wouldn't it be great if they had something that allowed you to post really short updates about your life in a format that's like a short blog? That'd be great.
I'm infinitely distractable this evening; my wife's gone to New York for a conference and I'm bored and lonely. And the article I'm writing up isn't going well. Introductions are the hardest thing to write, even after you've written the body. What exactly is it that I've been trying to say this whole time, and why should it be of interest to the reader? The problem of blogging, the problem of scholarship.
Good article in New York Review of Books about Benjamin Heisenberg movie, The Robber: "may be the most eloquent—and disturbing—portrait of the running mind ever made." Whatever that means. If there's a "running mind," it's mine right now--it won't stop and stay put on my paper. Why though is this such a topic of fascination, the question of what drives distance runners (as if there's such thing as a "running mind"?) I love when people presume running is a sympton. It's not always misguided, and it's more interesting than taking running for granted. Everyone's fascinated with fugitivity, no? Running's interesting as soon as it becomes about flight.
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