Evendays

Switzerland voted yesterday not to allow the construction of any more minarets on its territory. Here are my observations:
The polls before the vote showed that only 37% of the voters were for the ban. Someone had to be lying, for 57.5% ended up voting yes.
The media had declared that the initiative would be [...]

I survived. 
First, 26 miles is a long way to run, walk or crawl.
Second, the first 13 miles are much easier than the second 13.
Third, no matter how long it takes, getting to the finish feels very, very good.
It was a hilly course (the publicity said it was "mostly flat") but the weather was perfect, [...]

My kids told me that, yes, it is true. The guy who ran from Marathon to tell the king his troops had won the battle died after delivering his message.
Tomorrow, wife and I are attempting the same feat, but at a different place and, we hope, with a different result. It’s called the Beaujolais Marathon. [...]

The grad’s in uniform.

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Yes, as you have heard, 20 years ago today the guards opened the passage ways and allowed free access to West Berlin to those who were under communist rule.
My cousin was in Berlin that day with a group of Pepperdine Heidelberg students. The timing was right. They danced on the wall and got their picture [...]

Resolved…
I will write more.
At least more than once a month.
But, hey, it was a hectic month.