the crest of the 2010 GOP...
View ArticleKurt Kohlstedt '02: Popville: Pop-Up Cities Book Perfect for Children
[ By Delana in Architecture & Cities & Urbanism. ] How does a parent introduce a love of architecture and urban planning into a child’s life? The Popville pop-up book might be the perfect...
View ArticleKevin Draper '10: 'Til it's Over.
If I may: a brief word about Jeremy Lin, who has seemingly taken his talents to the Houston Rockets.So, if it was my choice (and I guess it is my choice, seeing as how this is my blog and all), I'd...
View ArticleBenjamin Lenzner: into the woods with doubles...
off and into the woods with e-doubles, big apple state high peaks region...in and around har ki doon, uttarakhand. summer 2009.love and health to all...
View ArticleKurt Kohlstedt '02: Art & Sole: OSPOP Channels Mao’s China to Sell Shoes
[ By Steve in Design & Graphics & Branding. ] OSPOP, which stands for “One Small Point Of Pride”, is a global fashion brand inspired the hard-working people whose labor actually built the...
View ArticleDavid Schraub: Meretzniks
Ha'aretz has a fascinating profile/interview piece up on Zahava Gal-On, leader of Meretz (for those of you who don't know, Meretz is Israel's left-wing Zionist party). It's really a great read (also,...
View ArticleHai Ngo '12: Official 10 Second Film Festival 2012 Films
You’ve seen this a few times now, but here it is in the official 10 Second Film Festival 2012 line-up. My film can be found at 8:35-8:50! Turns out that while I won the applause-o-meter on the night of...
View ArticleJonathan Lin '13: SCENES | Serving The Family
July 14th 2012 桃姐 - A Simple Life (2011) by Ann Hui (許鞍華) Both everything and nothing about Hui's film is simple. You can summarize its premise with relative ease: Roger Lee (Andy Lau) is a...
View ArticleDavid Ocker '73: Freud Was Wrong About The Cigar
Leslie has a lot of strange plants in her garden. She keeps working on raising orchids and has gotten good with african violets. Her best category lately has been various carnivorous plants - like...
View ArticleKen Wedding's CompGov Blog: Things that work in Nigeria
News from Nigeria usually focuses on violence, corruption, and disaster. We do hear about elections that sort of work and government that tries to make things better (like banning an official Nigerian...
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