Cold, wet rainy…yuck

Workout notes I’ll update when I finish. It is 40 F and raining…what else is new. It is supposed to rain over the next 3 days.

Other stuff I posted this on facebook:

I’ve heard others say stuff about my facebook friends. Here is what is going on:

1. I have lots of facebook friends who were Naval Academy classmates. These folks are overwhelmingly conservative Republicans; some care about politics; others don’t.

2. I have racewalking friends (all over the map in terms of geography, political and religious beliefs)

3. I have ultramarathon friends (people who run or walk distances longer than a marathon for fun). They too are all over the map geographically and politically and religiously)

4. Because I spend some time on political links, i’ve picked up political friends; mostly liberals/progressives/Democratic.

5. I’ve also spent time with the non-believer community (atheist, some agnostic, some liberal religion)

6. I have a few who knew me in Japan (Tachikawa Middle School, Yokota High School) and a few who knew me at Travis, and a couple who know me from mathematics.

7. Then of course, are the family, friends, and those who are politically active in Peoria. Most of these probably think that I am too noisy about sports, politics, etc.

So, don’t be surprised that many of my facebook friends disagree with me in many ways on many issues; I am a part of many communities. In 2004, after the Chicago Ultra, I had dinner with someone who was backing President Bush against Senator Kerry, and this was the weekend prior to the election! We had a nice time and even discussed politics. We were brought together by our love for endurance sports and both of us are big-time science supporters.

My friends range from the skinny to the fat, from the “athlete” to the “wouldn’t dream of taking the stairs if an elevator was available”, from the smoker to the health food consumer, from mainstream Republican, the Ron Paul supporter, to the mainstream Democrat to the Daily Kos lefty (myself included); I have true blue Bible believers, religious moderates and secular atheists (myself included).

I have friends who are best selling authors and those who write stuff that gets published but mostly goes unread (myself included).

And you know what? I love it that I have facebook friends of all types.

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the downside: unfortunately, there are those who simply don’t know jack about science who get their feelings hurt when crackpottery is dismissed out of hand (“hey, those scientists have been wrong before”).

Of course no group of people is perfect, but: the vaccines mostly work, diseases are cured, computers work, planes fly, rockets fly and, unfortunately, nuclear weapons explode. But the science works, and yes, the best scientists have the most control….as it should be.

But that sounds…well, so “unfair” to the uninitiated.

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