Chasing the Thrill
An ongoing goal of the Luddite Odyssey Project is to read more. Casey Johnston’s latest post included a few pointers, most I’d already worked into daily lif...
About
Just an average guy. These are just ramblings. Screams at the void. Outside of baking, I’ve no special qualifications, no radical insights on the human condition except for being on. Consider this a modern go at being a rural folk artist, doing the work they want regardless of the outside world.
My life is food, running, and experiencing the shit storm this world has become. And dogs.
For the record, I am a rural, Southern, white man with redneck tendencies. I often speak and type in vernacular. I have strong feelings about being from here, good and bad. But I believe we are only guaranteed this one life. Every human has the right to live the best life they can, and it’s our responsibility as other humans to make that happen. We are each other’s brothers and sisters, and we are responsible for each other. (Damn Christian upbringing seeping through my Agnosticism). Maybe that makes a pinko socialist but don’t really give a fuck.
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Not Just Words
It’s the day after the second “No King” protest. I’m at a dog show in Salem, Virginia. We stood for the anthem. I stared at the flag, sang the words with f...
Fire
Had a moment of relief and elation on my run. I pulled out my phone and saw a text from an old boss/mentor. He had sent a pic of the letter I wrote twenty y...
Aesthetics
I was never stylish but I used to have a style. Thanks to a post from Derek Guy I’ve decided to begin the long process of remedying that, of beginning to dr...
watching a wasp
It’s July 4th. Independence Day. My nation has fallen quickly into authoritarianism. ICE is abducting people. We’ve bombed Iran. They might denaturalize an ...
Revamp: Week NULL
Finished the first half of the Revamp a few weeks ago. Then life became less manageable and hit pause. It was a sensible action to alleviate stress. Switc...
Revamp: Week 07
Week 07/12 of the fitness Revamp went pretty well. Some minor life issues meant moving Friday’s lift session to Saturday before the No Kings rally. Friday m...
Cornbread
Originally written August 8, 2020 The Bitter Southerner published a list of the seven most essential Southern foods. Apparently it’s “controversial.” Now, ...
Revamp: Week 03
Finished the first build section (Week 03) of the Revamp Tactical Barbell Moved up to 3x3 at 90% 1RM. It was daunting the first day, but … Surprisingly eas...
digital emphemera dies with you
When you die, what happens to the photos on your phone? Will anyone ever pick up a device and scroll through them? Are names and dates scrawled on the back ...
Fucking NAZIs
Fact checking some items today, came across the Wikipedia entry for Helena Rubinstein, a Polish Jew, cosmetic entrepreneur, and in her lie, one of the riche...
Revamp: Week 02
Finished week two. Tomorrow starts Week 03 of the Revamp Tactical Barbell Moved up to 3x5 at 80% 1RM. Monday was difficult. Friday was easier, though Satur...
A Good Start
Thoughts on what a New American Democracy should look like lack of surveillance. The government should not know Boit its citizens. We have the right to ...
Revamp: Week 01
Not much to report. Week 01 of Revamp went fine. Number One goal was to do the workouts. Tactical Barbell (TB) The first two TB workouts went long, and I h...
Intent Matters
During a discussion with an AI (for work), I asked it for evidence based advice for increasing power while lifting heavier weights. Power, the applying stre...
Setting The Table
The next two months are gonna be gonna be busy. It might seem like a terribly time to shoehorn 5-8 hours of training into life while also holding down a job...
Less Interested In The Process
I’m less interested in the process. I went looking for a “digital garden” jekyll template and came up one that does most of what’s needed here. It also gene...
Adjusting Expectations
</p> I scrapped my entire spring race calendar. It was an easy decision because our priorities have changed. An opporunity to move to a larger, nicer...
Big Plan
</p> My prefered note app is Bear. Bear isn’t exstinsible. It doesn’t have plug-ins to format file names. It organizes notes by nested tags. And it’s ...
Testing Renaming Script
Testing the basic bash script to pull the date from front matter header in the markdown file and move it to the _posts directory. Bear is a Mac app, so som...
Whiskey Rye Cookie
Whiskey & Rye Cookie I bought a cookie this weekend. After this, some of you will know who. This is NOT a knock on them. The cookie was fine. So don’t ...
A Serious Post About Stuttering
Serious post about stuttering. First, if you’re laughing with Trump at Biden’s stammer, unfriend me now then solidly go fuck yourself. Second, I’m not lo...
2023 MMTR 50: Icing on the Cake
If finishing these challenges was guaranteed, I don’t think we’d toe the line. - Costi Sifri Mountain Masochist was the icing—the sweet, smooth, buttery ...
Roadkill
“Road kill has its seasons Just like anything It’s possums in the autumn And it’s farm cats in the spring”*
Squirrels in Leaves
Squirrels in Leaves Squirrels still get me. Years of running in the woods, my conscious brain hears rustling leaves and thinks “Bear.” There’s no panic. I do...