lifetime aspiration: to be like FLASH

9:27pm             pile on 4 layers on clothes, hat, mittens and the like
9:31pm             stretch
9:37pm             start first fun in a LONG time
Run 1.3 miles in dark and cold through RI neighborhood.
9:52pm             finish first run in a LONG time
9:53pm             stretch
10:00pm           OUCH!!!
Only 27 and feeling so old, this is a bad sign.

Watch OUT—

I am back in grown up World again!!!
I am officially the proud owner of a bright red Volkswagen Jetta. It’s my first car (all the others have been trucks) so that is kind of an adjustment, but he runs well and I think we will get along quite well. I took him out for [...]

much has been given, much is required

Then the king will say to those on his right, ‘Enter, you who are blessed by my father! Take what’s coming to you in this kingdom.  It’s been ready for you since the Worlds foundation. And here’s why:
I was hungry and you fed me,
I was thirsty and you gave me a drink,
I was homeless and [...]

Now I know how Indiana Jones felt stepping off onto the invisible bridge in search for the Holy Grail.

I am not a big fan of making decisions. Actually I get some sort of decision making stress (there must be some sort of medical diagnosis word for it). Decisions are so final and definitive. I guess I feel more comfortable when I know I have options or escape routes, just in [...]

reflections of an arab-american

“No one ever wants to be the Arab-it’s too old and too tragic and too mysterious and too exasperating and too lonely for anyone but an actual Arab to put up with for very long. Essentially, its’s an image problem. Ask anyone, Persians, Turks, even Lebanese and Egyptians-none of them want to be the [...]

Greyhounding it-

I took a bus from NY to MA today.  Some observations:

Bus stations are MUCH scarier than Middle Eastern Countries
I saw a llama farm-what is a llama good for?
The driver was surrounded by a plastic bubble, like the pope..I guess a [...]

Red Sneaker effect

I love red sneakers.  I have always wanted a pair of red sneakers.  I think they would be unique and I like that.  The other day I found a pair of super rad red Saucony sneakers. I like them a lot. They are $50 too which is not that bad.  The thing is I just [...]

I came here from Jordan all ready to see snow, jump in the big snow banks, make snow angles, make snow shakes, freeze and do some skiing.  Since I have been here we have seen nothing, nada, zip in the snow department.  In fact it has been like the warmest January in history.
Jordan had a [...]

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
Proverbs 18