Where's M.A.?

I was happily one of 15,000 people on Thanksgiving morning in Manchester, CT, participating in a 74-year-old tradition of running 4.7 miles to usher in the holiday season.The Manchester Road Race started in 1927 when the captain of the Manchester High School cross-country team was sad that his track...

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 Mapeel     11/27/2010     current events, holidays   

Counting My Blessings

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I'll be running in the 4K Manchester Road Race this year. It's quite the tradition in Connecticut. Here are some wise words from Mr. Irving Berlin:When I'm worried and I can't sleepI count my blessings instead of sheepAnd I fall asleep counting my blessingsWhen my bankroll is getting smallI think of when I had none at allAnd I fall asleep counting my blessi...

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 Mapeel     11/24/2010     holidays   

Tumblring Back At You

I'd like to call your attention to a tumblr of the finest order: "This isn't happiness™" by the talented Peteski. His tumblr is a dazzling, poignant, sexy, beautiful, dark collection of photographs that has an enormous following. Peteski describes his work as "an art scrapbook of links more than images,...

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 Mapeel     11/17/2010     blogs   

Cross Currents on the Kindle

I’ve entered the world of digital ink, of whole libraries stored in a tablet the size of an old paperback book, torn down to the thickness of the cover with just a few pages.My 6" screen Kindle just came today, so I’m still finding my way around. One surprise was the screen savers that appear when...

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 Mapeel     11/07/2010     literature