All writing efforts, including ones that don’t fit so well in other existing categories.
• Calvin’s Alaska Mission Effort 2026 • June 22 – July 7 (This post is intended as an invitation to provide Emotional, Social, and Spiritual support as well as Financial support. It is the online version of a print letter. It exists as a blog post on my website iCandybyWangC.com in order to provide context … More 2026 Alaska Ministry Letter
• Opinion duly noted • [10 SEC READ] Terminator Tony: Your writing is like a book. It’s too long. Tall Dave: Quietman Tom is in rare form. [Talking, not writing.] CtCloser: Tony ran. –CtCloser (Calvinthe) “Negative Split or Positive Splat” #dothedue (iCandybyWangC.com) FINE PRINT ¶Text by Calvin Wang (Wäng), CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (CreativeCommons.org). … More SRC Run Report: Tony Abridged Version (#222: ZY Weekly Newsletter 5/30/26)
• It must have worked • [2 MIN READ] Despite the forecast of rain for the next 40 days and 40 nights, Saturday looked hopeful for the usual SRC run; only light to moderate. That morning, it looked even better; approximately flanking the usual 7:30 a.m. run time as eleven people showed up (ShawmontRunningClub.com and … More SRC Run Report: Rain, Rain, Go Away (#221: ZY Weekly Newsletter 5/23/26)
• Alumni, unite! • [2 MIN READ] For unfamiliar readers, Coalition for Christian Outreach hosts an annual student conference in Pittsburgh called Jubilee (JubileeConference.com). It is a Christian conference cast in an academic hue; appropriate given its primary audience. ACF attends this mid-February event every year. One of its carnal pleasures is the munchies bag … More Serving the Club More
• If you managed to read the news in the right place • [>1½ MIN READ] You’d be forgiven for not noticing that Jacob Kiplimo broke the 2:00:35 marathon world record that Kelvin Kiptum set in 2023 at the Chicago Marathon. Under normal circumstances, breaking that world record by 7 seconds would have generated some … More Broken Marathon Records (#218: ZY Weekly Newsletter 4/25/26)
• Compare, contrast, converge • [1½ MIN READ] On a recent European trip that it was my good fortune to experience, one of two runs I was able to execute took place in Köln (Cologne), Germany. Köln runs alongside of the Rhine River and so did I. The Promenade went out of town and, naturally, … More Running in Köln, Germany (#351: 2026’04’29’W)
• A brainless week • [This is a pre-scheduled post.]
• A few runners of the canine persuasion • [1 MIN READ] [This is a pre-scheduled post.] While the typical Growler attending JRC’s weekly Wednesday runs is bipedal, there have been a few of the quadrupedal variety (iCandybyWangC.com, Facebook). One such, 2 weeks ago (2026’04’01’W), was Nico who hails from Jay-var’s family (Facebook). Train Dave … More Yer a Dog (#350: 2026’04’15’W)
• It’s a biblical reference. Nothing that weird, here. • [2 MIN READ] Executive Summary: This piece is an invitation for you to join my wife in her campus ministry work with me in mine. I parted ways with my job as an academic librarian in 2022 after 17 years. Maybe it was time, professionally. … More My Wife Is Joanna, Wife of Chuza
• Increasing overlap • [1½ MIN READ] The run 2 weeks ago (2026’03’25’W) brought together 2 Jenkintown School District alumni who’ve been with the Growlers Group Run variously, but never together (iCandybyWangC.com and elsewhere unless otherwise stated). It’s not like it was the first time they’d ever met — Jenkintown is a compact borough and … More Personal History (#349: 2026’04’08’W)
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