This long-abandoned house has become considerably more decrepit-looking since the Googlemobile last passed by in 2009.
from our favorite religious fanatic, Jack Chick. Read it here!
AND THE WATERMELON.
"EATING THE SKY vibrates with both dystopic and utopic possibilities, depending upon your worldview or mood of the day. The seemingly declarative aphorism defies easy interpretation and toggles somewhere between environmental, existential destruction and spiritual joy and nourishment."
Remember them? "Each sticker card features a Garbage Pail Kid character having some comical abnormality and/or suffering a terrible fate".
The colloquial name of this little graveyard springs from the belief that many of the Irish immigrants buried here fled to Astoria in the 1840s and '50s to escape the Great Famine.
After the excitement at the finish line had subsided and the spectators had returned to the goings-on of their daily lives, Grahak got up and started running again. He completed an extra 13 laps to reach the nice, even total of 5000 kilometers. (This is not uncommon for participants in this race; the international running community tends to measure things in metric units.)
Here you can see Sahishnu, with his two timepieces, watching vigilantly for the exact moment that Grahak crosses the final finish line — the same sidewalk crack that served as the starting line some 43 days ago.
What a contrast between the quiet dignity of this race and the hyped-up, corporate, manufactured NBC Olympic cheesefest being presided over by Bob Costas.
Kodanda busts out a little medley off the top of his head for a couple of unexpected visitors.
Kodanda (guitar) and Antara-Prabhat (vocals) are back at the racecourse, performing for the runners once again. Lyrics here.
Sarvagata won the race last year, and he's poised to finish second this time around. At his side is his lovely wife Sarvakamya.
As you can see, Grahak's been suffering from a pretty gnarly rash, among other health problems. After pushing himself relentlessly for a month and a half, he can finally let the healing process begin.
I'm walking every street in New York City.
This is the counterpoint to my walk across the US. Instead of seeing a million places for just a minute each, I'm going to spend a million minutes exploring just one place. By the time I finish walking every block of every street in all five boroughs, I'll have traveled more than 8,000 miles on foot — all within a single city. Details!
Email me at matt@imjustwalkin.com
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~9,954 miles walked
Your donations allow me to keep walking full-time. If you think what I'm doing is valuable and you'd like to offer some support, I would be very grateful. On the other hand, if you think I'm a worthless bum, feel free to email me and tell me to get a job, bozo. Both are excellent options!
