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My first official road ride of the year and it was glorious
Why did I stop riding every day to go everywhere? Probably because I wanted to get steps in or because I was riding at awesome CYCLEBAR Columbia Pike every day, or because it was too cold, too far, I was running too late, or because of the weather, because of impending storms, or because of laziness. Because of laziness. Because of Uber.
Cycling: Fri, 10 May 2019 17:15:43: drinks with Bob
I left drinks with Bob at a quarter after 5 PM in order to meet Andrew at Courthouse Cinema. En route, I decided I really didn't want to grind up Wilson Boulevard right before the movie, swamping out my second t-shirt; so, I cheated and jumped the Metro from Rosslyn to Courthouse.
Cycling: Fri, 10 May 2019 15:13:07: met my buddy Bob
Biked to meet my buddy Bob and if I were 5 minutes quicker, I wouldn't have been dumped on by all the rain.
Cycling: Fri, 10 May 2019 22:38:08: Avengers with my buddy Andrew
Caught Avengers with my buddy Andrew and rode home. Didn't get hit with any rain on either of the second two rides today! And got to try out my Te-Rich 1200 Lumens Bicycle Headlight for the first time and I was very happy with it, though I think it and my GPS watch holders both need shims because they don't stay put.
Loco Moco Recipe and Cafe 100
My favorite food on the planet was a good loco moco at Cafe 100 with my mom and dad when we traveled to Hilo, Big Island, Hawaii, on business.
First of many long walks before bed
The best advice I never took—I only started last night—was given by my friend Sergey Krayev:
I almost fell to my death backing over a cliff decades before this plague of selfie-related deaths
I heard that people are plummeting to their deaths at the Grand Canyon from trying to get the perfect selfie.
Sanctions not socialism killing Venezuela
Economic Sanctions as Collective Punishment: The Case of Venezuela, a report by Mark Weisbrot and Jeffrey Sachs for The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) looks at some of the most important impacts of the economic sanctions imposed on Venezuela by the US government since August of 2017. It finds that most of the impact of these sanctions has not been on the government but on the civilian population.
Idido Coffee and Social House is my new local coffee shop off Columbia Pike in South Arlington
I never cottoned to Rappahannock Coffee and one never wants to make a Starbucks your local. Idido's Coffee is perfect. Lots of room, great Wi-Fi, friendly people, delicious coffee as well as lots of other beverages. There's also breakfast croissants and pastries, both sweet and savory, and I think they serve lunch and salads and whatnot. All within 4 min (0.8 mi) of my front door.
Spring 2019 Update
Happy Spring! I’m taking a breather to reconnect with you after a busy past six months.
I think Donald J. Trump is the most important president in history
The Donald Trump presidency is 9/11 part two electric boogaloo.
Takinging it slow with my Concept2 SkiErg
When I bought a Concept2 SkiErg, I thought I would spend so much time using it. But the SkiErg is extremely unique.
Strength is earned, feeble happens
I've returned to swinging heavy kettlebells, starting where a man my size and age should, 24kg.
My current (and latest) fitness and weightloss plan
Last week, I recommitted to intermittent fasting (IF) and even shook hands with my buddy Mike over it. Then, I met an Uber driver, Ralph, who had great success with Keto.
Morning Walk-Run with Errands and Breakfast and Coffee and Laundry Stops
Sort of more of an outing and a visit to the pharmacist and then to breakfast in the park and then laundry and coffee and then pick up laundry and then home.
My First Run of the Season and 2019
My first run of the season! Huzzah! Yes, my patented slow jog, ultra shuffle, zombie amble! So pumped!
My review of the TB12 Plant-Based Protein chocolate powder supplement
The plant-based protein powder that I am using after I come home from spin class every night is from TB12 (10% off with discount code PBP10). I like it.
Recovery from intense physical activity is a real thing
While I do concede that recovery days do rob me of valuable caloric expenditure, fitness is a series of ascending plateaus.
Posse mailing list blast from the past
I had my own Listserv based on Mailman, the GNU Mailing List Manager. I called it the Posse mailing list and I don't know how active everyone else was with regards to using it, but I loved it. I love Mailman. I wrote my entire travel journal when I flew around the world and visited Asia and Europe, etc, and I emailed my missives to Posse@lists.urban.net. Maybe now that I know the archives were at http://lists.urban.net/mailman/listinfo/posse maybe I can follow the Wayback Machine and find it. Maybe.
Intermittent Fasting: Aggressive Fat Loss, Heal Your Body, And Enjoy Your Life by Gabriel Jackson Review
Intermittent Fasting demystified by this concise IF primer
Catch and Kill by J.D. Lasica Review
Catch and Kill: A Shadow Operatives Thriller by J.D. Lasica is an exciting portal into the tech and threats in the near future; it's both wild adventure fantasy novel but also too plausible as a near future we will need to address that will surely make the nuclear or climate threat seem quaint by comparison. It's a fun ride with heroines and villains and existential crises and the amazing technology of the very near future.
Hill Mole Spy Novel
I started writing this spy novel casually on May 13, 2005, and sort of petered out on July 20, 2017. I aspire to continue. I blame Facebook and Twitter because I really stopped contributing to the novel, still alive at HillMole.com. But I had so much fun writing it. And I truly aspire to get her done, or make her a life's work. Ironically, it's still running a 2006 version of Six Apart's MovableType running Perl. I try my hardest to keep the code alive!
Second Run of the Season but Same Day
Red as a beet but basically jog walk run shuffle stumble on the way back home on the second part of my first run of the bloody season. 1.43 miles in. Huzzah!
When a bot writes a Hallmark Christmas movie based on a 1,000 hours of Hallmark Christmas movies
Keaton Patti tweeted this at 10:34 AM on 12 Dec 2018: "I forced a bot to watch over 1,000 hours of Hallmark Christmas movies and then asked it to write a Hallmark Christmas movie of its own. Here is the first page." This is honestly the funniest thing I have ever read in my entire life.
Walking really is the absolutely perfect adaptive exercise for us heavy people!
Everyone wants to think that running or jogging or even a spin bike or the elliptical is the way to get back in shape after waking up one day and realizing you're 350 pounds—or more.
Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
One of the most wonderful short stories ever written. Charming and powerful in any year but becoming more and more prescient as we move boldly into the future. While I am more than aware that the left and right is a pendulum, forever swinging hither and thither, the upswell of both populism and its reactionary response, political correctness, has made this short story by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., more proof that the author might very well have been a time traveler from the future.
Satan Says by Sharon Olds
Being exposed to the profane done artfully and in a way that shows the humanness innate in blasphemy and heresy. This poem, by poet Sharon Olds, from her book Satan Says, was one of those experiences. That and The Pope's Penis, another of her poems.
Primitive by Sharon Olds
The only thing that separates us Americans in 2019 from men 50,000 years ago is the hubris of modernity. We are all primitive and Sharon Old gets it. And it's beautiful and meaningful, both.
Sex Without Love by Sharon Olds
Maybe I have been hobbled by growing up Catholic or putting women on pedestals because of all-boys school. But I have never swiped left or right on Tinder. I am no choir boy. I have had more than my fair share. But going through lovers has never been the way I have ever passed my time. It's neither sport nor a source of story or content. I feel like Sharon Olds gets my feelings perfectly right.
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