I’ve been formulating some thoughts, trying to put into words the ideas I’ve had on time, timing and arete. I’m not ready. As though to spur me on, I found this is a book called Running and Being by Dr. George Sheehan. He begins by talking about people who live either in the past or [...]
After a few discussions on ‘quality’ and ‘living quality’ with my students and friends, I realized that I had a problem. People already know–or think they know, which is the same thing–what ‘quality’ is. What’s needed is a new term, for a new concept. So, still borrowing from “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,” [...]
It’s a bit amazing to know your weight in pounds. I was okay thinking I weighted a hundred and ten kilograms because, well, a hundred and ten isn’t that many, is it? But, in the interest of scientifically disproving the assumption that you gain weight in America, I weighed myself the second day we were [...]
Both the U.S. and Germany are playing today. (Not against each other.) And, since we’re going to be watching both games, I thought I’d share some more videos with you. First, Christine didn’t like the last video I put up from Germany. She found the “Song to the Game,” from a Mr. Renz (who she [...]
We just got back from this year’s big camping vacation (we have a smaller one planned, as well) and, well, I’m not going to write up everthing we saw or did. Suffice to say that we drove over two and a half thousand kilometers (and when I say ‘we drove,’ I mean that I did) [...]
You might not know this, if you don’t live in the inferior (non-American) part of the world, but there’s this big game they call the World Cup, and it’s going on right now. It’s the only time every four years that I try to understand soccer, but I do like the nationalism. The game is [...]
I’m having a very European vacation. I’m sitting in a living room in Slovenia (more on that later, if I have time) and we’re watching soccer. The Slovenians in the room jumped from the couch to yell “goal,” when, well, their team scored a goal. (Yes, they yelled it in English, but I didn’t understand [...]