We stayed in my hometown near the marathon finish an extra day to have some time with my parents (and so I could get over some of the soreness before spending hours cooped up in the car for the drive home!) Today up there dawned bright and crisp, 57 degrees with 75% humidity, with a […]

I knew a lot about Patricia Neal’s physical beauty from watching a number of her movies on TV when I was growing up. It was only when I read this article, about her death yesterday from lung cancer at the age of  84, that I found out about her real beauty: Neal’s personal life was […]

Here’s a story about a store in London selling squirrel meat. Now, I’ve never had squirrel meat — but I’m bright enough to know squirrels were commonly hunted and eaten in our nation’s recent past.  So they’ve got to be reasonably good eating — and of course, they’re plentiful, as the store owners point out. […]

This year’s Tour de France has been fantastic viewing.  It’s back to the old days of ups and downs, and no clear winner yet as we head into the Pyrenees (note:  I haven’t checked out today’s results yet). What I find most interesting is how everyone is down on Lance Armstrong for his performance.  The […]

Today was another running distance record, plus a first for me in the sport. First the first:  today was the first time I ever carried water or “fuel” running.  I knew I’d be out there for around two hours today, so there was no way I could do that (well, not and be smart) without hydration.  Lacking any […]

Toploader’s 1999 cover of the 1973 King Harvest classic “Dancing in the Moonlight” is pretty darned good — but their video is just plain fun.

How ’bout this little gem about Gwyneth Paltrow? Folks, when anyone tells you that something people have been doing harmlessly for years and years — like going out in the sun without sunscreen for short periods — will kill you and must be completely avoided, those people are either mountebanks or idiots or both. It looks like […]

I don’t sleep. Well, okay, I do sleep.  Just not nearly as much as most people.  An average night is probably five hours.  It’s not all that unusual for me to get by on three, even for a number of nights in a row (especially when I travel). It used to bother me quite a […]

I’ve come across a couple of articles on general health that are worth sharing. Here’s the first one.  I provide the link because anything bringing a modicum of sanity into the world of pregnant women and babies is sorely, sorely needed.  It’s staggering how ideological anything to do with the health of these two groups has […]