Tag: getting old
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Middle age problems
I knew it was coming. I knew that though eventually, though I exercise more than the average American, my less than perfect eating habits, coupled with my family history were going to catch up with me. And this week, they did. For the first time in over a decade, I had my cholesterol checked. And…
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The Brooklyn Half Marathon Preparty and the Dueling Cliches of Being an Aging Man in a Transforming Borough
Last night, after I went to pick up my bib for the Brooklyn Half Marathon, I posted this on Instagram: Is there any greater sign that a man has become old then complaining about a party? Probably not. But something about the contrived Brookly-ness of the Brooklyn Half Pre Party really gets to me. In…
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Friday Inspiration – Jordan Jovtchev, rings training, and getting old
I can only post videos of skinny guys running in circles for so many week before its time for a change. This week, let’s watch some videos of a Jordan Jovtchev* the 39 year old Bulgarian gymnast who competed in his sixth Olympic games this year in London. As an old dude, I always root…
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A Final Stand Against Bourgeois Normalacy
Attention conservation notice: Total navel gazing, nothing of substance here. There was a time when I lived in a punk house in San Francisco. I worked thirty to forty hours a week loading trucks and the rest of my time was my own. I spent it in doing political organizing, reading, traveling, going to rock…
Milo and the Calf 