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February 12, 2007
Monday's links: Leftovers from the weekend with a running slant.
Onion: Nation's Joggers Sick of Finding Dead Bodies
"Citing the sobering statistic that over 10,000 of the 12,800 slayings in the United States in 2006 were reported by joggers, a national coalition of fitness enthusiasts called upon government officials Tuesday to impose measures that would reduce the likelihood of runners discovering lifeless bodies." Lifehack.org: Protect your feet while running
"My friend, Mark Iocchelli, is a disciple of the POSE Method of running, and he’s written some tips and ideas on how to avoid one of the most painful foot injury out there: plantar fascitis." Dynamist Blog: Take A Nap -- It's Good For You
"One of the nice things about the free-agent life is that I can work at night, go to bed late, and take naps--a much better rhythm for me than the normal workday." Dethroner: How To Get That Damned Tune Out Of Your Head
"The absolute worst pet peeve of mine is when I get some goddamned awful pop tune stuck in my head. It’s hard to avoid, you basically have to stay home and not watch television or listen to the radio. In our day to day lives we are inundated constantly by the same bad music. While shopping for shoes or shaving cream, it’s piped at us from above; it throbs at us from passing vehicles; it imbeds itself into our brains, unwelcome, while dining out at T.G.I.F.’s and the like. Bad music is inescapable." Bostonist: UMass grade deflation -- to the courts!
"The spring semester is just underway. The student population has brought back an influx of students into Boston and across the Commonwealth. But a student, Brian Marquis, at UMass Amherst won't let the fall semester go. He's holding on and disputing a grade he received. He's exchanged the emails with the TA, talked to various higher-ups in the department, and taken it to the next step. He's filed grievance in the courts – fifteen counts against the University and individuals including violation of the first amendment and breach of contract." Cursed To First: Pathetic
"Similarly, I am affronted by the Red Sox Nation 'citizenship' marketing scheme, designed, I can only imagine, to attempt to wring every last dime out of the most gullible members of the fan base in the afterglow of the World Series. A significant number of dumb mfs must have paid $15 to be called a 'fan' over the last couple seasons, or else the franchise wouldn't keep pushing this crap so hard and to such levels of patronizing grandeur." Labels: dailydump
Posted at 7:07 PM
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