Saturday Mar 8 |
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| Ran Isabel's soccer practice. Participated in some of the drills. |
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| Watched "Dark Water Rising," a documentary about pet rescues in New Orleans in the 6 weeks following the post-Katrina flooding. We had learned a bit about the animal rescues from the Best Friends web site and a related book. But what this film showed was a lot grittier and more disturbing. 80%-90% of the 50,000-100,000 pets left behind in New Orleans died, usually horribly (drowned at the end of a rope that didn't let them stay above the water, etc.). Many of the dogs left behind were pit bulls used in dogfighting. |
Friday Mar 7 |
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| I read with interest in the New Yorker as how
When Sheila Heti, a novelist in Toronto, learned that her friend Margaux had recently dreamed about shopping for Tupperware with Hillary Clinton, she began to wonder: what if the recurrences of Presidential candidates in people's dreams were meaningful in the aggregate?
You gotta wonder how many people dream about getting a ride from Obama and talking to him about a shared interest in orienteering.
The article is awesome, and I can't resist one more quote:
"Hillary Clinton came to my apartment, smoked a bowl with me and a couple friends, then she gave me an iPhone," an Obama supporter dreamed. "We walked around Seattle for a while. I woke up with a strange feeling of satisfaction that it would be O.K. if she wins." |
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Thursday Mar 6 |
| Bicycling 34:00 [2] | |
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| School, work, home. |
Wednesday Mar 5 |
| Walking 16:00 [1] | |
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Tuesday Mar 4 |
| Walking 1:00:00 [1] | |
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| Running 28:00 [1] | |
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| I would pretty much suck at this but it would still be fun:
http://web.mit.edu/trivia/
Let's make a team! |
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Monday Mar 3 |
| Running 15:00 [1] | |
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| Bicycling 8:00 [1] | |
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| Stair climbing 2:00 [2] | |
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Sunday Mar 2 |
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| Watched "Life is Beautiful." Decided not to show it to the kids because I think we're getting holocaust overload. It was great. Ballsy, to find a way to make the audience laugh so much in the same movie where you see the concentration camp so explicitly. The DVD was scratched or dirty during the scene where the doctor talks to the father, so we missed what he said - I presume he was saying he couldn't do anything and complaining about the role he was forced to play. I described the movie to David this morning, and he wants to see it.
Just surfed to figure out the missing scene, and it's better (and more horrible) than I had imagined. |