Water birds and Cheetahs

ORN: Five miles in 53:26 on a cool, cloudy, and wet Wednesday. I was sore, thus slow, today. Still, I am pleased that I managed the full fiver. The last 1.5 were rough-going, though. On the glass-half-full side, the goose family I run past most days has a gosling! The cute, fuzzy bastard was out nibbling grass with mum and dad along the river side where I usually see them. On down, another couple of geese were grazing warily but, alas, no gosling. Not sure what going on there.

At work this morning, one of the ducks nesting in our parking lot was discovered to have a broken leg. Seriously, there was an announcement over the PA system and everything. A conscientious employee with contacts in the wild bird rehabilitation business decided to take it home once Animal Control officers arrived, salivating, with knife-and-fork in hand and a napkin wrapped around their necks.

All in all, a foul, fowl day.

Poor Oscar Pistorius. He be rollin'; the IAFF be hatin'. At issue is whether or not his Cheetah prosthetic legs give him an unfair advantage. Do they use less energy than organic legs? Does using them cause him comparatively less fatigue? Are they bouncier? The article is interesting because this guy's career [and those of other amputees] is in the balance and alternating assumptions and interpretations of data are at the core of the debate. As a tech geek and a runner, I'm interested in how it'll all play out. I'm rooting for Oscar, but I'm all for fairness in sport.

1. Santa's Beard - They Might Be Giants
2. Icky Thump - The White Stripes
3. Easy Anwers - Crimpshrine
4. Wise Up (Version) - Bim Skala Bim
5. Puppet Lover - Isaac Green & The Skalars
6. Best Day Until Tomorrow - The Real McKenzies
7. Greed - Fugazi
8. Cage & Aquarium - They Might Be Giants
9. So Much Things To Say - Bob Marley and The Wailers
10. I Got the Feelin' - James Brown
11. Gravity - The Dresden Dolls
12. Can You Feel That? - Crimpshrine
13. Dope Sick Girl - Rancid
14. Skintight - The Donnas
15. Smack My Bitch Up - The Prodigy
16. Forever - Dropkick Murphys
17. I Turned Into A Martian - Misfits
18. Big Little Baby - Reverend Horton Heat
19. Rapture - Blondie