Kind of amazing.
I took my first swim lesson a year and a half ago.
This week, my swim coach asked me if I wanted to sign on as an assistant swim coach for the high school team he coaches.
I’ll have to pass an interview and a background check and ultimately be selected, but…how cool to be invited! Wow.
Her daily routine is unswerving. From 6 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. she swims. Afterward, she stops at a bakery for a two-donut breakfast (she weighs 115 pounds — same as 20 years ago — and has a body any 23-year-old would die for). She then arrives at her fast-growing Silicon Valley start-up, where she serves as human resources director and regularly works until 7:30 p.m. with no lunch break. Val says swimming ranks third on her list of priorities: “First comes my family, then my job, then swimming.”
great headline for iPhone 4S / nice fully-animated takeover for Yahoo! Mail
gaddafi hitting the bong
chicks being freaky
DIY Sprint Tri, 10/1
I’m hosting a sprint triathlon on Saturday, Oct 1. Want to join?
Overview:
- Distance: 0.8 mile swim, 3.7 mile bike, 1.4 mile run
- Start point: Aquatic Park, San Francisco
- End point: Golden Gateway Tennis & Swim, San Francisco
- Estimated cost of participation: $8
Rules:
The event is self-timed and on the honor system. Transitions do not count against your time. There is no official route for the bicycle portion, and individuals are allowed to optimize their own race routes.
How to Participate:
- Meet at South End Rowing Club at 9:30 am. Bring your bicycle and bag of run/bike clothes.
- Pay South End day use fee ($6.50), sauna, and change.
- Swim 2 laps in Aquatic Park (est 0.8 mi). Time your swim if possible, or estimate your swim time.
- Re-sauna and gear up for the bike portion (transitions do not count against your time).
- Start your watch and get on your bike.
- Ride to Bob’s Donuts on Polk Street and buy a donut (est $1). The route you take is up to you!
- Ride to Golden Gateway Tennis & Swim Club and stop your watch. (est 3.7 mi)
- Get your running gear on and park your bike.
- Start your watch and run up Embarcadero to Chestnut Street (just past Bay Club).
- Run back to Golden Gateway and stop your watch. (est 1.4 mi)
Add up your times, present your donut for verification (partially-eaten OK), and you’re done! Winner buys beverages for consumption in the hot tub.
Funemployment Wish List: Deep Clean Edition
I rarely have time to deep clean my house, because I’m too busy. If I had all the time in the world, this is what I’d do for a week.
- apply wd-40 to door and cabinet hinges
- arrange, organize
- clean counter tops
- clean doors, doorknobs
- clean exterior cabinets
- clean exterior refrigerator
- clean floor behind refrigerator, stove
- clean glass and mirrors
- clean interior closets
- clean interior cupboards, cabinets
- clean interior oven
- clean light fixtures, chandeliers
- clean light switches
- clean sinks, fixtures, drains
- clean small appliances (popcorn maker, hand mixer, food processor)
- clean stove burners, stove surface
- clean stove interior (underneath burners)
- clean tub, toilet
- clean windows, sills, ledges
- donate or dispose of unused items
- dust and shine plants
- dust artwork, decor, and books
- dust furniture surfaces
- empty trash, recycling
- oil cabinets and woodwork with lemon oil
- replace linens
- vacuum closet flooring
- vacuum fabric furniture
- vacuum fireplace
- vacuum living room floor
- wash baseboards, trim, and window sills
- wash blinds
- wash interior refrigerator/freezer
- wash kitchen and bathroom floors
- wash trash cans
- wash walls
Will it win me new friends or spark useful insights? Probably not. But, at the end of that week, I would collapse in an exhausted, satisfied heap.
The Unofficial 140 Proof Core Principles
- Make everyone look good.
- Take risks, and support people when they stick their necks out.
- Be solutions-focused or be ignored.
The match was won on two goals by Lionel Messi of Barcelona. Lionel Messi is widely regarded as the greatest player on the planet and perhaps, without blasphemy to Pele, the greatest of all time. At 5’7” tall, his nickname little is well given, but his magical skill, poise, and heart of a lion are unsurpassed.What was amazing to me is that when he scored one of those two goals re ran to the sideline and after a bit of team celebration held up the team’s logo on the front of his jersey to the fans with jubilation while gesturing to his heart. I have seen many other players in countless sporting events point - literally point - to the name on the back of their jersey when they score a touchdown, big shot, or goal.There it was, in front of 500 million plus viewers, the basic difference between athletes. Some think the name on the front is more important than the name on the back, most don’t. As I thought about it more it occurred to me that it isn’t just athletes, it is all of us. The world boils down to either me or something other than me, something greater than me, something more transcendent than me.
A highly complex and largely discrete set of laws and exemptions from laws has been put in place by those in the uppermost reaches of the U.S. financial system. It allows them to protect and increase their wealth and significantly affect the U.S. political and legislative processes. They have real power and real wealth. Ordinary citizens in the bottom 99.9% are largely not aware of these systems, do not understand how they work, are unlikely to participate in them, and have little likelihood of entering the top 0.5%, much less the top 0.1%. Moreover, those at the very top have no incentive whatsoever for revealing or changing the rules.
