Penny Thoughtful: All Things Books and Running
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Travelogues – History and Baseball Day 3 – Historical Coincidences
We timed our return flight for the afternoon so we could get in a little more sightseeing before we left. Obviously, we had a couple important places to see, a requisite for all history nerds. Thanks to the rental car, we did not have to find a place to store our bags while we toured.…
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The Financial Implications
Shut downs of any scale disrupt the typical functioning of the economy. Every action we take makes ripple effects. Obviously, the shelter in place orders and social distancing guidelines has affected the American and global economy tremendously both on a macro and a micro level. This economic hardship has battled for attention against the death…
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Great Virtual Run Across Tennessee 1000k Week 2 – Getting in the Miles
Monday, 70 minutes, 7.93 miles (2.55 miles in two walks)I wondered when I started if my legs felt a little tired at the start due to the fact that I ran the day after the long run. After a mile or so I forgot about that thought and settled into the run. I actually felt…
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Travelogues – Baseball and History Day 2
As we got up in the morning, Dad got an AirBnB message from our host with information about checkout. This perplexed Dad since we did not plan to leave until the next afternoon. He logged into his account and discovered that sure enough, he had booked it for just one night. That made me laugh,…
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The End
I never imagined that the year would end like this. On Monday, April 20th, the governor announced that in-person classes would not resume this school year. When they first announced the then temporary closure, I knew it would last longer than the initial 10 days with a niggling suspicion that school would not resume. By…
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Great Virtual Run Across Tennessee 1000k Week 1 – So…I Did a Thing
Since the temperatures appear to be on an upward trend, I have shifted my focus for the base building to mileage and time on my feet rather than speed. My body does not do well in the heat. Then on Thursday I decided to make that just a tad more challenging by signing up for…
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Travelogues – Baseball and History Day 1
This day took me from a New York suburb in New Jersey down to Philadelphia and into a baseball park to watch a Phillies game. Not only did I have motor vehicle travel adventures but my flight adventures or lack of flight adventures also continued in a way that made my figurative wallet hurt. While…
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The Problem with “Fake News”
Although the term became common place less than five years ago, it now holds status as a quasi-official term with long lasting, dangerous effects. One man seemed to lead the charge in making the term part of the common lexicon. Obviously, one man alone cannot effect that sort of change. Yet, his place of prominence…
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Pandemic Base Building Week 3 – Finding a New Normal
Monday, 50 minutes, 5.61 milesI felt pretty good today. My legs definitely had more pep in them than Saturday. I could feel a little bit of soreness in my right shin, something I haven’t had before so I’ll continue to take things easy and focus on recovery. Everything else felt really good and my form…
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Media Paradigms
Just like I described last week, I grew up fully immersed in the belief that certain news sources exhibited prejudicial, liberal bias. Other sources told the truth and only those beleaguered few told the truth. In high school, I avidly consumed news from two primary sources, World Magazine and Fox news. Upon graduation, my great-uncle…
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