As you've noticed while running, Lights on the Lake is coming. Counting tomorrow night, we have 5 more nights of regular TRY evenings. (Plus, we'll have November 19th where we can stroll and dodge through the lights on the lake.) Last year we extended TRY for a few more weeks taking advantage of the lit up Creek-walk and using that on Tuesday nights into mid-December once the automobile portion of Lights on the Lake make the park unusable.
For now, all you need to worry about is a few more weeks of TRY, same place, same time. We'll deal with darkness by making sure we stay together as a group...at least in small numbers.
This week, we are due for 1/2 mile intervals. Plan accordingly.
Don't forget, Wednesday night you can learn about the needs of the Syracuse community and get free snacks! Just register and then come on down to the Community Foundation.
How did you spend your Columbus Day? As most of us now realize, history was written by white guys. And as Berms and Sue can tell you, white guys are primarily douche-nozzles. So, it is no surprise that history books contain more exaggerations and partial truths than an online dating profile. (Am I right, ladies?) With the advent of the internet age, it's more and more common to come across "what really happened" and since we know that everything on the internet is true ("Bonjour!"), I can only assume that the following stories are more true than what we were forced to memorize in school.
I'm sure some of you have had similar stories filter through your Facebook news feed or Twitter timeline, but since I'm sure not ALL of you have seen this, I want to do my attempt to pass along some internet enlightenment.
This first story goes into great detail of how bad of a person Christopher Columbus was and what horrors he brought to the new world. If even a quarter of it is true, we should all be ashamed to even consider this guy for anything but a noose. Which is why the author prefers to think of today as Bartolome Day. It's an interesting, and quick read. And Columbus day has only been a holiday for 80 years and was started by the "Knights of Columbus?" Yeah, like that isn't suspicious...we must have been awfully desperate for an October holiday.
This next story (really six intertwined sections) gives a more general treatment into how different the real story of the settling of North America was compared to what we have learned. It covers Columbus, Vikings, Squanto, and others, and gives a lot of credit to the Iroquois Confederacy in shaping our government. It is longer, and tends to get a little bit sarcastic (it's done by a "humor" site), but had some points I'd never come across before. What would have happened to those pilgrims if they had landed on a healthy continent?
Speaking of history, I was all upset when I found this in the last week and realized that I came across it two years two late. But instead of looking back with regret, I've decided to stay positive. Instead of saying "too late" I'm going to say "maybe, someday". Because, heaven help me, if anything should ever happen to my
[Read with Yoda's voice: ] Ladies, warned you have been. Hmmm? Say yes, you must.
(I'm already regretting Tuesday morning's family breakfast. The things I do for the enjoyment of the group. *sigh*)
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