Author: seanv2
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Egyptian Books
During law school I spent a summer in Egypt. I made many friends and read my fair share of books. Someone once said to understand a people, read their poetry. I’m not a poetry fan, but here are some of the best Egyptian authors or books about Egypt that I have read. I don’t read…
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Training Totals 1.30.2011
RECAP: After a depressing and difficult week, I think I am on the mend. Got a strong thirty miles in this week and was feeling really good until yesterday when the heel started to act up again. We’ll see how it goes, I think it is going to take a little time, but I am…
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Running Injured
Running is an odd sport. It ranks among the most popular physical endeavors for adults in the United States, but unlike work softball leagues or pick up soccer, most of us, me included, are out there, alone, in the dark. I don’t have a coach, I do have a club, but scheduling issues means I…
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Shining Path
Nicolas Shakespeare, the author of The Dancer Upstairs has an incredible article on his first meeting with Martiza Lecca. Lecca is the ballerina in whose apartment Shining Path leader Alerto Guzman was captured. The article is haunting and excellent, check it out. Not a lot is available in English about Shining Path, and much of…
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Acquisitions for week of 1/23/11
A new feature, weekly intake of books bought or received. Epictetus, Discourses and Selected Writings, Penguin, (Borders) Moshe Idel, Messianic Mystics, Yale, (The Strand)
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Ugh
The less said about this week the better. I went too hard and too fast last weekend and I paid for it all week this week. Finally had to give in on Thursday and decide to take the rest of the week off. Back on the roads tomorrow, today, nothing but football for my fat…
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Samuel Delany Watch
Samuel “Chip” Delany is one of my favorite authors. His masterpiece, Dhalgren, is one of my favorite books. I’ll write more about Dhalgren and Delany in the future, but I wanted to bring your attention to a couple of recent Delany items. First, the great SF editor and writer Fredrick Pohl has done two great…
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The Passage by Justin Cronin
The Passage Justin Cronin The Passage is a seven hundred page vampire novel written by a novelist who graduated from the Iowa Writers Workshop. That makes it a pretty rare bird. It is also a book I enjoyed tremendously. I imagine there is very little middle ground with this book. You either enjoy its epic…
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Training Totals 1.17.2011
RECAP: I am an idiot. I got to fifty this week, with faster than expected long run on Saturday and a very fast ten miler on Sunday, but I am paying for it now. My left PF is seriously inflamed. I can barely walk. I am an idiot. I was planning on this week being…
Milo and the Calf 