Infinite Art Tournament: the Life and Times of Michael5000

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

The Infinite Art Tournament, Left Bracket Second Round: Del Cossa v. Cranach the Elder!

Francesco Del Cossa
c.1435 - c.1478
Italian

Put up a pretty good fight against Gustave Courbet in Round 1.
Ousted Michael5000 favorite Correggio in First Round Elimination.

Lucas Cranach the Elder
1472 - 1553
German

Beat seventeenth-century Dutchman Aelbert Cuyp decisively in Round 1.
Lost a close one to Salvador Dali in Round 2.

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Monday, June 17, 2013

The Hypothetical Hypermarathon

Michael5000's Running Avatar has left Portland and is running generally east, out into the great big world.
June 10 -- Just outside of Roosevelt, Washington, population ~60.
June 2 -- Back on Washington Highway 14, looking down on the John Day Dam.
June 1 -- The Avatar crossed the Columbia again and checked out the Stonehenge Memorial on the way to the Maryhill Museum.
May 29 -- Still in the Columbia Gorge, the Avatar crosses into Sherman County for what is probably his last stop in Oregon for a long, long time.
May 19th -- Passing through The Dalles, Oregon.

The Humanly Prowess -- since August 2009

June 8 -- 11.5 miles sets a running record for the 8th.
June 2 -- 7.44 miles is a record-breaking 16th consecutive Sunday and wraps up the highest-mileage week of 2013.
June 1 -- A big 12.3 miles is the longest run so far in 2013 and an all-time record for the first of the month.
May 29 -- 7.09 miles gets rid of the only remaining sub-seven day-of-month record, although the 29th remains the day with the shortest record.
May 26 -- Tied the record for consecutive Sundays run, at 15.
May 25 -- 4.04 miles is an all-time record for New Mexico. Also, I've now run in 11 states.

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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

The Infinite Art Tournament, Left Bracket Second Round: Del Cossa v. Cranach the Elder!

Monday, June 17, 2013

I Drive From Springfield to Lamar, Colorado, Taking a Picture Out the Left-Side Window Every Mile

A User's Guide to the Infinite Art Tournement

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Left Bracket -- First Round Elimination

Left Bracket, Round 2

Left Bracket, Round 3

The Infinite Rice Army

The Hypothetical Hypermarathon

The Humanly Prowess -- since August 2009

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