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Short and Punchy: August 2009
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Sunday, August 30, 2009. Magicians, Movies, and Mangoes. Hurricane Felicia was on it's way, downgrading all the time, and scheduled to hit O'ahu. As a tropical depression on Tuesday- so on Monday night when Mark and I went out for a movie, we had the entire theatre to ourselves. When the lights go down, the usher tells everyone to please recline their seats- it's mandatory. You can bring in food and drink. Here's Mark, getting. Comfortable- with his mangoes. Those mangoes were ' ono. Well, sort of. I thi...
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Short and Punchy: July 2009
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009. So, I finish my run tonight, and I am hot and sticky and grumpy. The cloud cover that had deceptively intimated a coolish run had, instead, supported a scirocco-like wind. I am tired of the heat. And I am irritated. There's a knock on the door. This has been happening with increasing frequency in the evening. The front lawn, which has been growing unfettered (sorry Muffin), is attracting all manner of itinerants wanting to make a few dollars. Generally, I ignore the knocks. Since ...
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Short and Punchy: Long, Slow Training Day: The Duke City Marathon
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Sunday, October 18, 2009. Long, Slow Training Day: The Duke City Marathon. Today I did my first marathon. T told me to go slow. He signed us up by telling me that this was to be a training day. No racing, just training pace. That was easy to do. For a number of reasons, I haven't slept well in days. Not only was I tired, but I woke up sore. So I groaned my way out of bed, telling myself that Time marches on and soon the day would be over. I found it funny that at 6:00 am, as one of the first people to ar...
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Short and Punchy: Just a Thought
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Sunday, October 4, 2009. Some years back I owned a tiny Toyota Corolla station wagon. Cute as a button. The engine came from a Corolla sedan that had been rear ended by a truck- engine good, rear trunk bad- and I found the body from the comment of a passing stranger who said his neighbor had a shell of the same kind of car sitting in storage in his garage - body only, no engine, perfect. As an aside, and just in case your wondering, the sedan was $35, and the station wagon body cost $90. I was young and ...
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Short and Punchy: September 2009
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Sunday, September 27, 2009. That's what T calls it. I'd never heard the term before, but it's when you don't bring up the rear- and you're certainly not up at the front. It sounds anonymous and generic. No recognition of the effort it takes to finish and no indication of place- just a space occupying reference, which is how I felt after finishing the race today. Pack fill. Of course, I should know better by now. I'm not, and never have been, an athlete on the sharp end. Meaning, I don't lead. Distance), ...
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Short and Punchy: March 2010
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Sunday, March 28, 2010. On the Topic of White. This morning I realized I have not addressed my hair for months. I am sporting a mop. It falls here and there and takes on a different look daily. But today I realized I might be looking a bit too moppy. When I talk to people, I notice their eyes drift upwards. Having white hair marks you. It labels you as someone who you are and at the same time, as someone who you are not. There is no white hair among the women I work with. Not a strand. He thought I was 28.
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Short and Punchy: March 2009
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Sunday, March 29, 2009. Sitting on my Keister. Just when it feels like my training is getting consistent,. And just when it feels like I am getting my fitness "sea-legs" under me,. And just when the weather is starting to get nicer (well, sort of.),. I am spending, what looks to be, about two weeks on my keister. I spent two weeks on my keister in February. I was in that room for just about 10 hours a day. The rest of each day was spent doing hours of detailed homework. I felt sedentary and awful. It too...
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Short and Punchy: June 2009
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Friday, June 19, 2009. These are the people I spent three weeks with,. In a dingy Norwegian dance hall,. Learning a specific neuro. Rehab approach to treating central nervous impairments (e.g., stroke, brain injury, cerebral palsy). I am now a Neuro. Which, in my profession, is really pretty cool. However, better than becoming NDT. Certified, is what I learned in the process-and how I am using what I learned to make improvements for the people I work with. After all of the angst, sedentariness. Ps I'm fr...
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Short and Punchy: Warm, Fuzzy Car Breakdown
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009. Warm, Fuzzy Car Breakdown. My car stopped working today, and because of it, I ended up with a warm, fuzzy feeling. How often does that happen? My car had been working fine, all day, all week, all month- zipping around Albuquerque neighborhoods to the tune of mucho. Tonight, just after I thought, "What a nice evening with no overhanging commitments and I can do whatever I want," I turned the ignition in my car, felt the briefest of jolts, and then everything went dead. Initia...
