swim pedal run

Soooo if you want to try something that sounds impressive but really isn't hard I suggest a triathlon.  A sprint Tri to be specific.  A short swim a moderate bike ride and a short run.  I am not saying it is easy per se but it is no where near as demanding as a half marathon.  The first two events are very low impact and the last leg is brief enough that you can turn of your brain and just put one foot in front of the other.   In fact by the time you start the run you have such momentum built up that you kind of float in.  And afterward it is just one more thing to say you did.  personally I highly recommend it

What? was that the?

Did anyone else notice that the background music to McCain's (Palin's as well) video montage was oddly familiar? It came to me 3/4's of the way through. It was the Dallas theme song. Slowed down and missing some of the background guitar funk. But there it was, that slow horn. Sure it wasn't note for note but it got through to me. The RNC is so drunk on oil that it has even seeped into their music. Wow
And out of curiosity when will they settle the republican ticket maverick off? John M'cain, original maverick. Sarah Palin, Alaska's maverick. I thought you could only have one maverick on a ticket. Someone has to be Goose. And by defualt does that make Obama Iceman? Is Biden tower?
I am going to sleep. I will undoubtedly alternate between dreams of dallas and top gun. I can't wait for the dream when Sarah Palin sings the Everly Brothers to Michelle Obama.

Shovel shovel shovel!

Doctors without borders have been good enough to send me a map of the world. I love maps. This particular one is tacked to my office wall directly behind my computer screen which means it is the subject of frequent day dreams .
One of the top distractions is " just so close!" This is when I sit and look at how narrow a strip of land joins two land masses (you know how you are, Panama.) Or how near we are to having a massive inland sea (Gibraltar you spoiler!) And I wonder just how big of a bomb would I need to finish the job, severe that, join here. I look and measure against the features I know the size of.
The second thing I do is try to find the most out of the way island possible. I used to think I had this one all finalized until I started wearing glasses. Where have you been all my life kergulen island! What fascinates me about this game is thinking of just how hard it must be to get to that place. What do people do if you show up unannounced? Are there people there at all? What would I do if I were there? Likely it would be the same things that I do camping on any island in Maine. But I just think that the stone karin I build on kergulen island would be sooooo much better.
The map is also a strange reminder to me that I will never see 99.99% of any of it. And yet I know what the phillipines look like in siloheutte. Like a armchair astronaut.