Bedrock & Paradox

Big day today, I’m getting the life/sports oriented words out of the way before the State of the Union. Though before I do, I should mention that my students read the ’06 SOTU today. Aside from some conspiracy theories and mangling of big words, it went over very well for such a long document. After…

State of the Union tomorrow night folks, Shrubie may not be the best public speaker (or speaker of any kind) but he has improved and constitutionally required rituals are always a hoot. That, and it’ll be illuminated by the predawn of the most promising slate of presidential candidates in my lifetime. Legs are sore today,…

Before we get to the fun stuff, and this weekend was a truly excellent one, I should say that I hate being lonely. This need not be synonymous with being alone, I can get along quite well with myself and have been profoundly lonely in a some of the loudest rooms of my life. But…

Just received a notice in the mail from our illustrious YMCA, announcing a marathon (and the associated half, 1ok, blah blah…) on May 5th. The course is very cool, an out and back with only 10 total miles of pavement, the rest on FS roads A good solid climb up, back down, and back again.…

From the Canyonlands “information” online service: …I’m not in a very good position to inform or advise you. There is snow in shaded areas here in town, but open areas are presently clear and dry….Overall you’d do best by speaking with the staff in the Island in the Sky, and doing so by phone… Good…

A friend from college is being interviewed at some point tomorrow by Rolling Stone on “crazy college stories,” and has requested contributions. I am not putting specifics up here, just the highlight reel that flashed through my head: -naked track bikes on an indoor basketball at 0200 (not me)-pneumatic potato canon (my old roommate, has…

Not much more to say about it. The aforementioned morning commute seemed fun once my feet stopped aching, the ride home went fine. Got some good stuff done at work, especially with a couple students who are close to finishing some of their courses of study (for a given subject). Have to rewrite some exams…

I need shoe covers. Rode up this morning in low teens, and my feet were frozen when I got up here to work. Had a great piece of the screaming barfies pacing around my classroom with my feet thawing. Not fun.

This is a demonstrable fact, witness the ride home today (under gorgeous bluebird skies): I was content for an hour to stare ahead, thinking of essentially nothing. No intrusions, beyond the level of “owtch, that’s a headwind” or “my front tire makes cool sounds at 25 mph”. This why having a job at it intellectually…

Last night I slept like garbage, when the alarm went of a 0450 for riding to work, I immediatly reset it for an hour later and went back to sleep, albiet fitfully. An hour ago going outside, we had a brutal windchill, therefore I’m not looking forward to riding home. No getting sick. I’m a…