Chris's Musings

How many of you are excited about the Olympics.  I am!  My TV isn't on a lot, but it's been on to watch many of the Olympic events since the Games began last Friday.  Surprisingly, I like many of you are glued to watch sports that, for most of the four years in-between Olympics,  we normally wouldn't care much about. As many of you know, I studied marketing in graduate school, largely because I love psychology and understanding how people tick, and I have a fascination with good advertising.  One of the best ads I've seen while watching the Olympics (and one of the best I've ever seen), is one where different athletes are training for their events with the background narrative of... I can't remember the last time I watched TV. You know that best selling novel that everybody's talking about... I haven't read it. I haven't had dessert in over 2 years. These are the voices of people who have sacrificed tiny pleasures in order to pursue big dre

  “Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins   and loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?   And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’  In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” - Luke 15:8-10 About a week ago, I finally "bit the bullet" and bought myself a road bike to get  an additional avenue to exercise outdoors, spend time with my girl on regular active dates, and cross-train during my 13.1 training seasons.  Unfortunately, the weather and my schedule (I went to my high school reunion this past weekend) didn't really comply with me.  I was a little bummed, but I eventually got out and rode about 10 miles down Columns Drive.  Man - riding is definitely a different workout, it was really good but my quads are going to be a little sore tomorrow.   About 8-ish ton