Good Friday

Dear James, Daniel and Emily,

Short weeks always seem to last longer for some reason.  Although I think this one felt that way because it was between a great 3 day weekend and the CSS alumni weekend, which is an event I generally look forward to every year.

NBA

Wow, it was a lot harder than I thought it might be to stay away from the game last night, not follow Twitter or anything.  I watched a couple of minutes at the beginning of the 4th quarter then turned it off.  Then had to get up from bed just to find out the final score in order toget to sleep.  Hopefully Saturday will be much easier as I will be at an alumni event most of the evening so I should be fully occupied (and well away from the TV).

Glad the Lakers won, and that they won how they did: playing tough, rebounding and defense, not just outscoring the Celtics.  Going into the series I thought that was the one thing that the Lakers could do, if they put their minds to it.  Artest and a partially healthy Bynum are just big advantages and improvements over the 2008 team.  Game 1 is also crucial because it is usually the (relatively) easiest team for a road team to steal.  But the 1-0 lead doesn't change my viewing plans: no watching, only read about it, it's the only way to stay sane.

Health

After 3 days I am officially happy with the change to the morning runs.  And the timing has been no problem with getting the kids ready etc.  And running on the track is much easier and preferable over the block I run around here at work.  The other good thing, is that since it is a set distance, I can actually track how far I am running.  And after 2 days where the program dictatedI run 25 minutes straight I realized that I am actually running 3 miles without stopping already!  So as the program moves on I will just be ramping up the distance rather than trying to actually hit that 5K number.  And also gives me confidence that the race will be just another run rather than trying to achieve something I haven't done before.

Politics

Just this morning I saw an excellent example of Republican Hypocrisy.  A person who has always been ver open about their conservative opinions, rooting for less government, lower taxes, etc. the whole 9 yards, was spending their morning FB statuses demanding that Obama hurry up and do something about the Oil Spill. 

1. You cannot have it both ways: demand your government do more or do less but not both.
2. The President and federal government are actually doing everything they can do right now, there will come a time when they will be doing more, but they are doing everything they can.
3. While the whole story is yet to be told there is every indication that the root cause was a corporation taking advantage of lax or non-existent regulation, which is exactly what you get when limit government.

While neither side has a monopoly on hypocrisy, I just find it really irritating when I come across it like this.