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The thin grad line: 03.2012
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Ever since my first year in Germany, back in 2004, the month of March has had a little tradition of being particularly hectic. The winter/springtime transition marks a shift from training to racing regimes; the longer days typically motivate a change in the daily schedules; and most importantly, it's somehow the time when all sorts of different trips, conferences and visits take place. I already noted this phenomenon back in 2009, with " Quase uma tradição. Eric Hoffmann and Helmut Trettwer ride away for...
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The thin grad line: 04.2012
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It's Easter Friday, a holiday as usual, and I wondered why, contrary to many other holidays, there were no races today. (I am indeed racing a circuit race tomorrow in Saxony, and a road race on Monday close to Stuttgart). I found out that, in particular here in Bavaria, but also throughout Germany, certain organized events are prohibited on particular " silent holidays. For the sake of trolling, let's suppose that an arbitrary new religion. At any rate, the Easter Bunny brought me chocolates. Nham :).
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The thin grad line: For evil to prevail
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For evil to prevail. As an once aspiring offspring of Academia realizes the pursuit of his long dreamed career to be a life-long rotten competition for positions and results of dubious relevance, and thus, making use of all his supposed brilliance, walks away, he commits the system even further into its downward spiral towards oblivious greed. It matters not. He's obnoxiously cocky, and stubbornly willing to gamble entire careers for the sake of proving his point. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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The thin grad line: 10.2012
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For evil to prevail. As an once aspiring offspring of Academia realizes the pursuit of his long dreamed career to be a life-long rotten competition for positions and results of dubious relevance, and thus, making use of all his supposed brilliance, walks away, he commits the system even further into its downward spiral towards oblivious greed. It matters not. He's obnoxiously cocky, and stubbornly willing to gamble entire careers for the sake of proving his point. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Ricardo Wick...
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The thin grad line: 01.2012
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Singular. And prime. Odd" ("ímpar"), in Portuguese, not only describes "odd" as in "uneven", but also - the translation I choose to title this post - "singular" - which to me has a much more appealing sound. Plain "odd" reminds me of "strange", typically in less-than-complimentary ways - absolutely not what I want to use here. Exactly as I said just over a year ago. While those more impalpable concepts will be subject of future posts, I leave you now with 100 of those moments which could.
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The thin grad line: 02.2012
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Unspeakable: legibility, the sum of all fears, and the Yay! Or, " On a (not-entirely) self-balancing mechanism towards the implementation of an always-Yay! This observation serves as the connecting point for me to discuss consistency, continuity, or the absence thereof. Those familiar with this blog will find this subject somewhat recurring - indeed, from 2009, " The First Year of the rest of my life. And last year's " Euphoria, Delusion, and sudden rushes of perspective. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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The thin grad line: On becoming a time-trialist
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On becoming a time-trialist. In 2009, I had the first opportunity to take part in the race against the clock for the Bavarian state title, finishing 24th in Herrieden, almost four minutes off the pace. That year, a former pro had joined my club, and even he failed to make it to the top 10. Naturally, back then I thought that making it into the podium was but a distant dream. 169; Matthias Eberl). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Here's the longer version. On becoming a time-trialist. On the Bali 9 Duo.
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The thin grad line: 10.2011
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Another century of fakers. It was a typical Fall day, grey, cold, and rainy. Mathematica was taking too long to calculate an expression, leading me to alt-tab to my browser, fire up google maps, and start daydreaming: "we should do this ride. Someday", "hmm, maybe one can drive all the way to. Or, "I should take the train and follow this route. I drifted east, and further east. And, realizing I knew very little of some northern-India province. I wikipedia'ed it. And then clicked through to China. Some fi...
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The thin grad line: 06.2012
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Algo de podre no reino de Rio das Ostras. Sensação de ter esvaziado completamente o tanque - o que era comprovado pelo fato de, várias horas após a prova, ainda sentir nas pernas as consequências do esforço. Teria eu me enganado tamanhamente ao estimar minha capacidade, ou subestimado de forma grosseira meus adversários? Não intenciono exorcizar nenhum dos participantes, especialmente sem provas. Ainda assim, são fatos - foi coroado um campeão que já retornou positivo em um exame anti-doping. Some weeks ...
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