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Spring Break, Day 1

Kicking off the “No-Vacation Days-Rollover” season with Spring Beak. The school calendar break started today, so I took they day, too. I took the ‘Zook up to Ossining for the 500 mile service and a few asks, including adding a more street-oriented tire. Putting on Pirelli Scorpion Trails. Excited to see how beter it’ll hold than on stock 0/30 (on/off-road) versions. It was a rather cold ride up, but the timing is right to get it done up for Spring. After this, seat gets sent off for custom work.

Day 2: Scotland Run 10K

Four Feet, Four Stores

Four stores and one return later, Skip and Chip are ready for Spring.

The Movies?

I’ve been on a post-Oscars movie watching streak and after watching The Artist (a Hollywood movie about Hollywoodland), Hugo (self-referential and purely self-serving, if not beautiful) and Midnight in Paris (more Woody being Woody which means thinking and writing and characters speaking as none of us ever do so in rela life). After these three, I’m finding Hollywood a pretentious, self-reflexive, insider-only world that excludes more than entertains me.

Is it just me?

Or is it time for a mindless, action flick so I can see some shit blown up?

iPhobia

Sitting in Chelsea Piers with dozens of parents while our children take gymnastics class. I just noticed that I am the only one not using an iPad to read.

Yea, I brought the paper. Literally. I still subscribe to the printed NY Times and enjoy the intellectual and sensory experience of reading “the paper.” Sitting here now, however, I suddenly sense I’m way behind the technology curve despite the fact I’m posting this via the WordPress app on my iPhone (yes, I am intentionally skipping the economic implications in all the above).

Older, Faster?

Ran the Al Gordon 4-miler in Prospect Park on Saturday and was pleasantly surprised with the result. I ran with purpose and stayed focused (short races are good for that) and broke the 8 minute mile mark and posted a 31:12 (7:48 average, 28:10 age graded). Although I ran a very similar time last February in the Gridiron Classic 4M, I haven’t run a race that fast since 2006.

Where’s Mine?

I won’t get into the copy writing issue with this ad, I just want to know why my iPhone 4s calendar doesn’t look like this!

The New Ride

I couldn’t wait any longer given the mild winter, a new jacket and increasing dread of public transportation.