Go outside and play, dammit!

OK guys, I’ll buy climate change, but global warming is starting to sound a bit ridiculous.  "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain." Tip from the Drudge Report, October 23rd. Read more

This goofy video is farookin’ everywhere!  Tell me it isn’t great fun.Tips from the Parkway Rest Stop and…Astronomy Picture of the Day? Read more

The Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts has an interesting column in the Wall Street Journal: …you should read the studies that are now coming out about American civic participation. Our country is dividing into two distinct behavioral groups. One group spends most of its free time sitting at home as passive consumers Read more

These people give me the pip: Linda Pelzman appreciates the beauty of the outdoor world, sometimes pulling her children into the yard to gaze at a full moon or peer into a dense fog. An educator and founder of a summer camp, she only wishes her enthusiasm was fully shared.On a recent nature walk near Read more

Last Saturday was the 9th Annual Pleasanton Lions Club Easter 5k Run. It was also 41 degrees and raining. Nevertheless, Ms. Gloria and I made the 45-minute drive down IH-37 to the "new" Pleasanton Sports Complex for the run. After all, we’ve only missed it once–when Gloria had knee surgery–one or the other of us Read more

Thomas Sowell blows the whistle on San Francisco’s efforts to help the poor: "…the poor are in effect being used as human shields in the political wars over government spending, which extends far beyond anyone who could even plausibly be called poor." Apparently the city used "$16.6 million from state bond funds meant for recreation Read more

Need to get in shape?  Here’s an exercise program that’ll do the trick. ["Wise guy, ‘ey?  Why I oughta kick your ass.  Oh, wait, you’re a runner–put on your shoes and go kick your own ass."]Tip from James Hudnall. Read more

California’a Mammoth Ski Resort has had 5 skiing fatalities in the past 7 days. …a registered nurse from Buena Park, said the accidents were making her consider buying a helmet. On a fast downhill run, you can exceed 30 mph very easily with modern parabolic skis, even if you’re a duffer. The fastest that anyone Read more

San Antonio is mostly suburbs, and development has been pretty patchy, especially on the north side where the terrain is uneven and there are significant creeks and streams–which channel flash floods every year.  As a result, there is a significant urban deer population, with attendant problems.  Even in my neighborhood, the Mrs and I sometimes Read more

My system for placing in weekend races continues to pay off.  My lovely wife and I ran in the annual St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Youth Ministries 5K this morning. My wife placed first in her age group (beating everyone in 3 age groups younger, too), while I took a second in my age group. Read more