Thread Drift

[Nanci]

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I was reading in the What Animals Do You See thread about someone's DH who saw a condor in the wild. I've been thinking about them all day. This link is to the story of the last free birds before they were captured and taken into captivity to try to save the species, and what happened to them in captivity, and how they all ended up. It's pretty short. I should feel happy for them, but it really makes me feel like crying, too.

Nanci

[DrBee]

Wow Nanci. I just read the condor article. I see what you mean. Happy that they are being released, but sad at the same time. The last line is a doozy.

I'm sure you're familiar with the ivory-billed woodpecker stories, right? Thought to be extinct, but a few credible sightings have been made. Oddly enough - my postdoc's husband is one of the people that has made a credible siting! They live in the Atchafalaya, which is where he saw it - 3 times! Now that's happier, eh?

Lise - I'm so new to running that I've seen the fuel belts, but haven't tried one. It looks uncomfortable to me. RunningMommy should have a solution to this, right? She's got to have a way to carry water with her in AZ! I don't know if she's lurking in this thread or not.

Got chocolate - have you noticed how expensive candy is these days? I bought Hershey's kisses. Bleh - I haven't had them in a while. They're pretty bad.

Gee, NPR reported this AM that MS is the unhealthiest state in the country and the the MS Delta (where I live) is the unhealthiest place in the state so therefore the unhealthiest place in the country. Isn't that just lovely...

Enough drift for now - I have a paper to write!

[Lise]

OK, this is officially "Thread Whine":

I just got back from a "run". Run a block, can't breathe, think I'm going to puke, walk a block, feel better, repeat. Finally turn around, come home, figure, at least I got in 2.5 miles. Check pedometer. 1.73 miles. ****! (I just typed four stars. You fill in the letters.) I even ate some sport beans and drank my entire bottle of water.

Worked last night, but it was mostly quiet, so I got several hours of (fitful) sleep. Hadn't heard from photo guy since Tues night, so wrote him an email, he wrote back, blah, blah, general info on what he's been up to, signed off with, "Stay in touch". Stay in touch?!? Fer cryin' out loud. How disappointing.

I am dripping sweat, and it's supposedly only 78 degrees out. I can't run more than a block without panting and wanting to puke. Is it the extraordinarily expensive Enell bra that feels like it's crushing my ribs and impinging on my gastric sphincter (will that word be censored?)

Tomorrow I'll run before work, when it's cool, my favorite time to run. Then I'll ride to work, and, since it looks like I won't be going on a date, I'll go for a ride after work. That's truly something to look forward to.

Now I'm going to shower, take a nap, and ride my bike to volleyball in three hours. Thanks for letting me whine here.

[Lise]

Gee, NPR reported this AM that MS is the unhealthiest state in the country and the the MS Delta (where I live) is the unhealthiest place in the state so therefore the unhealthiest place in the country. Isn't that just lovely...

I didn't hear that story--is it so unhealthy because of the lifestyle of the inhabitants, or because of pollutants, weather....?

Sounds like a great deal on the shirts, and I like the little zipper pocket idea. I like just about anything that has a pocket! L.