Wow, it’s been a long time since I’ve posted. I suck. Oh well, get over it.
One of the various things that’s new with me since March is that, apparently, I quite enjoy running. Who knew? Not me. Anyway, I like it to the point that I’m even taping documentaries about running. This says a lot.
Yesterday, CBC’s The Passionate Eye aired a doc called “The Boy Who Can’t Stop Running”, about a four year-old boy in India who really, really likes to run, and is pushed to run quite a lot (in terms of frequency AND distance) by his adoptive parents, who have some pretty questionable training (namely forcing a 4-year old to run 70k without stopping, but it does’t stop there…)
It’s available online on the CBC site, and I definitely recommend watching it. I wish I could run like that kid, but I sure am glad my parents didn’t make me at that age…
I’m spending the next 5 days at SXSWi in Austin, along with a few friends, getting my geek on and having some fun. Given that the REAL point of this trip is the food and drink, a whole lot of my blogging will be happening over on my other site, TunaCupcake.com, so check it out! And if you’re around, follow/dm me on Twitter so we can connect.
If there are two things in this world that I love, they are TED talks and John Hodgman (the order is unimportant). I haven’t yet gotten around to picking up his new book, More Information than You Require, though I fully intend to as soon as my reading list dwindles a bit. In the meantime, here is a bit of a diversion for you all:
Every Canadian knows of a wonderful, magical place that can cure all your ills, and fill you in a way no other fast food restaurant can or wants to. It is a place worthy of an epic journey, a la Harold & Kumar.
“It” is White Castle.
Last month, I had the good fortune of spending a few days in beautiful Northern Kentucky, famously (mis)marketed as the South Side of Cincinnati (The mis-marketing is a topic for another time and place. Let’s leave it at: I’d never be happy living someplace that built its identity in relation to a bigger, better place. I know, I know, Canada… but here we are). It is also home to a vast array of liquor and tobacco shops, a “main strasse” (I don’t know why they pulled out the German there) and a White Castle. Read more
