Well, another month has come and gone, so let’s have a look at who had the most to say in the month of May on Beyond the Rhetoric. This blog certainly wouldn’t be the same if it were not for the comments from my valued readers!
Not surprisingly, Ray Ebersole once again tops the list for contributing the greatest number of comments last month. Over on his own blog, he has quite an extensive post on why four-year-olds don’t belong in kindergarten. This is an ongoing debate in the education field and it brings up the socioeconomic ramifications of preschool too. Are they really ready for school?
Our friend Betshopboy is back to his running ways again. Most recently, he provided his results from the Sundown Marathon 2011. He finished the half marathon with a time of 1:42, putting him in 51st place overall. That’s faster than 5498 other participants, meaning that Chee Wee is in the 99th percentile. That’s remarkably impressive! Kudos!
Cell phone enthusiast Sourish also made the cut. On his site, he talks a lot about the iPhone 4 jailbreak and how you can do it, but do you really know what is jailbreaking in the first place? It’s a term that gets thrown around a lot when you hang out in iCircles with your iPhone-touting iFriends, but there are many misconceptions about what it entails and what it does.
Used Tires has a blog that is about, you guessed it, used tires. The site mostly discusses how you can acquire used tires for your car, why they might be a better deal than buying new tires, and so on, but there’s more to it too. When that rubber meets the end of its useful life beneath a vehicle, it can still continue being useful in other ways. After all, it’s so much better to reuse than to recycle. Tires don’t have to end up in the landfills.
And rounding out the top five is Komodo Dragon. Just like Used Tires, Komodo Dragon is awfully descriptive… he has a site about komodo dragons. While there, you can read about their habitat and conservation efforts, as well as more intimate details about their reproductive behaviors. Go ahead and cue the reptilian version of “boom chika wah wah” music, if that happens to be your kind of thing. I’m not here to judge.
Thanks for the shout out!
Running season is back and I’m on a “high” – runner’s high, that is!
I need a partner in my running. I just don’t have the will power to get out and do it. I wish there was a way we could do it long distance.
Distance running does require lots of will power. Will power to start out, and then more will power to sustain the momentum.
It can get really lonely at times. But the rewards (of running distances never ran before & completing races in good times) are most gratifying!
Not an excuse, but I will try tomorrow to start some sort of walking/running program. It’s 1 am and I will need to rest today to get the energy mentally to say that I’m not tired at 5am to run.
Congrats to Ray on being the top contributor once again! I am going to have to write a new blog post this month, its my goal for sure. This month I am dedicating most of my time to studying for the GMAT, so hopefully that goes well.
Thanks again for the shout-out!
-Jean
Thanks Jean, I just like reading what Michael posts and articulating my thoughts. This is a nice place to hang out, but I wish there was some coffee some place on this site to drink 😉
Indeed, I quite enjoy reading Ray’s comments. They’re always well thought out and he brings up a lot of good points and insights.
Only blogging for just a short time and already admire all the contributors on the list. Well done.
thanks for the mention . yeah i like to explain people how jailbreaking can be simple , as people are scared playing with their expensive gadgets [iphone ipad ipod touch]. jailbreaking is actually reversible and cool allowing you tweaks that apple wont allow otherwise .
Sourish