Austin Half On January 19th, I ran the newly-renamed “Austin International Half Marathon” (formerly 3M). The night before I had spaghetti and meat sauce with the kids, and the morning of, I woke at 5:15 and had a cup of coffee and my usual banana. My trip to the bathroom was not very productive whichContinue reading “Winter 2025 Races”
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Welcome to 2025!
I’d intended to write this post weeks ago, but I’ve been rather unproductive. I ran the Dallas Half Marathon with an out-of-town friend on December 15th. It was a hard and very slow trek, but I managed to get back to a run in the last mile and I didn’t get hurt, so I’m countingContinue reading “Welcome to 2025!”
On Mortality
Content Warning: This post is about mortality. This morning, I awoke from a dream. I’d just discovered a ticking time bomb was a fake, and the dream ended as I said to my companion “There’s nothing quite as exhilarating as finding out that today isn’t the day you’re gonna die.” As I opened my eyesContinue reading “On Mortality”
Fiddler – My Mistakes
On a flight back from Redmond last week, I finally read Linus Torvalds’ 2002 memoir “Just For Fun.” I really enjoyed its picture of Linux (and Torvalds) early in its success, with different chapters varyingly swooning that Linux had 12 or 25 million users. But more than that, I enjoyed some of the “behind theContinue reading “Fiddler – My Mistakes”
On Politics
I do not come from an especially political family. One parent has not voted in decades, and the other votes regularly, but is not an enthusiast and values harmony over potentially-divisive political discussions. Politically, I am left of center– the middle child in both age and political leanings: one brother to the left of me,Continue reading “On Politics”
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