{"id":940,"date":"2016-04-25T16:09:39","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T21:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=940"},"modified":"2016-04-25T16:09:39","modified_gmt":"2016-04-25T21:09:39","slug":"what-a-weird-day-nothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=940","title":{"rendered":"What a weird day, nothing!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/555035575\" target=\"_blank\">Run yesterday<\/a>, no run today. In the morning I&#8217;ll run again. Today was kind of a wash. The weather was terrible, but it&#8217;s a national holiday in Italy. The day picked to celebrate the overthrow of Mussolini and the expulsion of the Nazis. So I did mostly nothing. I liberated myself from worrying about as much as possible. Until my stove ran out of gas, and of course the gas place was closed. I managed to bodge together a decent dinner though with some frozen veggie patties I purchased which I was able to cook in the oven.<br \/>\nBeyond that, I did my push-ups, watched some TV and movies. I watched The Producers (the original with Gene Wilder), I thought it terribly apropos today, you know Springtime for Hitler and all. Every time I watch that movie, that number just cracks me up. Sometimes a good laugh is just what you need. Then I watched An Inconvenient Truth, because sometimes you need to remind yourself about the stakes. Throw in some Rick and Morty and some Ikki Tousen and you have yourself an interesting day.<br \/>\nLuckily, tomorrow I don&#8217;t work until later. I need to hustle back to the store and grab a couple things and I need to sort out the gas situation, and finish a few other little odds and ends. Short week at least and we&#8217;re getting to the point where I have to make a decision about next school year.<br \/>\nthanks to An Inconvenient Truth, I give you some snapcase:<br \/>\n<iframe allow=\"autoplay\" class=\"youtube_embed_iframe\"    allowFullScreen=\"true\" style=\"width:640px; height:385px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NnLMtG_edWw?autoplay=0&theme=dark&loop=0&fs=1&showinfo=1&modestbranding=0&iv_load_policy=1&color=red&autohide=1&disablekb=0&enablejsapi=1&version=3\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nwith lyrics for the hardcore challenged:<br \/>\nYou&#8217;re poisoning the sole essence<br \/>\nPoisoning your whole existence for the substitution of cognition<br \/>\nWalking around like the living dead<br \/>\nKilling yourself<br \/>\nKilling yourself<br \/>\nWhy do we kill ourselves to live<br \/>\nWafer-thin<br \/>\nNew role models<br \/>\nSuffer yourself caught in a fashion spin<br \/>\nFull subscription<br \/>\nFalse admission<br \/>\nWalking around with an empty head<br \/>\nA standard wage<br \/>\nRoutine daily<br \/>\nOverindulge and live inside a cage<br \/>\nRepetition of blurred vision<br \/>\nMinimum gain from the blood we shed<\/p>\n<p>Have fun, keep running, and remember; if Gil can run then so can you!<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-940\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=940&amp;share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-940\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=940&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=940&amp;share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=940&amp;share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-940\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=940&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=940\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=940&amp;share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-940\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=940&amp;share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Run yesterday, no run today. In the morning I&#8217;ll run again. Today was kind of a wash. The weather was terrible, but it&#8217;s a national holiday in Italy. The day picked to celebrate the overthrow of Mussolini and the expulsion of the Nazis. So I did mostly nothing. I liberated myself from worrying about as much as possible. Until my stove ran out of gas, and of course the gas place was closed. I managed to bodge together a decent dinner though with some frozen veggie patties I purchased which I was able to cook in the oven. Beyond that, I did my push-ups, watched some TV and movies. I watched The Producers (the original with Gene Wilder), I thought it terribly apropos today, you know Springtime for Hitler and all. Every time I watch that movie, that number just cracks me up. Sometimes a good laugh is just what you need. Then I watched An Inconvenient Truth, because sometimes you need to remind yourself about the stakes. Throw in some Rick and Morty and some Ikki Tousen and you have yourself an interesting day. Luckily, tomorrow I don&#8217;t work until later. I need to hustle back to the store and grab a couple things and I need to sort out the gas situation, and finish a few other little odds and ends. Short week at least and we&#8217;re getting to the point where I have to make a decision about next school year. thanks to An Inconvenient Truth, I <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=940\">Continue Reading &#8594;<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-940\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=940&amp;share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-940\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=940&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=940&amp;share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=940&amp;share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-940\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=940&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=940\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=940&amp;share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-940\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=940&amp;share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p69TnA-fa","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1335,"url":"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=1335","url_meta":{"origin":940,"position":0},"title":"So far, so good","date":"06\/04\/2017","format":false,"excerpt":"It's a beautiful day. 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