{"id":573886086,"date":"2014-03-04T23:30:29","date_gmt":"2014-03-05T05:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573886086"},"modified":"2014-03-07T04:44:40","modified_gmt":"2014-03-07T10:44:40","slug":"happy-fat-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2014\/03\/04\/happy-fat-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Fat Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There was beans and rice and gumbo &#8212; sans the okra, so it wasn&#8217;t actually gumbo, but good nevertheless &#8212; and there were beads and king cake and some weird jello dessert on hand today. <\/p>\n<p>People dressed up. Or at least put on masks. <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/mar14\/mar24.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I declined the king cake. I don&#8217;t like king cake. Came as a surprise to me, too. And I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve had jello as an adult. I&#8217;m saving up for a rainy day. I did have some fried okra on the side, however. <\/p>\n<p>And then this evening I ran a 10K. I sprinted some. I can&#8217;t feel the lower half of my legs just now. <\/p>\n<p>I built a training regimen that will surely be difficult to stick with in one way or another, but if I want to do triathlons this year I have to get in something approaching a reasonable condition. The good news is that I have the base stuff covered. The bad news is that, eventually, the Saturday &#8220;run nine miles&#8221; day will at some point become something closer to routine rather than a big deal.<\/p>\n<p>I do not know what is happening.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe I should wear a mask, so no one will see me in pain. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Things to read<\/strong> &#8230; the all-link edition! There is something for everyone, I&#8217;m sure. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><a TARGET=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marketingcharts.com\/wp\/online\/american-adults-internet-as-essential-as-cell-phones-41047\/\">American Adults: Internet as Essential as Cell Phones<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a TARGET=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.insideradio.com\/article.asp?id=2763279#.UxSvpONdWuI\">Two-thirds of 18-34s use online radio<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a TARGET=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/digiday.com\/platforms\/apple-chose-tumblr-social-media-debut\/\">Why Apple chose Tumblr for its social media debut<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a TARGET=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kyivpost.com\/content\/ukraine\/under-russian-flag-kalashnikov-armed-checkpoints-come-to-ukraine-338082.html\">Under Russian flag, Kalashnikov-armed checkpoints come to Ukraine<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a TARGET=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.al.com\/breaking\/2014\/03\/gov_robert_bentley_joins_other.html\">Gov. Robert Bentley joins other state leaders in calling for reversal of proposed National Guard cut<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a TARGET=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/hillicon-valley\/technology\/199599-fcc-scraps-entire-newsroom-study\">FCC scraps study of newsrooms<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a TARGET=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.al.com\/sports\/index.ssf\/2014\/03\/which_alabama_public_officials.html\">Which Alabama public officials bought Auburn football tickets in 2013?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a TARGET=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kristidosh.com\/2014\/03\/03\/video-kristis-advice-for-students-pursuing-a-career-in-sports\/#.UxXDDp2C0hI.twitter\">Kristi&#8217;s advice for students pursuing a career in sports<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a TARGET=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/technology\/la-fi-tn-1-10-americans-html-std-study-finds-20140304,0,1188415.story#axzz2v1hd5qHT\">1 in 10 Americans think HTML is an STD, study finds<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a TARGET=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.today.com\/news\/runners-detour-race-thank-95-year-old-world-war-ii-2D79313956\">Runners detour race to thank 95-year-old World War II veteran<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And, finally, this newly released video from my friend Nathan Troost, whom I wrote about here last week. Terrific story, sharp storytelling. It is worth six minutes of your time. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/87819834\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><a TARGET=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/87819834\">HOPE+ Sisterhood<\/a> from <a TARGET=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/lanternvision\">Lantern Vision<\/a> on <a TARGET=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Nathan says it is his calling. I&#8217;ve seen enough of his work to think he heard correctly. Check out more from <a TARGET=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/lanternvision\">Lantern Vision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was beans and rice and gumbo &#8212; sans the okra, so it wasn&#8217;t actually gumbo, but good nevertheless &#8212; and there were beads and king cake and some weird jello dessert on hand today. People dressed up. Or at least put on masks. I declined the king cake. I don&#8217;t like king cake. 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