Help, I'm surrounded by Jerks

Late last year The Guardian online (UK) tipped me off on the top 10 internet sites for news.
It included The New York Times, which has been an impressive site. I'm even reading from the Fashion pages after perusing the list of most emailed articles. I am metrosexual and smooth in any event.

This article about dealing with 'difficult people' was interesting. Being 'difficult' to deal with seems to come naturally to some people. I wonder what it is like.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/18/fashion/18difficult.html?em&ex=1169269200&en=9c412ae51b907411&ei=5087%0A

I saw the surgeon yesterday and progess is good. There's a striders 10km the first week of February which could be do-able.

Blow me away

2.25 am, home

Early this morning I heard my next door neighbour talking on the landing to a tenant who had locked himself out of his flat. About an hour later I woke up to the sounds of breaking glass.

The guy has tried to climb into his flat upstairs, and fell about 6 stories to his death this morning. The ambulance people didn't bother moving him since there were no signs of life.

The body lay there for hours bleeding while the police lit up the front of the building and took all their forensic photographs. It was gruesome. Later in bed I heard the zipping of body bags and the firemen hosing the blood away. Sorry for the imagery. This just blew me away.

In Search of the Perfect Penis

The above title is a serious documentary showing on SBS this Friday night at 10.00 pm in Sydney.

I will actually be 'busy' this Friday night, and miss the show. I think this one was a screen debut, but I forget now; it's all a bit hazy.

I am still confident of a return to action this month. As a perfectionist, I could well be a bit out of shape but I expect the rhythm and balance to come back pretty quickly. I've got an appointment to see my surgeon next week about the foot.

Happy New Year 2007

Running Goals for 2007
An early goal is to run again, which should happen later this month.

It will take me several months to ease back into the running, so the only event I have penciled in for 2007 is Gold Coast. I'll be there anyway for a conference so only the distance is unknown.

I have arranged my Sydney Striders membership renewal and intend to run the ANSW winter cross-country calendar again. I think the shorter ANSW distance events will suit me more this year. Marathons and ultras are for kids.

Blogging Goals for 2007
Thanks for your comments and feedback last year and the unexpected coolrunning blog of the year nomination. Not running for the last couple of months has meant staying up later drinking and dancing with members of the opposite sex. This has reinvigorated the blogging more than the running, and somehow I suspect my 2007 blogging will unwittingly reflect more coarse language and adult themes.