Monthly Archives: October 2007
Beautiful Saturday
Unchecked sunshine. No clouds in the sky. Cooling breeze. Warm temperatures. These attributes alone are enough to make any day enjoyable, but combining them with a Saturday morning, and an amazing bike ride through the west Austin hills has simply stunning results. This life of mine truly is a product of luck; luck compounded over, and over, and over again.
Picture of the Day
A picture is worth a thousand words? This one probably is.
Medicine Bow, Wyoming – perhaps the smallest town in the state, and one of the smallest towns we passed through on our way to Alaska last summer. Medicine Bow is home to a beautiful wind farm, nestled in the breathtaking Wyoming landscape. Pure emptiness and green energy – a beautiful thing. Read the rest of this entry
Waiting for Fall
Weather wise, yesterday was the first teaser of the upcoming Fall season, and I sure do love Fall. These upper eighty/low ninety degree days are starting to wear on me, and not in a good way. I could actually do my commute yesterday without pouring out sweat, and my run two nights ago even required a long sleeved shirt. Fall shouldn’t be too far off; typically cooler evenings are the first sign. Read the rest of this entry
Post Offices
The folks who work at the post office on the UT campus are always very kind and very entertaining to me, which, unfortunately, cannot be said about a number of other post offices I’ve been to. I don’t know why it is the default reaction to feel like you’ll have a negative experience at a post office, but typically, it is mine. It’s good to see that this feeling can be flipped around from time to time. Read the rest of this entry
Cloudy Day
It’s a cloudy night, both outside and inside it seems. For that matter, it’s been a cloudy day too; I can’t seem to bring myself out of a lazy mood. I enjoy slow Sundays from time to time. I may have work to do, but work can wait – the priority has been on me today.
A short weekend recap… My brother came up to Austin to visit for the weekend; he turned 23 on Tuesday of last week, so we figured we would do some celebrating. Friday night we ventured up north to Walburg, Texas – home of the first bike race of the season, and, oddly, a very good German restaurant. I’ve been to Walburg a few times with the bicycle; it is a very small, very typical Texas country town. But when we got there, it was packed – cars and trucks lined the road. Turns out they were still celebrating Oktoberfest in Walburg, at this German restaurant/beergarden. Perfect timing, huh? We enjoyed some brews, and some very good food, and then headed home. Read the rest of this entry
Nike Free
I am exactly one week into my new cross-training program, which includes some distance running with the new Nike Free 5.0 shoes. A little background: the Nike Free models are designed to simulate, more or less, the state of being barefoot. The sole is very, very flexible, and contains little padding and shock absorption; the uppers are very lightweight and minimal as well. This lack of support is intended to train your feet muscles, building strengths that traditional footwear neglects.
I’ve wanted to get into near barefoot running for a while now, every since my dad started rocking the Vibram FiveFingers a few months ago. Wanting something that would be a little more accepted in public, I opted for the Nike Free instead, and I’m absolutely loving my decision. Read the rest of this entry
The new blog
This is the newest blog for your friend, noble advisor, and dedicated visionary: Mr. Daniel E Kietzer.
I’ve been doing a decent amount of thinking recently; thinking about life and the various directions it tends to tug my attention towards, and through this writing, I hope to share these thoughts with my dear readers.
Topics to be touched on may include green living, cycling and various methods of exercise, academic pursuits, political commentary, design, and/or whatever else may be on my mind at any given moment.
If you enjoy random, but well-educated thought, I hope you will enjoy this page as well.
