Smuli-scope

Not off to the best start today. For the first time in a while I had to dash over to RVC because of my own faults, and not the train. Problem was, I figured it was a futile effort. I was right by about 30 seconds. If I didn't have to cross Sunrise Highway, I would've had a fighting chance.

In all fairness, however, I'm positive my time from the house to that station was under 10 minutes, which is really good.

Began reading Horace Silver's autobiography. Fantastic pianist and composer and apparently now he has alzheimer's, which really sucks and I suppose he did his fans a favor by writing his memoirs when he had full use of his facilities and memories. He recorded a lot of albums for Blue Note in the 50s and 60s and I'm really looking forward to the chapters where he details how he got there and what it took. I'm almost 30 pgs in and he's already met Kenny Dorham on the smaller circuits. Though I only have 3 of his albums (and a few others where he is a sideman), Dorham is one of my favs as he was a great trumpeter and his compositions were catchy and sometimes justifiably long. I totally dig that guy. In random order, my top 5 jazzmen are: Silver, Jimmy Smith, Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard and Donald Byrd. I won't claim to be a jazz historian or anything like that, I just base that on my growing collection. They either wrote or played my favorite jazz tunes. Special mention for Dorham, too. Anyway, Horace Silver's Doin' the Thing Live at the Village Gate is easily one of my very favorite jazz reissues and it's just a masterpiece.

So I put on a couple of the live Jazz Messengers tunes to keep me in the upbeat mood.

I ran a 21:54 5K on Monday and am looking forward to running again today. I'm moving well on the road today and even though I'm not thrilled about running after a tougher biking morning, I realize it'll give me a more accurate read on myself, b/c I'll be running in the triathlon after a 9-mile bike ride.

I moved pretty swiftly today. Had a rough return ride last nite as the chain got lifted again as I approached Worth Street. I'm sure there's a way to limit the frequency of that, but I suppose the answer is to avoid indentations in the street.

Two months ago I was sure I could draft a letter of resignation and now I'm sure that although I could, I cannot submit it with any merit.

Thank you for reading.

Playlist:
Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers: "Quicksilver" "Now's the Time"
Foo: "Word Forward"
Rob Zombie: "Demon Speeding"
Bad Religion: "Leaders and Followers"