Archive for December, 2008

Exercise index 2008

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

110 runs, 3d 17h 41m, 578.2 mi (9:18/mi)
31 swims, 23h 21m, 29.6 mi (47:17/mi)
26 bikes, 21h 03m, 317 mi (3:59/mi)
total 167 workouts, 5d 14h 05m, 924.9 mi
Only 77 workouts for 412 miles and 2d 7h in the second half of the year (cf. 90/513/3d 7h).
Here’s a sparkline for running, and an expanded version of [...]

Goodbye 2008

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

Let’s review:

Jan 5: Madelyn starts the Big Girl sleep plan. I’m happy to say this continues; the Bee is pretty easy to put to bed now.
Feb 21: I get an awful flu bug, missing classes and losing eight pounds in less than a week.
Mar 10: A misstep down the stairs, and I [...]

Bowl budget

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

This Gainesville Sun article shows Florida’s budget for the national championship game. $2.4M, with $900K to salaries, about $500K for travel, and another large chunk for player bonuses. Spendy.

Ten miles

Monday, December 29th, 2008

After two rainy, dreary days, the sun came out yesterday, and the wind died down. I hit the road for a long run, my first in a while. Ten miles, 1:27:00 (8:42/mi). Much faster than I expected to be! Some soreness afterward, but nothing unusual. Good deal. More sun today; maybe I’ll get in some [...]

Powerless to grade

Monday, December 22nd, 2008

Using Google Docs for managing student work is great. Except when the power goes out. We had a pretty bad ice storm last Thu PM/Friday AM. Besides ice raining down on the house all night, the snapping tree limbs and exploding transformers woke me and/or Madelyn multiple times. Our power went out for good in [...]

Odds and ends Thursday

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

It’s been a while. With two girls and the usual end of semester business, free time has been short, and I’ve been pouring my writing time into other things.

Last night as I was helping Madelyn get ready for bed, she picked a very bad time to jump, and caught me in the eye socket just [...]

Hats in hand

Monday, December 8th, 2008

A very nice lede from Joshua-Michéle Ross. “Shibboleth” is too strong; change that word and this is nearly perfect.
Hat in hand the U.S. Auto Industry lined up for their slice of government aid and it appears as of this posting that they will get the money they are asking for. These titans spent years hiding [...]