U.S. Air Force 5K Race 2010

For the second consecutive year , I participated in the 2010 United States Air Force 5K Race which was held on the campus of Wright State University, on September 17th.

Before the race, the United States Air Force Honor Guard performed an impressive precision drill routine. The honored aircraft of this year's marathon/half marathon/10k/5k was the "B-52 Stratofortress", which made a spectacular flyover at the starting gates.

I was able to cut off almost one minute off my previous time. I ran the 5km in 27min, 1 sec. and finished 230th, out of 1610 runners.

Cornfields?

Since so many people I talk with know nothing about Ohio, I thought I would post a few photos of the cities near here (Dayton, Cincinnati and Columbus). As you can see, we don't live in cornfields.

2010 Vancouver Olympic Games

Far-and-away, my favorite Winter Olympic sports are "Short Track Speed Skating" and "Snowboard Cross"

Why?

Because they are head-to-head direct competitions between athletes with skill, strength and physical contact as requirements for success. There is no judging or scoring involved. It is a pure measure of competition - a race. Whomever crosses that finish line wins. Real sports do not involve judging.

Which Sausage Are You?

Slim ..................... Average ................ Thick


And why do so many bratwursts and knackwurst think they are hotdogs and bratwursts?
I am a bratwurst. What are you?

Why I Like Asian Baseball

Ten reasons I enjoy Asian baseball over American baseball:

1. Asian players are not as arrogant, spoiled or disrespectful.

2. Asian players practice fundamental skills and are more dedicated to perfecting these skills.

3. Asian players do not complain and whine about umpire calls.

4. Asian players do not rush to fight opponents during games. Respect for opponents.

5. Asian players do not waste time during games. Pitchers receive the ball and are ready to make the next pitch. Batters stay near the batter's box and do not walk all over the place, wasting time.

6. Asian players seem to put forth greater effort to win and perform well.

7. Asian players have greater loyalty, whether to their team or in representing their nation.

8. Asian players do not argue or challenge their coaches, managers, team authorities.

9. Asian players are more versatile and athletic. In MLB, many players become great hitters or great fielders, or runners, or pitchers but rarely can they do more than one thing well.

10.Asian players respect the game.

re-creation

The Brain of a Liberal Democrat:

rec·re·a·tion \ˌre-krē-ˈā-shən\ noun. Middle English recreacion, from Anglo-French, from Latin recreation-, recreatio restoration to health, from recreare to create anew, restore, refresh, from re- + creare to create : refreshment of strength and spirits after work; also : a means of refreshment or diversion.


Recreation restores and renews. (in progress...more to come....)

Music

Here is some of my favorite music. It is grouped into three categories which I categorize as: Japanese Pop, Alternative, and CCM genres. I also enjoy some other music types ( choir, blues, and some rock or country) which are not yet listed here. Most of the web links I list also provide sample music to listen to. But please note that I try to keep these links updated but they sometimes change.

My friend, Hideyuki from Tokyo taught me all about J-pop and it is great stuff. It has become some of my favorite music and I often listen to it while I workout or run. Try it for yourself and see if you don't agree. And if you have different taste in music, there are many other Jpop music genres to suit any musical style. In some cases, I have listed the official artist's homepages. But remember, these are just a few websites where you can hear some of this music. Most Jpop artists have many other fan pages. And the great thing about this is that you can find some great Jpop MP3's and videos on some of the file sharing servers , or via download torrents, or even on web sites. Remember I am only suggesting you use these servers to listen to the music, not to take the place of buying a CD from an artist you like...but you can go to www.download.com and search for "MP3" or try p2p servers, like Bit Torrent or one of many others. I suggest you stay away from Limeware and Kazaa though, since they install spyware on your computer along with the program installation. I have found Sogou to be a really great source to find Mp3's in recent times (thanks to my Taiwanese friend, Oppo).

Jpop
Yuzu
(my personal favorite)
Yui
Glay
Soul Super Sonics
Asian Kung-Fu Generation
Mr. Children
19
TM Revolution
Gackt
Ellegarden
AAA
Ikimonogakari
V6/Coming Century

Alternative / Rock / Pop
Elvis Costello
Radiohead
Foo Fighters
Human League
Roxy Music
Big Audio Dynamite
OMD
The Alarm
Gin Blossoms
Midnight Oil
REM
Adam Ant
Indigo Girls
Peter Bjorn And John
Santana
The Cure
The Cars
Queen
Green Day
U2
The Smiths
Rush
Fleetwood Mac

Blondie
Pretenders


CCM
Small Town Poets
Caedmon's Call
Sonic Flood
DCTalk / Tait
Jennifer Knapp
Michael W. Smith
Steven Curtis Chapman
Jars of Clay
Jim Cole

For some more interesting music samples, listen to my VOX blog here:
http://binaryboy.vox.com/



..or listen to my Pandora Radio Station at the top right of this page.