Tagged, i'm it!!!!

Great.....thanks coach, for tagging me with the oddest game of blogsphere yet. Let's see if i can summon a muse to give me a 6 sentence memoir.....

"He didn't fall outta the tree"

Which, thanks to Arcane, is more and more appealing. Although, with all the scratches from fallen and snagged limbs a person could think i'm a leper given the current appearance of my hands.

Well, let's try a running update, yesterday was 4, just 4 miles. And per the online plan, at a 9:07 pace. Well, if four 9:07 miles equals 31:12 i did OK. Actually, i am a little upset about the time as it's a 7:48 pace.

two things....it's not the 7:41 marathon pace and it's really not the 7:30 pace i was shooting for. Mile three killed and it was windy and i shouldn't have had a big dinner before running, and ....blah, blah,blah....who cares, i didn't get it done.

This week i have some speed work planned, and a 20 miler this weekend.

Movin On.....

i gotta admit to feeling a little hypocritical regarding the chinese olympic games.....

fer instance....i'd like to visit China, see the wall, pandas, lead paint&toy factories, etc.... but....

human rights is a issue and since we, as a country, have made such a big deal about freedom and all in the middle east....maybe we, as a country, hypothetically speaking....could have some concern over the far east.

i mean that's why we went to war right???? Freedom for the oppressed Iraqi's.....evil regime.....dirty bombs.....wmd's......getting even with the guy who laughed at my dad....

Anyway, back to me. Personally, i've decided to boycott by not attending this summers olympic games in person. That's right...none of my hard earned american rebate (really, this may sound self-centered, but let's take the extra cash to solidify social security, i mean someday i'd like to be 67 without thinking "oooooh, i bet it would be nice to be getting a nice check, but nooooooo i got a rebate 28 years ago") will be spent in China.

Who's with me??? (i mean after the stunning support of the "vote for Mike '08" campaign, who wouldn't? i'm a grass-roots kinda guy....or bud....or maybe leaf......just no stems or seeds)

And speaking about human rights.....Segue prepped.....

Once again "the man" is positioned to bring down a young successful black man!!!!

Sure, i coulda picked a more flattering picture, but here's my promise....

if i ever have a mugshot taken, i'll post it online, but until that day......

Anyway....where to start???? am i even allowed to, cause admittedly, i'm a white guy...

but, from a human rights perspective.....

the mayor of the city to which my little suburb is in the community of is a black man.

as is....

the previous two mayors of Detroit.....

the majority of citizens in Detroit....

the three ex-Detroit police officers; who sued the city, won the case, and then settled for 8 million

the prosecutor, who brought the perjury charges against the mayor for allegedly lying under oath (although, technically a woman), and

the 30-some local ministers using skin color as a rallying point to defend the mayor, except...

everybody involved seems to be of the same skin color, except for the mayors attorney....

He's a white guy.

At least things in the motor city are never boring.

Maybe someday the Tigers will win a game and i'll take my mind off local politics

Thanks for reading