Category Archives: Everyday Stuff

A light wind carrying shards of icy diamond needles stirs the ash amidst a chaotic twisted pavement of charcoal. Suddenly, punctuating an angry microsquall of irate wind, a translucent, scale-encrusted talon erupts from the fog of ash to reveal the rebirth of the crystalline and wintry phoenix. Having died in a fiery plummet, dashing itself to pieces upon the unforgiving earth, the scarlet summer phoenix is reborn to soar the wan gray skies of winter once again. And that, my friends, is me coming back after a long absence for reasons of personal loss. I shall not go into details, as we all suffer from this as human beings. That is my way of saying please do not ask. Suffice it to say that I am, indeed, back. Today is my first really wintry run outside and I have to say that I have mixed feelings about it. Already, I … Continue reading →

Everyone knows about memory. Our brains store our memories for many obvious reasons. We rely on our memories to keep us out of trouble, and to recognize past patterns, whether those patterns are the familiar faces and actions of friends or enemies, or whether it is a set of instructions for avoiding death when dealing with potentially dangerous objects. So this is a message to those who are dwelling in the past, to those who cannot forgive, those who are wracked with guilt, and to those who have a penchant to act first then think later. Why are you letting your memories control your life? Memories are a tool. You are the one who is supposed to be in control, not the memory. If you let your memory take control, then every time you face the same old problems, you will allow your memory to present the same old solutions. … Continue reading →

All the world’s a track, And all the men and women merely runners: They have their exits and their entrances; And one runner in his time plays many parts… And so today I ran at the indoor track. I ran 6 laps for a warm up, then began my 44 lap 10 km time trial. My pace was 6:40 per kilometer so I ran it in 1:06:36. In all I did 11.36 (50 laps) km today. Then I walked a few extra laps for a cool down. Did my stretches and some push ups after. Then I went to the pool where something new happened. After only a few minutes of just bobbing around a small area in my left calf muscle began contracting uncontrollably over an area about the size of a dollar coin, causing me a considerable amount of incapacitating pain. No sooner did that settle down a … Continue reading →

I won’t be updating this blog as frequently any more nor will I be continuing to count my karate lessons and runs. I will be posting runs and my cumulative running distances in a year will still be updated in my header. Posting will resume approximately whenever I feel like it. I have been sort of dutifully recording on this blog since I started it for technical reasons. I began this blog just so I could keep up with the technology and have been mindlessly posting, testing, and playing around with it. Changes might happen regarding the ability to access archives, in fact, I may remove everything and start over.

My Honda got totaled today, but I am OK. I was “parked” in a left turning zone, signaling a left turn to turn into an IGA parking lot in Edmonton when some guy in a white pickup truck rear ended me at high speed. He then backed up, and sped away, a hit and run. I and other witnesses got his license plate number and it was a company truck (I did not know this) that hit me so this guy is going to get caught if he hasn’t been already. The cops told me they had the business that owned the truck, and that it was a white Ford truck and would be paying them a visit. The cops also told me they think the guy driving it was driving with a suspended license too. I’m not quite sure how they know all this, I don’t know much yet. … Continue reading →