Runner’s diary, Thursday

It was a bit hot out today, but that didn’t stop me from making a four-mile trek. The issue, as always, is traffic and the aggressiveness of drivers — particularly on Ridge Road, where there are no shoulders. It was worse than usual this morning, mostly because I started out a bit earlier than usual, so I had to do a dance along the macadam’s edge, hopping from blacktop to grass and back depending on the flow of traffic. Luckily, the drivers were relatively sane this morning — unlike most days when I have to play chicken with fiery-eyed lunatics who like to bear down on anything not in something that ways two tons.

iPod: a podcast of Bill Moyers Journal that featured a discussion of the conservative movement.

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Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet