Levy Trail/Park Hill Loop

I walked and jogged two miles on the Levy Trail this morning in 27:40. I started at about 7:30, and it was 58°F, in Levy, on June 3 for Christ's sake, and, hell, at 5:59 p.m., the RealFeel® is only 81. There's a breeze on my front porch and it feels downright cool out here. If global warming means Levy becomes part of the high plains, then, as far as I'm concerned, those people in Peking can burn all the fucking coal they want. Late this afternoon I alternated three-minute jogs with two-minute walks to complete the Park Hill Loop in 59:22, with splits of 12:24, 12:25, 11:41, 12:09, and 10:43. I finished fifteen minutes ago and my clothes are already dry (but don't worry; I know there'll be hell to pay by the end of the week).

OVERHEARD
"I told the guy at the funeral home, 'I'm spending entirely too much time down here.' "
—Jim Taylor, after I finished my walk this morning. He said fourteen members of his family have died in the last fifteen years. I walked into my house, took a shower, put on my newest suit for Mrs. Taylor's memorial service, and called the North Little Rock Police Department

"That's one of the things white people do, talk about their tans. You know, they talk about their tans, and they like to say they don't have a TV."
—Carla Hall, an African American, and one of the hosts of the ABC food show The Chew*

*to continue this theme, here's something I found the morning after this entry from the Website stuffwhitepeoplelike.com (by the way, I'm not picking on anyone in particular who doesn't have a TV or didn't used to have a TV. It's just that I'd never thought of this as being a white-person thing. Recently, while in Hot Springs, I was told by at least three, maybe four, Hot Springs Hashers that they didn't have a TV, all at once, after I asked whether they'd seen a certain Miller Light commercial. Also, bear in mind that I like to tell people I don't watch much TV, except for sports, which is borderline bullshit, since, heck, I watched The Chew yesterday)

The number one reason why white people like not having a TV is so that they can tell you that they don’t have a TV.

On those lonely nights when white people wish they could be watching American Idol, Lost, or Grey’s Anatomy, they comfort themselves by thinking of how when people talk about the show tomorrow they can say “I didn’t see it, I don’t have a TV.”

It is effective in making other white people feel bad, and making themselves feel good about their life and life choices.

These people often fill their time by talking with other friends who don’t watch TV about how they don’t watch TV, looking at leaves, cooking, reading books about left wing politics, and going to concerts/protests/poetry slams.

Generally this makes them very boring and gives you very little to talk to them about.  It’s important that you NEVER suggest they are making a mistake or that there is a value to owning a TV.  You should just try to steer the conversation to allow them to talk about how they have better things to do than watch TV.