Running a little low

Felt a bit woozy this morning after cleaning the van.  Checked HR - 46.  I was sitting down when I took it, but had not been "resting."

Perhaps it's time to see the doc again......

Immediate Accusations

Katy accused me of spraying the wall when she saw the post.  If only!

Wonder if a can of paint will fit in my hydration pack.  It definitely will without the water..........

From the "lost" run today

Was beat to hell after sprints and a legmaggedon TRX course yesterday.  Got on the treadmill today and then realized it was 71 degrees outside, so out i went in search of a 5k in a random direction.  Aimless wanderings through the hills of rockville.  Ran to Tilden park, but it didn't have a path along the stream, headed back up through the neighborhoods and after a while, decided to head back.

Happened across some oddly applicable graffiti on the way back to sprayed on the footpath wall that runs along Montrose road between 270 and 355.

Think I will make it a temporary work background.

Made it back.  5 miles total.  Not far but more than I was expecting today.  Looking forward to long run on Friday.....

Mind altering states...

Watching DMT: the spirit molecule on netflix.  Pretty interesting stuff.  About a molecule that we can produce ourselves through meditation.  Side note, started meditating again the other night.  Going to keep it up.

Some good quotes:

 "Why is it that in the entire western world these substances that have been found so interesting by hundreds of cultures for thousands of years are prohibited. How did these cultures that consider themselves to be enlightened, democratic, and scientific get to declaring plants illegal?  Our society values alert problem solving consciousness and it devalues all other states of consciousness. Any kind of consciousness that is not related to the production or consumption of material goods is stigmatized in our society today. Of course, we accept drunkenness.  We allow people some brief respite from the material grind.  Society that subscribes to that model is a society that is going to condemn states of consciousness that have nothing to do with the alert problem-solving mentality.  If you go back to the 1960s when there is a tremendous upsurge of exploration of psychedelics I would say that the huge backlash that followed had to do with the fear on the part of the powers-that-be that if enough people went into those relms and into those experiences, the very fabric of the society we have today would be picked apart.  And, most importantly, those in power at the top but not be in power at the top anymore."

In honor of metro shutting down

A custom graphic to celebrate

Phase 2

Still holding steady on weight, although I haven't been tracking at all and generally eating way too many carbs. 

Back on the tracker and adjusting calorie balance as shown.....last time I did this 10 lbs was gone in a week.  Will check back next weekend with an update.

It's the end of the world as we know it

And I feel fine.........

No, really.  Maybe it's peeking my head temporarily out of the caffeine / booze addiction, but I've been pretty content this week.

Even with the potential Trump presidency, plus all the other indicators that we, as a species, are heading straight into the toilet.  I kinda don't mind.

At work I've had this weird zen thing going.  Sitting on a balance ball, building a makeshift standing desk from three empty paper boxes stacked on my desk.  All the senior people stopping by to ask my opinion on the agency's impending budgetary doom.  Trading conspiracy theories.  Yeah, I seem to be settling in.  Apparently bureaucracy has an attraction to the insane.  But it hit me this week as I coasted through a brief to executive management:  I have nothing left to fear anymore.  I'm completely free.

Oddly enough running has gone a full 180 from last February, when I had lost all interest.  I wouldn't say that I'm terribly interested now, but thanks to an estimated 50-70% boost in endurance thanks to the elimination of coffee and booze, I think the July marathon may not be so tough.  Hit 11 miles this Monday with plenty left in the tank, without water or supplies.  Scrambling over trees, through the woods, and on trails on the northwest branch.  Through the mud and muck of a global warming induced floodzone that looks completely different than my last run there.  60 degrees.  Perfect.

Ryan's doing well.  The no TV plan, instituted mostly because I can't stand to watch TV anymore, seems to be reaping some postitive results.  Right now he's playing with play-doh, namong and stacking the colors after refusing to hit the sack this evening.  Oh well, more time to spend with him.

Yup it all seems to be coming together just in time for the world to fly apart.  Timing is everything.

America, you’re stupid: Donald Trump’s political triumph makes it official — we’re a nation of idiots - Salon.com

Canada looks better and better every day.......

http://www.salon.com/2016/02/24/america_youre_stupid_donald_trumps_political_triumph_makes_it_official_were_a_nation_of_idiots/

Time to replace it!

The crisis of US governability - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2016-35590361

Touché, BBC!

Would be much more work to top this editorial myself.  

Guess I'm part of the malaise.....

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American exceptionalism in a time of American malaise - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-35438548

I don't get it.....

Been up all night for the third night in a row with Ryan.

My question is....besides accidents, why do siblings even exist?