"Live" Streaming an Execution

"If you look at the list of countries engaging in public executions these days, it includes Iran, Afghanistan, North Korea, Somalia, and Saudi Arabia (although the latter is changing). Is that a group to emulate?" 

Good question from The New Neo.

This, though:

But I think I am agnostic-to-negative on the open public spectacle thing.

Twenty Years Ago . . .

Believe it or not, I am an athlete. In Spring of 1972 I quit my high school track team because -- well actually, because I  was in no way any kind of athlete. 

Then in 2004 it seemed to be a good idea to get some aerobic exercise, and after some fits and starts I found the Couch to 5K plan. Which works! It works so well I've done the C25K four or five times now, after injuries and downtimes of one kind or another. 

Anyway, I sort of got into the running. More for mental health than cardio health, as it turned out. 

Long story short, in October of 2006 I ran a half marathon in an hour and 57 minutes (and some seconds). I'm proud of that, to be honest: 13.1 miles at a sustained pace just under nine minutes per mile. Photo above. There were fewer pixels to reality in 2006 apparently.

But here we are 20 years later. Seems impossible it's 20 years. My  glory days seem to be over. New personal records are a thing of the past. 

That was THEN. What about NOW? 

I walk quite a bit. I'm back to running (I call it running) once or twice a week. Pace per mile? Um, about 15 minutes per mile. Just trying to get the body used to faster-than-walking bipedal locomotion. Getting stronger. Who knows? Maybe I can set some new personal Seniors Running records! 

New Moon Saturday Morning

New moon is this Saturday, 10 Oct 2026 at 8:50 am Pacific Daylight Time. 

You have been warned. 

Queen of the Most Holy Rosary

Our Blessed Mother giving the Holy Rosary to Saint Dominic and Saint Catherine  at the St. Dominic's Catholic Church side altar in Benicia, California (photo from 2018).

The 7th of October is the traditional feast day of Our Lady of the Rosary. Being a Dominican parish, we celebrated as a Solemnity last Sunday. 

Eva Marie Saint

She was 102 years old when she passed away today. One of the classic faces. 

Ingrid Bergman, Olivia de Havilland, Grace Kelly... They could do their acting from the neck up. 

Life Together

One of the joyful and beautiful things about being young and in love is beginning to dream of a future filled with love, being with the one you love. Trying to imagine the everydayness of being in love! 

You and I are Polar Opposites (Seihantai na Kimi to Boku) features outgoing Miyu Suzuki and reserved Yusuke Tani as they navigate through their first High School crush.

Truth (anti) Social

Hahahaha!  I am blocked from even SEEING TruthSocial posts while using a VPN! At least I think that's why. Or maybe they found my name on all those lists I'm on?

So be it, then. I'm not so curious that I am going to turn off my security just for a peek at what the President is saying about (you know this has already been tried -- Nixon's failed experiment, as I recall...) permanent Daylight Savings Time.