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Monthly Archives: February 2018

A Geezer’s Experiment in Effort

Posted on February 21, 2018 by MarkFebruary 21, 2018
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I’ve been training well, and last Saturday I raced a 5-miler. It was an experiment. It’s been decades since I’ve been fit enough to lay it out there and actually compete rather than just staggering along. I was flat out. It … Continue reading →

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It’s Valentine’s Day!

Posted on February 14, 2018 by MarkFebruary 14, 2018
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I’ve mentioned before that when things are going well, I often find myself walking around singing Besame Mucho. Why is this? I hate Besame Mucho. Awful in Spanish; hideously, grotesquely, worse in English. Kiss me, kiss me a lot, As if tonight were … Continue reading →

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So how’s it going?

Posted on February 5, 2018 by MarkFebruary 5, 2018
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I’ve been 70 for a couple of weeks now. The downsides include the old man’s existential confrontation with time and inevitability, disappearing short-term memory, and the onset of Raynaud’s disease, which makes my fingers turn almost comically white and go … Continue reading →

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Ah, memory….

Posted on February 1, 2018 by MarkFebruary 1, 2018
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My memory is shot. I can’t reliably tell you what day of the week it is, or what we’ve got scheduled for the next few days. I expect soon to forget my middle name. But baseball…. I can tell you … Continue reading →

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