2/24

Welp,
I finished 'Born to Run' in blazing time and the ending did not disappoint. If you are into any kind of physical fitness or sport whatsoever do yourself a favor and pick this book up. The story itself is great and even taught me some fantastic running tips. Well...fantastic to me -- keeping my body upright, making sure my feet point down, and taking smaller strides.

The book also delves into barefoot running and it's advantages (see: preventing almost any running-related injury). I think once $100 appears in front of me I'm going to order a pair of five-fingered shoes. Check them out, they are awesome.

I suppose the pens bringing back Alexei Kovalev can't do any harm. The guy just turned 38, and although he won't be half (or even a quarter) the leader Billy Guerin was, he can score. And they got him for peanuts. Coming to the Penguins from a team with no hope of the playoffs has to be at least a little motivating. It was for all the other recent acquisitions the Pens have picked up off the deadline in the past few years with the lone exception being Alexei Ponikarovsky.

I can't say I remember Kovalev that much as a kid, but then again, anyone my age or younger who says they do is lying or watched a lot of hockey as a youngster. The only Pittsburgh athlete I remember consitantly was Jerome Bettis.

Bringing back former players worked out O.K. for the Steelers this past season, but I liken this transaction to bringing Randle-El back. The guy made a few nice catches and stepped up nicely in the Superbowl, but he won't be the same player he was years ago.

Random movie of the day that you've (probably) never heard of, but should see: Moon. Moon somehow got hugely overlooked come awards season last year. It stars Sam Rockwell as the lone astronaut manning a moon base and the voice of Kevin Spacey as his eerie robot. Sam Rockwell is growing to be one of my favorite actors and he knocks it out of the park. If you have a netflix subscription, you can stream it for free. If not, I'm sure it can be found easily enough. Check it out.