Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Things I did not learn in school


Always bring extra socks.
It's simple, allow me to break it down.
There are three solid reasons to bring extra socks.

-they work very well to bridge the gap of shoe to pant leg
-they work very well as running mitts in a pinch
-ah, they work very well as something else, in a "pinch"

Lets face it though, when you emerge from a heavily wooded area with no socks (or no mitts), you are not kidding anyone.

I certainly didn't learn that in school, but no one warned me about "hoof and mouth" disease either. Perhaps I should have used the fresh socks to keep the hands toasty.

Over and out.

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Is it just me or...

Or is it cold outside. (The absence of a question mark here is not a statement or a mistake, it is simply missing. Ho hum.)
Before heading out I checked out my mobile weather network. Feels like -18c. I began to wonder, if running into the wind at 14 or 15 km per h, how much colder would it feel.
At the 4 mile mark I came across our poor friend to the right. Frozen field mouse, huh.
You know, motivation comes from all kinds of wondrous places. The motivation not to meet the same fate as our furry friend was just enough to keep me from finding shelter from the wind, if even for a brief few minutes. You can enter your own interesting quote about cold death here. I sure had a few of my own in mind!
Now, who keeps screwing with this computer so I can`t use most of the normal punctuation. I wonder. Obviously not cold enough in here.
Over and out.