Training Log Archive: j-man

"In truth, deep down, he liked this aspect of the sport because it permitted ordinary and not particularly talented young men and women to reach beyond themselves. 'I think,' he once said, 'that what I like about it is the chance to be a hero. Every day in what seems like a very ordinary setting there are heroes in every boat, people reaching down to come up with that much more energy to make it work. I like that, I honor it and I think that it is special in this world.'"

I so want to not besmirch my AP log with anything political (aside from orienteering politics) but it is hard to stand up to the gale force exultation going on, so much in the same way that I had/have to howl at the moon to cope with the heavy hand of the market tossing me about, I guess I have to say something to release the tension.

I guess I should be happy for the 99% (ok maybe 90% if I am generous) of the people I interact with or whose sentiments I can't but be aware of. They deserve to be happy. Me, well I am no happier (well maybe just a little if I allow myself a binary comparison, largely due to stylistic considerations) than I was under the Ancien Régime . I am largely insouciant, maybe bemused, possibly nonplussed. I have no idea how much feet and I agree about, but his reaction is at least one I can relate to.

Gabe called me out of the blue, and I had dinner with him and his brother Larry. They are out of the blue, and even Canadian, but they voted red.

We were undercover though; in hostile territory. Gabe, bless his heart, didn't even know who Ron Paul is. Larry did, though. I knew he was the smart one!