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Bluestreak Session 17: Wrist Shot Comes Together

Last night, without warning, the wrist shot came together. The missing piece, snapping my wrists just before turning the stick blade over, just dropped into place during warm ups in the skills zone. It wasn’t a random occurrence either because I kept the shot...

Michael Chabon’s The Yiddish Policemen’s Union

This book was thrilling and I’ve been struggling with how to describe it as I started wrapping it up this week. So, I borrow the description from the Publisher’s Weekly review of it: this novel is “a murder-mystery speculative-history Jewish-identity...

Seeing Someone You Know On iTunes!

It was a great surprise this morning to see someone I know in the middle of my iTunes home page. I first met Sara Bareilles in 1993, shortly after I moved to Humboldt County, California. She was in the Ferndale Repertory Theatre production of a musical version of...

Bluestreak Session 16

I wasn’t sure I could do it, but I did survive last night’s Bluestreak. It was a strong treadmill night with a lot of last night’s training focused on longer strides and faster speeds. I was talking to the coach last night, who also works at Sky...

Chelsea Challenge Gold, Ordinals Beat Wizards

Chelsea Challenge 2007 wrapped up this afternoon with my team, the Purple Panthers, taking the Gold in the Developmental Division! The team was great with a mix of people I’ve played with before, some people I knew but hadn’t played with, and others that I...