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Turkey Tracks 5k

I ran in another 5k on Thanksgiving. There were people in costumes and people in crazy hats and people who were a lot more serious about running than I was. My final time was 37 minutes and change. Only had my phone for pictures.

Posted on 2013-02-05T07:22:15Z GMT

Hunting

In the woods, at least in these woods, the quiet was palpable, thick. I walked out for half an hour, into the thick quiet, and then sat, silent. Leaves falling to the ground were an event. Nothing was moving at first, but then I’d hear something rustling through the leaves. In those woods, in that quiet, there was no way to know if it was 200 yards away or over my left shoulder. I didn’t see any deer. Back at camp, my dad was waiting, pistol in hand. It may seem odd to hunt with a revolver, but I’ve seen him consistently hit at 200 yards, which is about as far as I trust my own aim with a rifle. He’d set off in the opposite direction at the same time as me, and come back just a few minutes earlier. The rule of hunting is that the game will show up as soon as you’re not prepared; so we sat and waited and talked the sun down, in low voices. Half an hour before sunset, at the end of legal shooting light, we unloaded and stowed the weapons, and cooked dinner. In the morning, we got back up, and headed back to the city.

Posted on 2013-01-28T14:01:32Z GMT

Foodies

Before you get the pitchforks, that’s actually the name of the restaurant. A little Thai place on Hudson between 10th and 13th, in midtown. Really good food, decent beer prices. Small, diner atmosphere, a little eccentric, but overall enjoyable. Good company too, with Sophia and Anne and Isaac. Also, despite the two food/restaurant posts in a row, I swear this isn’t becoming a food blog. Anyway, photos:

Posted on 2013-01-28T07:30:51Z GMT

Dinner Club @1492

A delicious meal with some good folks, once a month. Whoever picks the place for that month has to choose somewhere they’ve never been; I don’t know who chose 1492, (Sophia says it was our friend Dean), but it was a great meal, and someplace I hadn’t ever been either. I’m trying to think of places to go for next month. So far we’ve thought Iron Star would be good, or maybe the new green chili place in Yukon. Suggestions? @reply me on twitter, since I’m too lazy to put comments on this blawg.

Posted on 2013-01-26T21:00:49Z GMT

Performance something something

I wiped my computer thursday night and installed mountain lion. Man, there was something wrong with my last install. Probably something I downloaded; for a while there, I was using a lot of semi-sketchy software. Who knows. There’s not really a theme to these photos, other than the fact that they were next to each other chronologically, and vaguely performance related. More when there’s more to tell.