Brilliant

Nobody can maul someone verbally with quite as much style as the British. Some good lessons here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94lW6Y4tBXs

Sorry forgot this quote as well (see previous post)

LOL

"This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read."

Winston Cup

On Saturday I went for a (reasonably) long run and listened to another History podcast, this one on Winston Churchill. What an amazing guy. A few tidbits I pulled out of it was how committed he was to the power of words and language to move people. Of course that is not surprising giving his oratory skills but I think it is true for today more than ever. Even with online and other data sources as widely available as they are a good speech still moves people more than a well written article.

Also, a note to you young kids out there (Steve Stone voice), he didn't let the fact that he was not a good student stop him from pursuing what he felt was his God given goals.

He was also a quote machine. Some good ones are here:
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/w/winston_churchill.html


I always remember this one but it's best if you can hear an audio recording of it:
"We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender. "

Early 2009 Race Schedule (in flux)

April - Half Marathon TBD and Naperville 10K
May - Soldier Field 10 mile
June - TBD, need something
July - Schaumburg Triathlon

Change?

Hypocrites...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090304/ap_on_go_co/congress_spending