Comments on: Mysterious Marathon Memory of Paul Ryan

By: Running from Hell with El

Running from Hell with El — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 16:58:09 +0000

Haha re the no sex truth!! And marathon running. Sheesh. It’s insane! Only crazies do it!! LOL. xoxo

By: Valentine Logar

Valentine Logar — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 11:52:34 +0000

Someday someone will explain marathon running to me. Maybe you will. I remember loving to run but never ever loving it so much that I could see myself running a marathon.

I suspect this one is something he told once to often to friends and it became a truth. Just like Clinton’s no sex truth as you put it.

By: Running from Hell with El

Running from Hell with El — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 03:48:28 +0000

Thank you! And man, I sure would like to see more men with solid principles in politics. Men and women–sheesh!

By: Running from Hell with El

Running from Hell with El — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 03:47:18 +0000

Good, good point Raunak–and no, I didn’t really write about politics, but I am thinking about another one (that is also not really about politics, or maybe it is–grin).

Good analysis above–I think you’re right on!

Thanks for stopping by!

By: Running from Hell with El

Running from Hell with El — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 03:45:50 +0000

I sympathize with injuries too–my nickname is “phoenix” because I’ve crashed and burned so many times. But yeah. Exactly what you said re forgetting marathon times. Hey, thank you so much for stopping by–I’m glad you did, because it gave me the opportunity to check out your writing!

By: Love & Lunchmeat

Love & Lunchmeat — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 03:35:28 +0000

Although I sympathize with injuries because anyone who runs gets them… I entirely agree with you. I remember every single time, good or bad, even for PRACTICE runs… I did not always time short runs, but I always timed long runs. I had an injury a few weeks before completion, but there is no possible way I would have forgotten a marathon time.

Oh, and congrats on the FP!

By: drndark

drndark — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 07:41:13 +0000

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By: Raunak

Raunak — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 19:50:28 +0000

El, did you just write another political post? or are we discussing human psychology behind lying first, I shall treat it as latter…the human being that Paul Ryan is, is obsessed with looking and sounding good. It is a commonly found urge and in most cases compels the subject to resort to lying.
now treating this post as political, one can hardly blame Paul for lying. All politicians do, and not because they want to, but because they must. In a media dominated society, where a politician’s every word is analyzed by the gazillion self proclaimed gurus, every gesture is choreographed by marketing “experts”, and surrounded by millions of advisers, it is easy for the politician to forget who he really is. In such a delusional state, he starts imagining himself and his life according to what others around him would want it to be. Paul must have dreamed up his marathon “Facts” as part of this delusion and must be convinced of its veracity.

By: aparnauteur

aparnauteur — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 19:39:00 +0000

Well written post.
You are right. Politics makes strange bedfellows. I am even willing to let this marathon fib go by, but what about his baseless attacks on the GM bailout? Unlike Mitt Romney I thought this guy would at least have solid principles.

By: Running from Hell with El

Running from Hell with El — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 19:25:03 +0000

Dear Doug,

I rather love the story of the sad little lizard. I do regret, however, that the sad little lizard is now running for office. And I regret even more than I’m seeing no true brontosauruses running for office now.

Aw thank you!

Aloha,