Casman Blog

It’s been one year. This time last year, I was playing in my second men’s league soccer game in a long time, feeling better than the week before, ever hopeful that this time I’d stick with it. That is, get in shape, eat well, play hockeysoccerhikesailingmarathoningultimatelacrosse regularly. You get the idea. [...]

Two weeks ago while playing soccer I crunched my Achilles tendon. Bad. It’s almost a “100% rupture of the tendon,” which means I had an easy decision to make: Just let it heal and have no pushing off power for athletic activities or… go under the knife. I’m 40 and play [...]

I’m going into my third week of no news. I actively avoid it. It’s a bit of an effort, to be honest. My job requires that I’m very much up on the news. But that’s specific to my clients. It’s not national politics. It’s not op-ed and opinion pieces. It’s not the latest murder case. [...]

I noticed something lately. I’ve always read the news. The Internet for me has been first and foremost The New York Times. I know that sounds ridiculous in a way, but my start page has been nytimes.com for years, as I’ve always considered it important to stay up-to-date with the world around me. I’ll avoid, [...]

I get sick reading in a car. Can’t handle it. Periodically, I’ll forget, try again, and get sick again. Almost always it’s like instantly. I’ve even gotten it reading text on phones or laptops in cars. But, strangely, riding to work on the bus every morning, I was noticing people reading, and was thinking, “eeee, [...]