E. J. Wayland, an early Ugandan geologist, when a publisher once asked him to write of his adventures: ‘I had none, ‘ he said, ‘only incompetent people have adventures.’ — As cited by Edward Wilson-Lee in his book “Shakespeare in Swahililand.” His notes reference as the source Sonia Cole, “Leakey’s Luck: The Life of Louis […]
My brother is a presidential scholar. I almost typed “amateur presidential scholar.” I’m not sure if he has been paid to academically study the presidents and their legacies. But I do know that we crushed one night at a Pub Trivia thanks to a category called “Presidents and Their Vices… Vice Presidents That Is.” It […]
The Star Wars Prequels got a lot of flack, mostly deserved, for stilted dialogue, stilted performances, stilted narrative plotting. But there’s still good in them. The most recent Star Wars film, The Last Jedi, has been unfairly maligned by a vocal minority of “fans” as being terrible. Those “fans” are wrong and I don’t want […]
This morning I finally rallied to get out the door for my run… and just as I did, the rain started to fall. It was only a slight drizzle and it didn’t last long, but of course it would happen just as I set out on the streets to clock some garbage miles. I say […]
When people talk about the straw that breaks the camel’s back, it always seems like a small, insignificant issue, problem, or burden that creates a disproportionate response. But in the moment that seemingly small, insignificant thing is the culmination of so many and I’m over-explaining this unnecessarily and why, why am I doing that? Maybe […]
When I first started RunKevinRun Dot Com, there was a bug in the system. For some reason, a reason I never fully figured out, when I would upload a photo snapped on my iPhone the orientation would be all wonky. It would look fine on some devices — iOS was mostly okay but a web […]
If wishes were horses then beggars would ride. If turnips were swords I’d have one by my side. If ‘ifs’ and ‘ands’ were pots and pans There would be no need for tinker’s hands! –Scottish Nursery Rhyme Despite my wishes and desires and hopes and dreams and whining and wallowing, I find the scales show […]
A very long line for “day of” packet pickup prompted the organizers to delay the start by 20 minutes. I’m angry and annoyed as I endured a 3 hour pickup yesterday and now feel like my time has been doubly wasted, my value deemed worth far less than others. I don’t know. Maybe I’m just […]
Sigh. What am I doing? Why am I even CONSIDERING this?! I received an email from a race company I ran with in 2015. They put on a series of 80s themed events and I happened to run with them in honor of Back to the Future’s 30th Anniversary… and the fact that Marty and […]