Tuesday, December 29, 2009
I often find myself thinking of cool things I could do to improve myself and be generally interesting. In most cases I end up not doing them or just doing a little bit. I justify my behaviour by claiming not to have enough time or that the circumstances are wrong. In my more self-reflective and [...]
The other day I was cycling home and I was passed by a guy with no legs* on a (modified) bicycle. It reminded me of this story.
What amazed me was he was pedaling with his arms while he passed me. That’s some serious upper body strength.
* I am actually unsure if he had legs and [...]
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
I was reading this Wired article this morning and thinking about what a nice guy he sounded and how I hoped he got into the Olympics. Feature articles are always so impartial in their language (I’m so impressionable).
Anyway, this evening I came across this article (linked from Fark - I don’t normally read Sports Illustrated. [...]