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Auburn / I do not know what is happening. / journalism / links / photo / Samford / swimming / things to read / Twitter / video / Wednesday — Comments Off on Spring finally sprung, and it’ll last for at least several days
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Apr 14

Spring finally sprung, and it’ll last for at least several days

Walking from here to there on the Samford campus. Specifically from my office to the pool, which is inside this building. It looks a bit like autumn in this shot, doesn’t it? It still has had that slight coolness in the air, too.

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It has felt cook like that for some time, at least until this week, which is a late arrival here. It finally feels as if spring has arrived. And that’ll just be a brief pause before summer weather, I’m sure.

Anyway, swam 2,000 yards this evening, which is 1.14 miles. I’m a bit pleased with how the swimming has come along. I’m still not going to go anywhere fast, but I’m becoming perhaps a slightly more technical proficient swimmer and my cardio is improving.

I do not know what is happening.

Things to read … because some things you do need to know about in life.

The American Middle Class Is No Longer the World’s Richest

Mobile Continues to Steal Share of US Adults’ Daily Time Spent with Media

NIH expert to address Alabama’s rising infant mortality rate in lecture at Alabama State University

Veterans languish and die on a VA hospital’s secret list

NATO jets scrambled after Russian planes fly into airspace: Reports

AP: Spell out names of states in stories

Gus Malzahn talking smack at a bingo event. I’m starting to like this.

His post-bingo interview is very coach-like, of course. Sounds like he was coming off the practice field.

Auburn / baseball / football / journalism / links / photo / things to read / Tuesday — Comments Off on I saw bling
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Apr 14

I saw bling

Caught a rare mid-week baseball game. Auburn hosted and defeated South Alabama 6-1.

That reminded me I haven’t shared these pictures yet. Last weekend they gave championship rings to the 2013 team. A guy we now in the stands at baseball works as an equipment manager (I think) for the football team, so he got a ring too. He showed it off:

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Pretty nice, right?

Things to read … because reading is always nice.

Facebook Page Reach Plummets to 1%: What Marketers Need to Know

The state of cybersecurity: Attacks are on the rise in the cloud and threats are more diverse

Egypt: the world watches as journalism goes on trial

Thousands die of thirst and poor care in NHS

4 Alabama counties have more active, registered voters than adult population

The Buzzfeed headline … we don’t need it. Which federal agency pays an average of $167,146? The answer will surprise you

From the You Made Your Bed Dept: Man on Trial for Murder Worried “MURDER” Tattoo Might Hurt His Case

Monday / photo / Samford / Twitter — Comments Off on Just a quick note
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Apr 14

Just a quick note

A Samford JMC student, hard at work shooting video of the University Center. I was in the cafeteria looking down when I saw him put his tripod up. Never knew I was there. I’m sneaky:

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Swam 1,600 yards today on the long course, just under a mile. The long course may be the end of my swimming career.

But then I saw this happy note:

That’s a mom and daughter, both injured at the last Boston Marathon, finishing their race on their terms with another daughter this time around. Two losers can’t stop people intent on winning, people who seek out the things within them to overcome, will never yield. We’d all like to think we’re all this tough and brave. Truth is, those are remarkable ladies.

photo / weekend — Comments Off on Catching up
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Apr 14

Catching up

The entry that holds the day with extra pictures that want to play!

The bridge that’s under construction on the ride home. The sun is setting, the roads are clear and all is right with the world. One of those overpasses still doesn’t have a road in it though. It is weird to see, now that I’m aware of it. And now that I know it is isn’t there, I can’t not look.

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You don’t often see a Lotus at your grocery store. As I was coming out he was loading up his groceries. Or his grocery. There’s no where in that car to put shopping bags. But at least it looks nice in a parking lot:

Lotus

Someone at the grocery store looked at an assignment manager and said “Jeff, what we need is a grouper.”

Jeff said “What about two?”

But the manager, who’s been in the business a good long while, knows better.

“Just one will do. But, Jeff, make it a whole grouper.”

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Happy Easter!

Auburn / baseball / cycling / football / friends / photo / video / weekend — Comments Off on A Saturday outside
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Apr 14

A Saturday outside

I so rarely see cyclists on the road. They’re almost always, always going the other direction. And, without fail, I am struggling up some tiny incline when they go by. They’ll just be breezing along happily and I’m obviously struggling to turn over the pedals. It is uncanny.

I think I’ve passed maybe four or five cyclists on the road in a casual day’s ride because they are always going the other way. But I saw this guy, and that was pretty great:

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Right through this area, recently, my CatEye said I touched 40.5 miles per hour. I can be a little faster through here, I know:

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Around midday, on a cool, overcast, windy, rainy day, a spring day that featured a public football practice, thousands of people were crawling over campus. And this was hours before the actual festivities. Auburn folks are ready for some football:

A-Day

We went to the baseball doubleheader instead. In the first game we listened to the crowd and the audio from the big screen. We could hear a tailgating band and the marching band each vying for attention. It was a wonderful day to be on campus with friends, a group which keeps growing each time we get together.

This guy’s been in the group for a long while. He was born just after the Georgia game two years ago. (His mom was at the tailgate right at her due date. Where were you?) He’s a cool dude:

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A year ago, now, some of us were listening to scanners in Boston again. This is what we heard:

I loved that one call: “America.”

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