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Archive for October, 2007

Below I wrote about Anna’s run at the District X Cross Country Championships. It was obviously not a piece of neutral, unbiased journalism, and I only wrote about one of the four races in the event, but hey, I’m a dad, so I can brag, right? Even with my obvious journalistic bias, I [...]

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Today Anna ran for Strong Vincent in the District 10 Cross Country Championships at Buhl Park in Sharon.  She was in the AAA division.
Last week she ran at Regionals at Brown’s Farm (McDowell’s home course) and placed 8th.  This was just an OK run for her, and everyone else ran well, so it looked like [...]

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An Evolutionary theorist (aka a storyteller for the modern world) has predicted that mankind will divide into two subspecies in the next 100,000 years.  This story was published by the BBC on the Internet, so it has to be true.  You can read the whole article here.
Let’s take a look at some of his thoughts.  [...]

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I hope a person can’t be charged with blog neglect; if so, I could be in trouble.  Here are some random thoughts for Friday:
1)  Most fortune cookies are lame, but you get some notable exceptions. 
Anna likes to carbo-load with fried rice and other high-carb Chinese food the night before a big race.   Last year, before the [...]

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This week was something of a milestone in Dunsworth family kid development.  I actually had to THINK to beat Josh, my oldest son, at chess.  I’ll still be pulverizing his pawns, bashing his bishops, and sending his kings to kingdom come for the foreseeable future, but I’ll have to stay sober, awake, and somewhat focused  [...]

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My Stinky Neighbor

We are pretty sure that a skunk has taken up residence in a burrow near our front porch.  We know skunks are around, and the burrow seems to be the right size.  Also, there is frequently a faint skunk scent here.  We have seen the skunk nearby at night too (it’s really very cute, though [...]

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