Random Thought on the Passing Scene*
*with apologies to Thomas Sowell
I've been making our treadmill go every couple of days, and I've slowly worked my way back up to a five mile an hour pace for a mile and a half or so. I have a long way to go.
While running, I've been watching Discovery's Military Channel. The motivation for the run seems to be proportional to the quality of the programming. The Sunday night showing of Warriors, a Discover/BBC co-production, could have been fatal. I learned that Ghengis Khan killed his brother to take command (I'm not sure how I didn't already know this), and that he had a Scottish accent (who knew?).
I've recently been spotted on Facebook. I initially created an account to track down some old Army buddies. Now I'm weaning myself off of some truly ridiculous apps that I should have known better than to get into. I already have a World of Warcraft addiction which isn't getting fed as often as I'd like.
Speaking of the Army, and other things military: I've seen some military bloggers propose that November 22 be unofficially recognized as V-I (Victory in Iraq) Day. I've been reluctant to engage in this sort of optimism, as even General Petraeus notes that the progress is not "irreversable." But seriously, we have combat troops in theater that haven't fired their weapons in eight months...and progress is never irreversible.
I spent some quality time with my bow tonight. It seems I may have lost the spark. Most of the time my lack of practice showed. I expected that. The few good ends I shot though really didn't motivate me to want to improve though. I think I realize that it would take a not insignificant effort to get back to where I was a year and a half ago: stuck at the plateau of better than average, but not exceptional. Maybe after school and the new house are done, unless I'll be needing to hunt for food.
Well, I have work to do, so enough of my blather. For now.
I've been making our treadmill go every couple of days, and I've slowly worked my way back up to a five mile an hour pace for a mile and a half or so. I have a long way to go.
While running, I've been watching Discovery's Military Channel. The motivation for the run seems to be proportional to the quality of the programming. The Sunday night showing of Warriors, a Discover/BBC co-production, could have been fatal. I learned that Ghengis Khan killed his brother to take command (I'm not sure how I didn't already know this), and that he had a Scottish accent (who knew?).
I've recently been spotted on Facebook. I initially created an account to track down some old Army buddies. Now I'm weaning myself off of some truly ridiculous apps that I should have known better than to get into. I already have a World of Warcraft addiction which isn't getting fed as often as I'd like.
Speaking of the Army, and other things military: I've seen some military bloggers propose that November 22 be unofficially recognized as V-I (Victory in Iraq) Day. I've been reluctant to engage in this sort of optimism, as even General Petraeus notes that the progress is not "irreversable." But seriously, we have combat troops in theater that haven't fired their weapons in eight months...and progress is never irreversible.
I spent some quality time with my bow tonight. It seems I may have lost the spark. Most of the time my lack of practice showed. I expected that. The few good ends I shot though really didn't motivate me to want to improve though. I think I realize that it would take a not insignificant effort to get back to where I was a year and a half ago: stuck at the plateau of better than average, but not exceptional. Maybe after school and the new house are done, unless I'll be needing to hunt for food.
Well, I have work to do, so enough of my blather. For now.