http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/ Copyright 2010 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:52:27 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=5.02 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss I am in the process of an apparently successful transition into the wildly popular Vibram FiveFingers foot-glove in place of a traditional running shoe. http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2010/07/my_happy_transition_to_VFF.html http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2010/07/my_happy_transition_to_VFF.html running and fitness Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:52:27 -0500 just running http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2010/06/a_saturday_morning_run.html http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2010/06/a_saturday_morning_run.html poetry Fri, 04 Jun 2010 10:19:41 -0500 I made the difficult decision to get up and leave. http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2010/04/walking_out_on_sesshin.html http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2010/04/walking_out_on_sesshin.html human behavior Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:58:37 -0500 As someone who struggled intermittently with sleep problems for decades and ultimately beat them, I am pleased to share what I consider the secrets of my success. None of this can be proven objectively; none of this is science; all... http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2010/02/the_end_of_insomnia.html http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2010/02/the_end_of_insomnia.html health etc Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:43:04 -0500 It's fun to review the interesting stuff that has happened in one's life. http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2009/12/the_annual_wrap_up_2009.html http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2009/12/the_annual_wrap_up_2009.html life itself Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:56:41 -0500 I had a great adventure running an rather undisciplined but ultimately successful NY Marathon. http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2009/11/running_the_2009_ny_marathon.html http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2009/11/running_the_2009_ny_marathon.html running and fitness Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:47:25 -0500 As part of a nationwide campaign of nonviolent civil disobedience to demand Single Payer health care, a group of 14 of us sat in at the lobby of an insurance company, were arrested and stayed in custody for some 30 hours. http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2009/10/going_to_jail_for_single_payer_healthcare.html http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2009/10/going_to_jail_for_single_payer_healthcare.html human behavior Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:26:21 -0500 a very short poem in the 5-7-5 syllable format, and also a true story http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2009/10/for_amy.html http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2009/10/for_amy.html life itself Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:42:10 -0500 Cranking out the miles is, in some sense, no different from a virtuoso pianist playing his ass off. http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2009/09/training_for_th.html http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2009/09/training_for_th.html life itself Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:55:52 -0500 A letter to Senator Men�?©ndez urging him to abandon the fatally flawed HR 3200 in favor of real health care reform, i.e., HR 676 and Senate 703: a single publicly financed, privately delivered national health insurance program for everyone. http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2009/08/to_menendez_in_support_of_single_payer.html http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2009/08/to_menendez_in_support_of_single_payer.html health etc Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:29:05 -0500 We will never get the health care crisis under control in the USA until we get rid of the parasitic and perverse private health care insurance industry and institute single payer. Quality health should be treated as a human right, not a commodity. http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2009/08/open_letter_to_pascrell_on_single_payer_health_care.html http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2009/08/open_letter_to_pascrell_on_single_payer_health_care.html health etc Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:03:16 -0500 What is the Way? http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2009/06/what_is_the_way.html http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2009/06/what_is_the_way.html cats Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:51:48 -0500 Oh, excuse me, was I recently berating people for their thievery? I must have conveniently forgotten that too I have enjoyed stealing a little bit, albeit rarely and in a petty way. You know how a lot of supermarkets nowadays... http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2009/06/the_joy_of_stealing.html http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2009/06/the_joy_of_stealing.html human behavior Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:53:39 -0500 Inside and outside, light and dark -- different, although not. http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2009/04/new_jersey_transit.html http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2009/04/new_jersey_transit.html life itself Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:52:01 -0500 I have said before but it bears repeating: motherfuckers will rip you off if you let them http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2009/03/adilio_comcast_pseg_are_thieves.html http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/archives/2009/03/adilio_comcast_pseg_are_thieves.html human behavior Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:45:13 -0500