http://www.davecopeland.com Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 16 May 2008 16:08:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When you take a left off of the bridge Gary Evans jumped off of 10 years ago, you wind down a hill, pass the South End Tavern (which still boasts a neon "Ladies Entrance" sign) and drop into Troy, New York. There are a lot of ways to describe Troy. The ... http://www.davecopeland.com/index.php/2008/05/16/place-troy-ny/ I'm driving to Albany today. I didn't really need to read that the average price of gas is now $3.70 per gallon, up from $1.50 a gallon in 2001. Discuss. http://www.davecopeland.com/index.php/2008/05/12/fuel-for-thought/ I am now freelancing for the Boston Globe's business desk on what looks like it will be a somewhat regular basis. My first article is here. Freelancing for a newspaper in Boston, I'm finding, is much more pleasant than being a staff writer for a paper in Pittsburgh. As for the ... http://www.davecopeland.com/index.php/2008/05/08/return-to-the-life-of-an-ink-stained-wretch/ This is embarrassing, but in the interest of full disclosure, I'm posting the Runner's World video on me. I look like Barney the Dinosaur and he really fixated on me watching the 2006 Boston Marathon after leaving a bar, so I come off as a bit of a drunk. For those ... http://www.davecopeland.com/index.php/2008/05/01/i-felt-a-lot-better-than-i-looked/ It looks like I'll be teaching two sections of the Journalistic Essay at Bridgewater State next fall (which is very exciting for me). I'm totally revamping my syllabus and putting together a new reading list. If you're interested in seeing what I'll be teaching (it's a work in progress) you can ... http://www.davecopeland.com/index.php/2008/04/27/a-summer-reading-list-of-sorts/ This is an animated case study that supports my belief that texting will be the death of society. http://www.davecopeland.com/index.php/2008/04/25/its-funny-because-its-true/ Courtesy of Brad. I haven't really organized or even looked at them yet, and yes, I realize I look like an open-mouthed dork in half of them. http://www.davecopeland.com/index.php/2008/04/23/marathon-photos/ Becomes he comes up with sensible solutions to real life problems. Take, for example, his urinal code: 1. If there are three or more urinals, and all of them are empty, thou shalt take a urinal on the end. That way, the next guy can take the other end — leaving ... http://www.davecopeland.com/index.php/2008/04/22/why-i-read-randazza/ There was a time when I questioned whether or not running a second marathon could be more fun, more uplifting, more meaningful and more a bunch of other stuff. I was able to answer that with a "yes" yesterday. I'll spare you the full report but there was something overwhelming about running ... http://www.davecopeland.com/index.php/2008/04/22/yup-i-did-it/ Number of miles run between November 19 and today: 386 (AKA not nearly enough) Minutes spent on elliptical machine: 875 Number of shoes used in training: 8 Size of shoes used in training: 15-4E Weight lost during training: 20 pounds Total weight lost since starting to run two years ago: 40 pounds Time I'll wake up ... http://www.davecopeland.com/index.php/2008/04/20/training-by-the-numbers/