{"id":847,"date":"2008-03-01T20:13:37","date_gmt":"2008-03-02T00:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/2008\/03\/01\/various-sundry-part-seventy-two\/"},"modified":"2008-03-01T20:14:35","modified_gmt":"2008-03-02T00:14:35","slug":"various-sundry-part-seventy-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/archives\/847","title":{"rendered":"Various & Sundry, part seventy-two"},"content":{"rendered":"

My log is currently suspended for the annual March Experiment<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

— Month of February workout totals: Swim-3; Bike-2; Run-3; Lift-2; Yoga-0; Pilates-3; Lupus-1<\/p>\n

— If I accomplish nothing else over the next 30 days, I must find \u201cthe means.\u201d I won\u2019t try to define exactly what that means (hey, is that a pun?), but most of you know what I\u2019m talking about. It can look like ferocity, but mere ferocity is no match for the kind of unrelenting competitive intensity that Uncle Don held out as mark of the victorious spirit. Well, maybe I did just define it. All I know right now is that I need to regain the source of it, and the man who coined the term is in the hospital and probably dying. He is my Godfather, and from him I inherit the challenge of \u201cthe means.\u201d James and I were talking about him this morning when we accompanied Joan to inspect Joe\u2019s Riverland. It was a wonderful outing that combined the gentle Lamb of March and memories of our lost Clansmen with an enduring camaraderie that is too rarely enjoyed (and I don\u2019t mean scarce, but rare). I\u2019m so glad we did it. <\/p>\n

— Speaking of Joan: she uncovered this NPR feature<\/a> that makes me think we might have been among the last of the \u201cOldenday Players.\u201d This closing thought sums up the sad, ironic state of current affairs:<\/p>\n

…in the rush to give children every advantage\u2014to protect them, to stimulate them, to enrich them\u2014our culture has unwittingly compromised one of the activities that helped children most. All that wasted time was not such a waste after all. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

— Wow, did I ever miss the mark at the end of January<\/a> when I failed to predict that the majority of Democrats were finally ready to kick their Clinton habit! Rather than Senator Obama\u2019s campaign suffering from too many losses in too many states, it appears that the exact reverse has taken place, and now Hillary faces the need to complete an urgent end-zone bomb to stay in contention. Too bad that more conservative Republicans didn’t rally to Romney sooner and offer to the nation the kind of clear ideological choice that a Barack-vs-Mitt face-off would provide.<\/p>\n

— Dadbo once gave us an item of firm advice: never work through a general contractor. He learned that lesson the hard way when he and Mombo built our house on the Shoop Road lot. The truth of his warning was born out last week by my experience with one of our clients who\u2019s completing a new dental office. Due to the construction manager\u2019s faulty information and his cover-my-butt attitude, what could have been a perfectly handsome interior wall treatment will fall short of what we worked to achieve on our client\u2019s behalf. It makes me wonder how many other compromises they were forced to swallow in order to get the doors open on time. But maybe I\u2019m missing the whole point\u2014they did what they needed to do to achieve a massive relocation, with a net gain of significant improvement. What’s wrong with me? Done is better than perfect!<\/em><\/p>\n

— On Saturday, March 8th, the Community Arts Center will hold its annual benefit and live art auction<\/a>. According to the Center\u2019s promotional material, the artwork is from some of the area\u2019s top artists, and I can\u2019t disagree with that, even if the list includes your humble correspondent. The online photo gallery offers sneak previews of artwork that will be on the block, and they did a good job of putting together that feature for the Website. The mixed-media collage I donated, Then Sings My Soul,<\/em> was created nearly a year ago for KOSMOS: Discovery and Disclosure<\/a>.<\/p>\n

— Go back another year to the first March-X and that\u2019s when I helped organize some local cyclists that would form the B.I.K.E. | Boyle County<\/a> group. On March 11th, the local organization devoted to cleaning up and preserving Clark\u2019s Run (C.R.E.E.C.<\/a>) will host a community forum<\/a> that will focus on trails and greenways. B.I.K.E. has not only promoted the idea of safer, more bicycle-friendly streets and roads in Boyle County, but has always hoped to collaborate with community partners as a catalyst for planning a network of shared-use byways and connecting trails.jadixonkbbc.jpg Yesterday I finished a draft of our comprehensive recommendations to kick-start the development of a community master plan that envisions much more than the construction of a few off-street recreational trails. The process will take leadership, commitment, and years of effort. Available funding will go to the localities which combine a strategic vision with constituent support. It\u2019s a challenging goal, but many places have already done it. Some of you know that from your travels and vacations. Those communities improved the quality of life for their populations and, at the same time, attracted visitors, new residents, and employers. Can we do it here? Stay tuned. Bye, everybody! <\/p>\n

For the despondent, every day brings trouble;
\nfor the happy heart, life is a continual feast.
\n          \u2014Proverbs 15:15 (New Living Translation)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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