Category: Doing

  • MARATHON TRAINING UPDATE

    Some­body pinch me. I’ve been run­ning for just three months. 12 weeks. That’s all. When I start­ed, I prob­a­bly weighed more than 220 pounds. I could­n’t even weigh myself, but pic­tures tell the tale. I’m down into the 180’s now and I’m feel­ing bet­ter than I have in quite some time. It’s great to be…

  • AUGUST 2008: BEST MONTH EVER?

    On the beach, orig­i­nal­ly uploaded by Black­mail Is My Life. August was almost inde­scrib­ably awe­some, but I’ll try to remem­ber just what made it so great anyway. I turned 31 and got my name on the Phillies score­board. Helen and I cel­e­brat­ed our third anniver­sary at the Water­works Restau­rant. I joined the guys in the…

  • MY VACATION IS ALMOST OVER

    Sun­set @ Sun­set Grill, orig­i­nal­ly uploaded by Black­mail Is My Life. Our sec­ond, tri­umphant trip to Corol­la, NC, is com­ing to an end. It’s very windy and the surf is rough. Hur­ri­cane Han­na’s arriv­ing just in time to wish us goodbye. We had a love­ly week here. We caught up with friends, ate a lot…

  • A QUICK WORD ABOUT “FAKE EMPIRE”

    When I first heard the Nation­al’s “Fake Empire” used dur­ing the Demo­c­ra­t­ic Nation­al Con­ven­tion, I was­n’t sure if the Democ­rats quite under­stood the reflex­iv­i­ty of its use, i.e. that the Demo­c­ra­t­ic Par­ty has been half awake in a fake empire since Sep­tem­ber 2001. It’s time some­one — or some­thing — woke them up.

  • MARATHON TRAINING UPDATE: VACATION EDITION

    The last time I was in Corol­la, NC, I’d just been laid off. It sounds bad, but the tim­ing was per­fect. The imme­di­ate after­math was so grat­i­fy­ing. It was the start to the best vaca­tion I’ve ever had. Seriously. This time things are a lit­tle dif­fer­ent. After a fran­tic week spent cov­er­ing the Demo­c­ra­t­ic Nation­al…