Hi folks, We live in a truly hostile environment, and we want to feel safe. The air we breathe is held on by gravity, and one good near miss by a large meteor could suck it all away. The solid ground isn't solid after all (ever been through a small earthquake?), and the so-called solid bit is floating on molten rock (not friendly stuff for organisms made largely of water). We are surrounded by and full of other ... Read more
My Favorite Training Information Site: Joe Friel’s Blog
Hi Folks, There are plenty of good exercise-related blogs out there. My favorite Internet training resource is Joe Friel's Blog. It has lots of information going back several years, with regular posts that can be followed on Twitter. What more do you want? Searching this site will take you to some excellent information on workouts, injuries, races, nutrition, aging and so forth. Take a look. -k Your ... Read more
Using Information Technology To Look After Yourself Properly
Hi folks, welcome! I am going to tell you about some software that I like, but I was not asked to do this by anyone, including the vendor. If this were an advertisement I would say so in order to follow the rules of ethical blogging. Just thought I would say that up front, as being up front is important to me. If you have a health challenge it is critical that you gain as much understanding of your issues as ... Read more
My First Lyric Essay: Chased Out Of The Woods By The Boston PD
Hi folks, In order to improve my writing skills, I signed up for a class with AndiLit. For our homework today we have to write a lyric essay. If I can write a lyric sentence I will be surprised. I thought that it would be a swell idea to subject y'all to my first attempt, in the hopes that one of you might provide me with some artistic guidance before final copy is due on the desk of the 'boss' of AndiLit, Andrea, ... Read more
New Blogging Strategy – Thoughts?
Hi folks, I have been writing this blog for almost one year, and for the last six months traffic levels have been essentially static, and I have so far failed in my initial objective. This objective was to find other (or at least another) endurance athletes with an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) stent graft. I just wanted to talk to someone in my situation. The closest person to this goal that I have found so far ... Read more
Bots And You
Hi folks, For anyone new to this site who is expecting training advice I recommend that you follow this link, as today I want to talk about Internet bots. More precisely, I want to encourage you to listen to someone else talking about bots. The more I blog the more I learn about the strange world of the Internet, and incidentally about myself. In my mind there are creatures (bots), like little black beetles, ... Read more
A Watershed Moment In The Life Of This Blog: Completing An Ironman Race With My Son And My Stent
Hi folks, (I am not sure who many of you are, but I appreciate your interest in my chatter), I am now moving into the next phase of my e-life experiment. I started this blog about one year ago out of fear for my life, and the need to talk to someone about how it feels to have an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and an AAA-stent graft. I achieved that aim and found what I needed at the Facebook AAA ... Read more
Musings Of A Neophyte Social Networker And Must Read Book Series, Everlost
Hi folks, Twitter is a strange world that it takes time to negotiate. I have found that this networking tool can direct a lot of traffic your way, or not, depending how you use it. There is a mountain of advice out there on the use of Twitter, but the three things that I have learned so far, that might be important, are: Don't just automate your tweets through your blog and/or Twuffer (or similar), ... Read more
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