Ready to Bix it Up

So, here it is 11:32 p.m. and I’ve not been too busy today (Tuesday), but somehow too busy to write. Good thing I’m not a freelancer or a novelist with a deadline to meet on his own. 

Found 2 CDs today and, hey, it rained!
That's a puddle on the ground.

Got up and ran this morning and followed up with a short day at work. Don’t actually get two full days off a week anymore. One full day and two halves, supposedly. Hey, I’m employed, so I can’t complain. Right? So I napped after work and then cleaned my parents’ house – my part-time gig to earn some beer money.

And then I did nothing for a day and a half but work and go out to be among people. Now it’s Thursday and I did my final training run for the Bix 7 this Saturday in Davenport. I’m feeling pretty psyched right now. That’s good. The endorphins didn’t do their job Tuesday. What a letdown. I needed the boost and got nothing. Not that I regretted the run, but I didn’t get the full benefit and I was therefore disappointed.

Even today, while I’m uplifted, I have nothing really to write about. I mean I do, but it’s more personal. I’ll keep it in reserve. I will share my frustration with the Kindle Touch 3G I bought a couple weeks ago. It remains mostly unused. It cannot play the audio book I bought some time ago through iTunes (because of iTunes protection). It cannot read the ebook edition of “The Hobbit” I bought several months ago because it can’t read the format and I can’t convert it because the distributor has protected it. My initial effort to download the software to convert the ebook to a format readable by the Kindle resulted in the installation of a malicious browser add-on called Babylon toolbar that I am having difficulty removing.

A friend told me public domain books (mostly literature published long ago) are available for free. I decided to look into that the other day. Thought I’d download H.G. Wells’ “The Island of Dr. Moreau.” When I went to do so, I was met with a message that some readers indicated there were problems with the text or that it might not be complete or something so the download was unavailable.

So, I have the three texts that came preloaded on the Kindle: the user manual and two dictionaries. Grrr.

Next entry: I get my kicks doin’ the Bix!

Today’s Stats (July 26)

Temp: 73 degrees F

Distance: 5.12 miles

Weekly Total: 10.24 miles

Treasure: 2 CDs (JCole – Cole World: The Sideline Story; homemade Mom’s CD).

iPod Playlist (shuffle)

A Murder of One – Counting Crows

Oh Girl – Paul Young

Slipstream – Jethro Tull

I Can’t Get Started – Charlie Parker (skipped)

So What – Miles Davis (skipped)

Cordy Meets Fred – Robert Kral (Angel television series soundtrack)

We Will Not Be Lovers – The Waterboys

Only the Good Die Young – Billy Joel

Haven’t We Been Here Before – Styx

Green Earrings – Steely Dan

Play it All Night Long (live) – Warren Zevon

Spell No. 30 (For the Judgment of the Dead) – Alberto Acosta

The Lazarus Heart – Sting

Soda and Salt – James McMurtry

Tin Man – The Avett Brothers

Murder – David Gilmour

Today's Stats (July 24)

Temp: 77 degrees F

Distance: 5.12 miles

Treasure: No pickup today.

iPod Playlist (shuffle)

Tell Me What You See – The Beatles

Tomorrow Never Knows – The Beatles

An Innocent Man – Billy Joel

Pursuance – John Coltrane (Skipped)

Right Here Now – James McMurtry

For the Love of a Princess – James Horner (Braveheart soundtrack)

Mr. Roboto – Styx

Luther Played Guitar – Stan Ridgway

Have Mercy – Richard Marx

Keep Me In Your Heart (Strings Only) – Van Dyke Parks (cover of Zevon)

Can’t Fight ThisFeeling – REO Speedwagon

Hold On - Yes