Year: 2007
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Exercise, 2007-Jan-11
Ran home from work, in the chilly-for-San-Francisco evening, in about 26 minutes.
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Book: A General Theory of Love
My wife’s book group discussed A General Theory of Love, by three Bay Area psychiatrists, Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini, and Richard Lannon. I read the book after getting a “you might like this… it’s about the brain” recommendation. After reading it, I have several reactions. They have some core ideas of interest, though I was…
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Movie: The Painted Veil
The Painted Veil is an Edward Norton vehicle, and that’s OK. The movie inspired little interest in me in the book from which it’s adapted, but the film engaged us both. Some balance between the personal story of their relationship (from deeply frosty to fiery, and parts in between) and the development of Chinese nationalism…
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Exercise, 2007-Jan-9
Short run to work, stretched a few minutes more than normal (27?) as I cut by Moscone Center on Howard to see how the Macworld setup was going. I want one.
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Exercise, 2007-Jan-7
Afternoon run out to the ocean and back, with erratic pacing…blame the boy on the bike during the family outing. I’m glad he got tired before I did. 😉 Sixty-six minutes or so. Already feeling sore.
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Exercise, 2007-Jan-4
Ran home from work, ~24:40. Back is stiffening up, so need to rest tomorrow.
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Good Samaritans do exist
And it’s great when they are celebrated. Man Is Rescued by Stranger on Subway Tracks made me give thanks this morning, and try to imagine if I could do the same. I hope I never need to find out. What a remarkable story, and a remarkable man.
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Five things about me
I’ve seen the meme for a few weeks now. During the holiday week, Ken tagged me. So, five things about me you probably didn’t know. 1. Kaboom The Activision game Kaboom for the Atari 2600 was the first video game (there are only two) where I actually felt competitive. I scored 3,000 at one point,…
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Exercise, 2007-Jan-3
I might follow Narendra’s suggestion, but for now… 24:30 run to work this morning, returning home on my bicycle.
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Downsizing the Wall Street Journal…and it works
Yesterday was the first day of the new Wall Street Journal. Mostly, the changes focused on the print edition, which got smaller, physically. While the change was initiated to save $18M a year in newsprint costs, I think the end result is attractive and useful, mostly because it’s better in the hand and on the…