Yesterday? Yesterday morning I was up at sunrise, running 5 miles in record time while the world was still comatose. A couple of hours later, rattling with endorphins, I march into my boss’s office and tell him where he’s going wrong. He rewards me with a stellar promotion and a payrise that promises me permanent financial security. Y’know, I sometimes wonder why I don’t just fabricate the lot.… READ MORE.... …
Month: February 2007
Not everyone appreciated the staccato insight offered by Marnie Mueller’s poem in the previous entry. For some true doggerel, how about: Toucans in their nests agree Guinness is good for you Open some today and see What one or Toucan do I gazed for some minutes at this original Guinness poster in Dolan’s Bar, down the Dock Road in Limerick, last Tuesday evening, trying to force it to scan.… READ MORE.... …
Strategy for a Marathon by Marnie Mueller I will start when the gun goes off. I will run for five miles. Feeling good, I will run to the tenth mile. At the tenth I will say, "Only three more to the halfway." At the halfway mark, 13.1 miles, I will know fifteen is in reach. At fifteen miles I will say, "You’ve run twenty before, keep going."… READ MORE.... …