You know, I’m always dismayed by the quality of my blog posts. With my plays I generally am quite happy with what I write, but I know my blog posts aren’t the most interesting thing on the planet, and that makes me think that perhaps I’m a bad writer.

But I take heart from Neil Gamin’s blog. He’s an exceptional writer, but he doesn’t write Oscar Wilde-esque posts. I’m envious of people who can do that. Who can write succinctly and wow you day after day with their humor, warmth and profundity (Dutch, I’m looking at you). Maybe being a good writer doesn’t mean that I have to be good at writing everything. Maybe I can just get better at writing plays. And still write crap poetry and blog posts.

Anyway, I’ve added a new feature over there on the right - “Interesting From The Web”. It’s stuff I found interesting from my feeds. Lots of good stuff down there. Be sure to check out the Mr. Rogers story.

Got the last Sunstroke 5k of the summer tonight. Really hoping I can do better than I have been. I turned in a torturous 33+ minute 5k yesterday jogging around my parent’s neighborhood. Kate was talking about caloric consumption and trying to eat healthier so I decided to computer how many calories I need in a day. Over 3000. I think I need to start eating more, and making sure I eat a lot before I run.

Living with my parents is going ok. I’ve been cooking for them which they seem to appreciate. The bed is comfortable. There’s air conditioning now, and Stella’s settled back into her old sleep patterns. We took a nice long stroll around the neighborhood which was really nice. With the exception of Roxie, our little old dog, who appears to want to be pulled along on walks. I don’t think she’s going to get invited back again. Still no roads unfortunately…