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2010-02-09

• 12:10 UTC (new) (history) Tmesis . . . . zz – Another eye-catching word, from W. H. Gardner's introduction to **Poems and Prose of Gerard Manley Hopkins**: //tmesis//. It's from the Greek "to . . .

2010-02-08

• 12:01 UTC (new) (history) Improving Trend . . . . zz – Funny how much better things feel if they start out poor and get better, instead of starting out good and getting worse. And even if conditions are . . .

2010-02-07

• 21:07 UTC (new) (history) Makes Perfect . . . . zz – "Amateurs practice until they can get it right; pros practice until they can't get it wrong." //(but cf. UproariousAmateurishness . . .

2010-02-05

• 10:02 UTC (new) (history) Vartan Gregorian . . . . zz – Another one of those delightful names that catch my inner eye and ear—and this one that's tied to a delightful individual: . . .

2010-02-04

• 09:59 UTC (new) (history) Trust Your Instincts . . . . zz – Such silly advice! Why should "instincts" be better than reason or experience based on thoughtful, systematic collection and analysis of data? Yet . . .
• 09:58 UTC (diff) (history) ZzDrafts . . . . zz – Trust Your Instincts - to own page

2010-02-03

• 10:00 UTC (new) (history) Dimensionless and Therefore Infinite . . . . zz – In the chapter "How Long to Practice?" of **Wherever You Go, There You Are** Jon Kabat-Zinn talks the magic of the moment and the value of even a . . .

2010-02-02

• 13:09 UTC (new) (history) Cheap Essay Recipe . . . . zz – How to quickly write an article for school, newspaper, magazine, or web? Simply "... take a partly true, modestly interesting idea and puff it up to Second Coming proportions." You can't miss! And if you do it well enough, there might be a book in it ...

2010-02-01

• 22:59 UTC (new) (history) Year of Running - 2009 - Further Observations . . . . zz – | http://zhurnaly.com/images/running/2009_distance_vs_pace.png | The graph of distance versus pace for my runs in 2009 shows that an old . . .

2010-01-31

• 16:55 UTC (new) (history) Einstein on Self . . . . zz – Albert Einstein once wrote: """ A human being is a part of the whole, called by us "Universe", a part limited in time and space. He experiences . . .

2010-01-30

• 13:08 UTC (new) (history) Tramp Abroad . . . . zz – Mark Twain's **A Tramp Abroad** (the 1880 quasi-sequel to his **The Innocents Abroad**) is fun, occasionally, but also tiresome, frequently. Sharp . . .

2010-01-29

• 13:47 UTC (diff) (history) HomePage . . . . zz – update WN
• 13:40 UTC (new) (history) Modeling versus Model . . . . zz – An instructor in a computer programming class observed earlier this week: "More often than not the **modeling** is more valuable than the **model**." . . .

2010-01-28

• 09:47 UTC (new) (history) Sound of One Stick . . . . zz – When a drummer made a mistake recently during an orchestra rehearsal the conductor threatened, "If you keep screwing up, I'll take away one of your . . .

2010-01-27

• 10:41 UTC (new) (history) 2010-01-20 - Jogging Path Speedwork . . . . zz – Early afternoon and work is quiet enough that I have a chance to get out and run, foolish as it may be with my right knee still twingey when I . . .
• 10:35 UTC (diff) (history) BannedContent . . . . zz – fix attempt to block "</a" from stupid spammers

2010-01-26

• 23:13 UTC (diff) (history) [[rollback]] . . . . (minor)
• 23:13 UTC (diff) (history) 1 Comment on Projectile Precision . . . . zz – Rollback to 2010-01-26 10:21 UTC
• 10:21 UTC (new) (history) Silver Contour Lines . . . . zz – | Sunlight's sheen on spandex Draws silver contour lines On the rump of the runner ahead | //(cf. longer version, Sun on Spandex . . .

2010-01-25

• 09:36 UTC (new) (history) 2010-01-18 - CM and Barry and Sara . . . . zz – === 3+ miles @ ~11 min/mi and 7+ miles @ ~14 min/mi Blistering pace! CM Manlandro is wearing new shoes, and they (or her feet) still need some . . .

2010-01-24

• 16:34 UTC (new) (history) Great Train Robbery . . . . zz – "He speaks a wave lag from Liverpool, and he can voker romeny." The most noteworthy feature of Michael Crichton's third novel, **The Great Train . . .

2010-01-23

• 21:39 UTC (new) (history) Clutter Theorem . . . . zz – At the office a few days ago a colleague was trying to find a lost memo, and scolded himself with the rule he should have followed :"Never throw . . .

2010-01-22

• 09:39 UTC (new) (history) 2010-01-16 - Shooting Starr on Sligo Creek . . . . zz – === 4 miles @ ~ 12.7 min/mi The [|MCRRC]] "Shooting Starr" 4 miler begins with tension, as I try to handle my duties as a novice . . .

2010-01-21

• 09:41 UTC (new) (history) No Method . . . . zz – From **Coming to Our Senses** by Jon Kabat-Zinn, in the chapter "Two Ways to Think About Meditation": """ This other way of describing . . .

2010-01-20

• 09:51 UTC (new) (history) Sun on Spandex . . . . zz – | Like the shimmer of spotlights On alabaster statues of ancient athletes &mdash; But alive &mdash; as we climb the hill Sunbeams . . .

2010-01-19

• 09:54 UTC (new) (history) 2010-01-15 - Massanutten Trail over Short Mountain . . . . zz – === ~16 miles @ ~22 min/mi I'm still #47 on the waiting list for the [|Massanutten Mountain 100]] race this May, but comrade . . .

2010-01-18

• 09:39 UTC (new) (history) Numerical Epitaph . . . . zz – Tombstone trivia: although contrary to legend a 17-sided polygon is **not** inscribed on mathematician Karl F. Gauss's grave marker, there **is** a . . .

2010-01-17

• 10:51 UTC (new) (history) 2010-01-09 - Snow and Sara and Gayatri . . . . zz – === ~21 miles @ ~13 min/mi Shoes crunch on the snow as a last-quarter moon rides high and lights the Capital Crescent Trail. Temps are in the . . .

2010-01-16

• 10:36 UTC (new) (history) Evidence-Based Medicine . . . . zz – Some bad poems stick in the mind. I still remember a bit of low dactylic doggerel by John W. Campbell, editor of the science-fiction magazine . . .

2010-01-15

• 09:45 UTC (new) (history) 2010-01-06 - Lovers' Lane . . . . zz – === 5+ miles @ ~10 min/mi Corner of Mackall Av and Sorell St: as I jog by the teenage couple is standing in the road, kissing, only coming up to . . .

2010-01-14

• 09:39 UTC (new) (history) Silent Spring . . . . zz – Rachel Carson's 1962 book **Silent Spring** has somehow escaped my reading list for several decades. It depicts the hazards of chemical pesticides . . .

2010-01-13

• 09:33 UTC (new) (history) Air Breathes Me . . . . zz – | Air breathes me Water drinks me Earth strides beneath my feet Sky tips up my chin, so Stars can peer into my eyes | //**^z**// - . . .

2010-01-12

• 09:34 UTC (new) (history) 2010-01-05 - Chilly Parking Lot . . . . zz – === ~4.5 miles @ ~9 min/mi Clair is on the recovery road from foot and knee injuries of 2009, so armored with new lavender-and-black Sugoi winter . . .

2010-01-11

• 09:40 UTC (new) (history) Sitting by Fire . . . . zz – In the chapter "Sitting by Fire" of **Wherever You Go, There You Are** Jon Kabat-Zinn muses on the difference between ancient times when sitting . . .

2010-01-10

• 15:37 UTC (new) (history) 2010-01-03 - Hilly Leland . . . . zz – === ~8 miles @ ~11 min/mi A red-headed woodpecker blows past and perches on a tree to watch me. A discarded Christmas tree lies in the middle of . . .