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- Introduction to Logic and Arguments How to develop critical thinking skills. Probably the most important thing you will ever do!
- Logical Fallacies Errors in thinking described and explained.
- Richard Dawkins A web site for Science and Reason and for Clear Thinking.
- Talk Origins A web site devoted to presenting the evidence for evolution and the lack of evidence for creationism.
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Category Archives: Everyday Stuff
Run 68, 2011 …my toes are full, and a suggested definition for minamilist running.
I ran 4.5 kilometers today on my home trails with my VFFs and my toes got full. The unusually heavy and persistent rains we have been getting are causing the vegetation to grow quickly so even though I mow and maintain the trails regularly the vegetation still was enough to stuff my toes full. It is really funny looking to have flowers and grass standing straight up in some kind of sicko toe bouquet! And I have to say, very wet and annoying. I am thinking of adding a wooden chopstick or something to my running tool kit to clean them out every now and then. So my trails here at home present a wide variety of running surfaces even though the entire loop is only 1.5 kilometers. I have soft sand, freshly tilled hills of rich loam (from the activity of pocket gophers and other diggers) hard baked crusty … Continue reading
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Yes we are still under construction.
This blog is still undergoing construction and many things have not yet been categorized under their proper menus yet. Also many items have not yet been published. Be patient.
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Does running destroy and burn muscle tissue in a process know as catabolism?
Recently, Jordon, a member of tribalrunning.net posted a status implying that running an ultra marathon actually is harmful in that your body burns muscle tissue for fuel. After doing a brief Google search on this topic, I found many similar opinions and even some sites that said running only 3 miles destroyed your muscle tissue because your body burns it for fuel. I would like to point out that this is not quite true. Certainly, if you do not eat and continue to work hard, in desperation your body will begin to burn everything and anything it can for fuel and that includes muscle tissue. But this only happens if your store of carbohydrates are 100% depleted and you do not eat or drink. However if you eat properly before and during a race, you need not worry at all about this happening. For the following discussion, I have taken … Continue reading
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Many changes yet to come on this blog…
Even this post will disappear after a while. Categories will disappear, new categories will be added, posts will be reorganized to better reflect their content. Many posts are temporarily parked in the wrong category. Such is the price of being under construction…
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Run 4, 2011 …how to re-invent the wheel…
A word of advice: Try not to do this – re-inventing the wheel, I mean. The first thing I would like to say is that when one begins to try to assimilate information on running, one has to listen to those who have gone before, and not re-invent the wheel. The problem is that there is so much controversy and debate out there as to what to do, when to do it, and how to do it that it is almost impossible not to end up re-inventing the wheel. After all, re-inventing the wheel is a total waste of time and energy and leads to countless otherwise avoidable injuries. I was a very stupid runner. For the 10 or so years I have been running, this was my problem. I thought I knew it all, and that there was nothing to know about running. I mean, how hard could it … Continue reading
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Under Construction…
Once again, I am rebuilding my web site with a new theme. It will be pretty crazy looking and highly variable until I can tweak it which should take a day or so… Looks like it will take a wee bit longer than I thought…
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