Category: Navel Gazing
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964 Must Read Words On My Incredibly Fascinating Diet
Bad News. Three months ago I went to the doctor for the first time in years. I got some bad, but not surprising, news. I had high cholesterol.* I wasn’t surprised. High cholesterol runs in my family and I have, for years, let the fact that I’m a pretty active person cover up for the…
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Dah fuck with all the book reviews?
I had coffee with an old friend earlier this week and he asked what was up with all the book reviews I’ve been posting. Perhaps a brief explanation is in order. Over the years, I’ve written short (and sometimes not so short) book reviews for a number of different livejournals, blogs, and websites. As part…
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Some Personal Reflections on Revs and New York in the 90s
I have been obsessed with Revs since I moved to New York in the mid nineties. He, more than anyone else of the era, took “street art” to the next level and to this day when I think of my early days in New York City, I think of Revs. Anyone who frequented downtown New…
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18 Weeks Out
So here I am, 18 weeks out from the New York City Marathon (NYCM) and its time to make a decision regarding my training. Will I shoot for the moon again, or take a more earth bound course? Mega miles, or miles and speed? The eternal debate in Sean’s world of running, and one I…
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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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On My Changing Relationship to the Goddamn Pool
If you know me in real life, or pay incredibly close attention to this website, you might know that when I was young, I swam competitively. I was never particularly good (I have never been particularly good at any physical endeavor) but I did it — a lot. There were years when my summers consisted…
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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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This Years Main Events
Last night, it became official – I’m running the New York Marathon in November. And with that, my racing schedule for the year is pretty much set. More for my own amusement than anything else, here’s what my endurance year is looking like — goals are in order of importance (yes, sometimes finishing is more…
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Some thoughts on the nature of blogging
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…. If there is anything more boring than the navel gazing of a blogger, its meta-navel gazing about blogging from a blogger. Yet here I am, blogging about blogging. Why? Because, word is, blogging is dying. Content is now filtered through twitter and Facebook. No one checks a blog anymore to see what so and…
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2015: What to Expect from Milo
Is there anything more uninteresting than a blogger blogging about what he plans to blog? Probably not. Yet here I am, about to tell you what I plan to do with this website in the coming year. Why? Because things are going to change a bit and I think you, dear reader, deserve some notice.…
Milo and the Calf 