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Wrapping up a month’s lose ends
Please allow me a few minutes today to wrap up some lose ends:
Newspaper industry’s changes - It’s ironic that I blogged for Saturday about the changes that the newspaper industry is going through only to see that Garry Trudeau has developed this week’s “Doonesbury” plot on one matter that I didn’t touch on: reductions in news and support staffs at papers across the nation. Rick Redfern, the character who is a reporter for The Washington Post, is in the midst of being offered a buyout, one of the common steps real newspapers have been taking to cut personnel costs.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery - On June 19, I blogged about the resurgence of LP records as a music format. I guess I never realized the reach that this blog has; The New York Times since has run its own story about the value of vinyl to music. (Yeah, I know, I know; I wish that the Times had followed my lead. But like presidential campaign commercials, you get a little leeway with things like this.)
Take a hike, bud - Last month, I shared a little bit about my experience during a work day for the Mountain to the Sea Trail, the hiking route under development across North Carolina. The next work day for the segment near Falls Lake will be Sept. 27 if you’d like to lend a hand.
The race I - You would never mistake me for Matt Tegenkamp or anyone like him, but I did finish the Ford’s Colony 5K on Saturday. My time was decidedly non-Olympian - unlike Tegenkamp’s, who represented the United States in that race in the Beijing Olympics. But I did ever, ever so slightly best my personal goal of running 12-minute miles. I’ve got my eyes on the next challenge, a 5K in October in my hometown. Thanks to everyone who wished me luck before the Saturday’s race.
The race II - How I miss the Chase of Champions.
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