Category: Miscellaneous

Nice quick book about Cannae. I knew of the battle but not the details such as they are. I find it interesting that Hannibal just hung out in Italy for so long and accomplished…not much other than destroying a few Roman armies.

An interesting book about a crazy set of events. Quick read. Nice overview of the U.S. just before the entry into World War I.

This was an amazing book. Really gives me an understanding of the social environment of the times, the personalities involved and the immense struggle they went through.

I was watching one of Adam Savage’s Tested videos and he mentioned ‘SmarterEveryDay’ (Destin is the host) and the video ‘I Tried To Make Something in America’.

Great video. Check it out here.

This is…pretty good.

I ran this race back in 2009 and have been wanting to do it again ever since.

The Life Time Chicago Half Marathon is a flat, fast course along Lake Shore Drive — a great setup. It’s at the end of September in Chicago, which makes for ideal running weather and…the last time the weather was absolutely gorgeous.

I was a bit younger then which will make the prep work a bit harder. Whatever.

If you’re interested, here’s my invite link: https://letsdothis.com/share/69deac54cff0cef3984795f8

Edith is/was a feral cat born in May of 2025. She was hanging around after her mom and the other feral cats we had hanging around left (they are still around just not around our house). It was pretty cold outside during January and we decided to coax her inside the house. She and our other cats get along fabulously.

Been awhile since I did an update. I’ve been traveling which is always a good time to get some reading done. Let’s see what we got:

1. Butcher’s Crossing, Author: John Williams – 01/24/2026
2. The Unforgiven, Author: Alan LeMay – 01/25/2026
3. A Blaze of Glory, Author: Jeff Shaara – 01/25/2026
4. Everything is Tuberculosis, Author: John Green – 01/25/2026
5. As the Crow Flies, Author: Craig Johnson – 01/28/2026
6. A Serpent’s Tooth, Author: Craig Johnson – 02/02/2026
7. Any Other Name, Author: Craig Johnson – 2/15/2026
8. Life and Times of America’s Banana King, Author: Rich Cohen – 02/20/2026

All of the above books were pretty good. Number 1 and 2 are Westerns and rest vary on subject matter.

Everything is Tuberculosis was the book that I learned a lot from. I didn’t know that tuberculosis was so prevalent.

We’ve had Koi since September 2024 (Sept. 4th to be exact). The only way I can describe her is joyful.