S.O.F.T. is becoming one tough Mudder!
This Slow Old Fat Try-athlete is gonna be a Tough Mudder or die trying! I am preregistered for 2014, this is a cut and paste from my very own in-box! ”We’ve received your preregistration for a Tough Mudder challenge in 2014. Good work. You’ve taken the first step towards becoming a Mudder.” I am a little scared. But very motivated. And the current state of my broken heart means that the endorphins are needed. I have a 5K and a sprint triathlon under my belt but know I need a few more events between now and then, preferably triathlons. I need to be able to lift my own body weight with my arms multiple times, endure temperature and medium (mud, water, etc) changes and of course be able to actually run an obstacle course. My current state of...
After the apocalypse I get all the Oreos I want!
I hated them, and began, last and worst degradation, to hate myself. I clung to my ferocious habits, yet half despised them; I continued my war against civilization, and yet entertained a wish to belong to it.“ from “The Last Man” by Mary Shelley. Triple Double Stuff Oreos are proof that vegan food can be totally unhealthy; it is this non-food food that have, with the demise of the Hostess Twinkie, become my first choice for post-apocalyptic binges. Yup, I think about those things even while eating cookies and tea. I have been sort of obsessed with apocalypse and isolation since childhood. Anybody else remember “On the Beach” the Kramer movie that saps up and dumbs down the Shute’s book of the same name (with still...
Panelists needed……feel free to suggest someone or volunteer!
Today My energy IS Focused Yea, I am trying to put together a panel for May’s Phoenix Comicon, with this title and description, “GMO’s: The Key to Ending World Hunger or a Profit Driven End to Personal Well Being?” “The future of Genetically Modified Organisms, specifically as they effect American food sources, is the latest war of words between big business and the social watchdogs. Open-source GMO’s versus secrecy surrounding patents; and legally mandated labeling are the battlegrounds. Both sides claim sustainability as their ideal, and both sides are using all the emotional tools our media soaked society have available. So what is the truth? So come learn the science behind the hype as panelists look at the question of what a GMO...
Thriving 2.0 and a tasty vegan recipe
I made a goal to not use my vehicle one day a week, as part of my commitment to saving my favorite bears and being more green. Achievement unlocked! Did I mention thriving for me means being kind to ALL others, including Mother Earth and her flora and fauna? I have a goal of eating whole, live foods. Achievement also unlocked Today I made a tasty pot of Herbed Lemon Pottage to use up the last of my last Bountiful Basket herbs. Wash 4-5 organic carrots and 4-5 large stalks of celery, chop into bite size pieces. Dice 1/2 an onion or a few mushrooms if desired (I had neither, so I didn’t) Toss all this and 1 T Extra Virgin Olive Oil in a heavy saucepan or skillet, stir around a bit while the oil heats. Chop leftover bundle of limp herbs such as dill,...
Thriving…
So I can honestly say that “thriving” is not the first word that came to mind when I put blogging on my list of things I choose to do today, but “Thrive” is my “word of 2013″. My first word was actually “overwhelmed.” “Overwhelmed” was also my first conscious thought upon waking, I almost rolled back over, snuggled with my dogs and went back to sleep; running back into my less than restful dreams, running away from the miasma of sadness, pain and responsibilities looming within that cloudy word. Key word is “almost”; instead I got up and put on my running clothes. If I was gonna run, it was going to be toward something, two somethings actually. I cut two carrots with one knife when I run...
Lame little post about priorities
I really want to blog tonight, about lots of things, but I am not going too. Instead I will weed the front lawn a bit, five good handfuls; brush my dogs who are doin’ the springtime shed; eat a salad, and go to bed early so I can hit the gym before work tomorrow. Because what I really want is to be healthy, happy, care for the commitments I have made to human and four-legged familymembers, self-sufficient, out of debt, and better educated. Most of the things weighing on my mind tonight is because I forgot the very important lesson of not trading what I want most for what I want right now, so even though I want to poor my heart out in a poem, or write a recipe generating another 100 hits, I realize that if I do stick to my real goals instead of my current...
Re-entry
Things I love I love science for the way one idea slides like a feather beneath the first until I am lifted on a new paradigms wing beyond my preconceptions. I love math for the way numbers align themselves sharply between all the rules, never surprising me but often challenging me to determine if a bit of imagination is needed to solve the problem and balance all the parts. I love fresh flowers on the table, especially daisies, for sunshine wherever its needed. I love all things corvid from the blue jays to the nutcracker but hold as favorite the smart and loyal crow for no other reason than that I love them. I love words and books and writers of poetry, prose and fictions for no other reason than they have always loved me...