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The Books I Read in 2012
Attention conservation notice: this post is long and has nothing to do with working out. I have kept a list of every book I have read I have read since I was thirteen years old. Yeah, obsessive record keeping didn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 round up, Ancient History, ancient philosophy, books, classics, fiction, hebrew, ottoman empire, shakespeare, spy novels, yoga
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Hacked!
My apologies to anyone who saw the “getting paid” spam message, that’s the first time I’ve ever been hacked. This blog is about a lot of things, but getting rich isn’t one of them.
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My Running Commute
There is something about strapping on a backpack and running home from work at nine o’clock at night that makes one feel simultaneously like an absurdly time pressured uptight New Yorker and a total badass. Last night, after months of … Continue reading
Your Occasional Stoic
An occasional series of posts quoting the great works of stoicism with some short notes from me. From Alexander the grammarian: not to leap on mistakes, or captiously interrupt when anyone makes an error of vocabulary, syntax, or pronunciation, but … Continue reading
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Back at it
I’m back from two weeks in Turkey and Greece, an amazing trip full of history, culture, great food, and a little running. I’d plan to run three times a week, but surprise, surprise that didn’t happen. I did swim in … Continue reading
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JFK to Istanbul, direct.
Tomorrow I leave for a two week vacation in Turkey and Greece. The first four days will be taken up with a wedding after that E and I are free to explore Istanbul, Ephesus, Bodrum, Symi, Kos and Athens as … Continue reading
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Life and the Busy Athlete
There are twenty four hours in a day. Subtract eight for sleep, then eleven for work. That leaves five. Take away another hour and a half for eating, commuting, showering, and taking care of life’s little annoyances, and you’re left … Continue reading
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Training Update
It is Thursday and I haven’t done a weekly recap yet, that should tell you what kind of a week it has been. Nonstop work-a-thon and it shows no sign of letting up. The only night I got out at … Continue reading
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Milo and the Wolves
There is another story about Milo that is worth remembering. Milo is walking in the forest when he came upon a tree whose trunk was split down the middle. In an attempt to show his strength, Milo places his hands … Continue reading
Your Occasional Stoic
“From my grandfather Verus: decency and a mild temper” – Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 1:1
