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September 16, 2011

Wherever the wind may blow

goal setting, running / 3 Comments

My roommate apologetically sent me an email yesterday letting me know that the only time Ikea could deliver her new bed was at 7:30am this morning. She felt guilty about the early hour, and promised to try to be quiet. My reaction? No, make lots of noise – that will get my lazy butt out of bed and give me time to go for a nice run before I need to start my day! After all, when life gives you limes, make a mojito, right? 🙂 I ended up waking up at 6:50am (thank you, body clock, you are far …

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September 9, 2011

Glimpsing the future of America

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This morning, I woke up late after a night of pumpkin beer (fall is my favorite beer season of the year!). As with yesterday, I figured every little bit of running helps, so I tucked my credit card into my pocket, ran a quick loop up and then back down the beautiful Hudson River, and then finished at the grocery store near my apartment. 1.5 miles in 12:39… I will just pretend like I am purposely doing short distances for “speedwork.” I have several grocery stores in my neighborhood, but opted to go to the “cheap” one since I just …

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August 30, 2011

The message of New York City

travel / 10 Comments

A few weeks ago, I read a really fascinating essay by Paul Graham, titled Cities and Ambition. While it was written back in May 2008, I think it’s certainly still very valid today – and extremely thought-provoking. The opening lines give you a pretty good idea of the gist of the piece, so I’ll excerpt a few of them here (but highly encourage you to go read the entire thing when you have some time and are in the mood for some serious contemplation: “Great cities attract ambitious people. You can sense it when you walk around one. In a …

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August 29, 2011

Running through a hurricane

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Hurricane Irene hit New York yesterday. I was a bit concerned on Friday and Saturday, after reading about the preparations I needed to make. I found a big flashlight in my closet that my mom gave me years ago, and it had working batteries, but I went to six stores without success in finding extra D batteries to keep on hand. I thought I had it nailed down when I heard that one CVS was getting a shipment on Saturday at 10am… but when I arrived at 9:45am, they were already wiped out again. Duracell and Energizer sure made bank …

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August 16, 2011

Weekend roundup

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In all of my unhappy ruminating about my job and how it can make it hard to build relationships, I didn’t mention one of the perks I like best: that I usually get a three day weekend of sorts. From Monday to Thursday, I work at my client site (lately that’s in Texas and Virginia, for my client’s two locations). I work my butt off Monday through Thursday, putting in fairly long hours in part because there are no distractions. At the end of the night, I’m just going back to my hotel to work out and watch TV, so …

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