{"id":269,"date":"2006-03-16T22:28:12","date_gmt":"2006-03-17T03:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/2006\/03\/16\/a-different-stroke-for-a-diffident-bloke\/"},"modified":"2006-03-16T22:28:12","modified_gmt":"2006-03-17T03:28:12","slug":"a-different-stroke-for-a-diffident-bloke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/archives\/269","title":{"rendered":"A different stroke for a diffident bloke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-style: italic\">March experiment&#8212;day fifteen&#8212;<\/span> Took a break after 20 laps and caught some rays on the deck next to the natatorium. I wasn&#8217;t expecting the sun to nullify the breeze, so I found it to be surprisingly comfortable for the few minutes I spent outside. The pool felt warm when I first got back in the water and soon finished up with 33 total laps&#8212;a perfect workout.\n<\/p>\n<p>When I got back to the studio, I was able to find my way through a difficult  juncture with the Burkmann equine symbology, even though I felt thoroughly stumped before my midday swim. Dr. Williams has set the bar rather high on this assignment, and I&#8217;m trying to avoid taking a &#8220;safe&#8221;  approach. I wish it was self-confidence that drives me to employ a challenging design method, but I suppose it&#8217;s just fear of mediocrity.\n<\/p>\n<p>Tonight&#8217;s brainstorming session with five other avid cyclists was moving along nicely until I let the meeting become diffused and run too long. I still have so much to learn about efficient meeting leadership, and I wonder if I&#8217;ll ever gain that valuable skill.\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Today&#8217;s sight bite&#8212;<\/span> Treating my eyes to a crocus bed of purple, white, and yellow splashes<span style=\"font-style: italic\">&#8212;c-l-i-c-k&#8212;<\/span>before looking up to see bare-arm walkers  and a &#8217;57 Chevy Bel Air cruise by. (Don&#8217;t tell anyone in Punxsutawney, but spring arrived in Danville, Kentucky on March 16th.)\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Tomorrow&#8212;<\/span> Complete the Salvation Army stationery and invitation letter for April&#8217;s annual event&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March experiment&#8212;day fifteen&#8212; Took a break after 20 laps and caught some rays on the deck next to the natatorium. I wasn&#8217;t expecting the sun to nullify the breeze, so I found it to be surprisingly comfortable for the few minutes I spent outside. The pool felt warm when I first got back in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,21,43,14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}