Archives
Categories
Meta
Recent Comments
- Cheryl Hanna-Truscott on Zapotrek, Part II
- Cheryl Hanna-Truscott on Zapotrek, Part I
- Al on Old Dog, New Tricks – I
- Al Olsen on Old Dog, New Tricks – I
- Cheryl Hanna-Truscott on Running in Oaxaca – II
-
Recent Posts
- All In All Is All We Are — i
- Snowbird Tram
- Snowbird
- Salt Lake Stories – Chapter 1, Just Like Starting Over
- Salt Lake Stories: Just Like Starting Over – I
- VW Bus — Chapter 1
- Road Trip — IV
- Road Trip – III
- Road Trip — II
- Road Trip — I
- Which Novels Would You Read Again?
- Polostan
- Viagra and Aortic Dilation
- Is Starbucks Doomed?
- Book Review: Playground
Blogroll
Author Archives: Al
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Despite the hype, I do not believe this movie is about an unlikely savior of the universe of universes. Rather, it is an exploration of one woman’s struggle to maintain loving relationships with her daughter, husband, and father in the … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews: Books, Movies, Music, TV
Comments Off on Everything Everywhere All At Once
Life Is Precious
A species’ reproductive success relies on quantity, not quality. An unknown number of fertilized eggs are lost each month with menses. Observed miscarriages may account for 20% of all pregnancies. The first year of life is the most dangerous. Prior … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Economics
Comments Off on Life Is Precious
Russians Banned From Boston Marathon
The Boston Athletic Association has banned all Russian and Belorussian citizens from running in this year’s Boston Marathon, in response to Russia’s on-going invasion of Ukraine. Here are my thoughts: Whom do we expect to change the behavior of the … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Economics
Comments Off on Russians Banned From Boston Marathon
Beautiful World, Where Are You?
Sally Rooney, in her third novel, Beautiful World, Where Are You?, follows three couples as they explore the nature of love and friendship in an atomized society. Eileen and Alice, college roommates in Dublin, are English majors whose lives rapidly diverged. … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews: Books, Movies, Music, TV
Comments Off on Beautiful World, Where Are You?
Fairness in Sport: Are Trans-Women the Same as PED Users?
The issue of trans women competing in sports is a current hot topic. A dozen states have passed laws circumscribing their participation in scholastic events. The Biden administration is set to publish Title IX regulations which prohibit discrimination against them … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Economics, Triathlon Central, Uncategorized
Comments Off on Fairness in Sport: Are Trans-Women the Same as PED Users?
Cancel All Russians?
in response to a “debate” in the NYTimes about whether all Russians deserve to be persona non grata until their country ends its war against Ukraine, I wrote the following… The US Presidential election of 2016 taught us that bad … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Economics
Comments Off on Cancel All Russians?