14 December 2008

people out doing stuff

did i tell you that the other night, this guy on horseback went riding past on the highway in front of our house? it was weirdish. my old man noticed there was a line of cars, so we got up to see what was going on, and they were all going slow because they were behind this guy on horseback who was leading a pack horse. sort of surreal looking. we'd been wondering who it was or what was going on, so i finally googled around a bit and found there is a whole society of folks that do what is called "long riding". they ride horseback for thousands of miles a pop. you can't even be in the long riders guild unless you have ridden at least one 1000-mile ride. wow, huh? i mean, who knew this was even going on, much less that there was a club - they do call it a guild - dedicated to the practice. people are doing all sorts of things, aren't they?

speaking of dedicated to the practice -- i am now in acquaintance of people who run long distances. one guy is disappointed today with his 41 mile run b/c he had planned to run an additional 15. yah. right. see what i mean? people are out there doing all sorts of things.

my accomplishment for the day is that i have balanced the checkbook. woohootle! my disappointment is that i neglected to insure that the titans game was tivoing, so we missed the 1st qtr. failure abounds! alas, alack! zut alors!

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