Weekend, 11/11-12/17

Honor the vets.

Pro tip from Pope Francis

One of the Quietest Places on Earth …With a big problem. See here.

“So they took the leg”

Now reading John McPhee’s Draft No. 4

Video: Commercial to Sell a 21-Year-Old Used Honda Accord

NYT: Running

Foothillers advance to CIF-SS Finals. Results.

NYT: How the ‘Shalane Flanagan Effect’ Works

Don’s Fitbit Weekly Totals: 100,634 steps 409 floors (4090′ elevation) 52.83 miles 15,257 calories
…A bit misleading from the usual with two long runs on Spencer Butte in 7 days. Probably 22 miles of walking. I run three days a week.

Signal: Six SCV cross country teams moving on to CIF-SS finals. …No, it was seven teams. Trinity Classical advances. And other than Valencia and Trinity, all the other teams are in Division 2. …Geez Louise, as we used to say. But anyway, has Foothill ever done so well? Not in my memory. …Canyon has photos.

Not there, but we still heart Hart

NYT love for Draft No. 4. …A truly engaging and fun read. Only 192 pages. The better you write, the better your life.

Consider Writing Your Way to Happiness

Eight Habits of Highly Successful People You Can Try Today.

Gazillionaire Mark Zuckerberg, shocked and weepy, says extent of opioid crisis was biggest surprise of US tour. …Consider the yearly stats. And that doesn’t include all the deaths of the screwed up, strung out folks you see (and mostly don’t see) on the streets in every town.