Walk and worry

Workout notes 17 mile course, 3:56 (35:37 last leg, 2:18 at the turn-off). I saw lots of IVS folks on the course, some of Frank Stash’s group, and Beth Haynes (a local ironwoman tri-babe) with a another tri-babe.

Upshot: this walk was just a tad easier than last weeks; the right leg ached just a tad less and I was faster on all segments. This old, tired, fat body is gradually getting into shape again.

Photos: from FANS this year (my attempt at a 24 which turned into a 12)

Worry: Evidently someone showed up at the Knoxville (TN) UU church and shot people. The shooter was not a member of the church. I don’t know anything about possible motives.

I still have a soft spot for UUs though I admit that I don’t consider myself one anymore; I honestly don’t respect superstition of any variety. But the people in UU churches are, in general, nice and open minded.

Wildlife note I saw the usual variety of wild-life, including one squirrel that was “almost” black.

Perhaps it was half-a-shade lighter than this one.

Local Politics Peoria Pundit has a nice write up of the Callahan fish fry; the comments are worth a look too.

What did the working class people who attended Callahan’s soiree get out of it? These are people who are just sick of the way the country has been run for the past eight years. They are sick of war, and they want the Iraqis to take over. They want a government that doesn’t authorize torture and doesn’t spy on citizens.

They resent being told by the pundits that Aaron Schock has just too much money, too many connections, too much of a lead and too much fo a head start for a nobody like Colleen Callahan to win. They think Schock is too young, too reckless and too ambitious to be good for the 18th District and for the nation. Nukes to Taiwan? Are you serious?

Think about it: More than 700 people crowded into a basement of a tiny building on the outskirts of Kickapoo, Ill., to show their support for a woman whom all the experts say cannot win.

Laugh at my optimism if you must, but this has the makings of a people power movement, right here in the River City.

Yeah!!!!