Late Capitalism Retirement Planning

Known for a while I wouldn't be able to retire in my early 60s. Now I'm looking at having to be an anti-fascist guerilla in my early 50s.

— Shabogan Graffiti (@_Jack_Graham_) March 25, 2017

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Running Over Cancer 5K 2017

It was just a "participation medal." But I still like it!

The ROC5K was my second 5K at the Cary Soccer complex, the SPCA run was also held there, and I was ready with potential excuses for not doing better than my last time running it, or my last race: got sick and missed days of running; it was cold after a morning snow; I biked on the Weds before the race and wrecked my legs, couldn't recover fast enough ...

But I don't need them, managed to set a new personal best, better even than my best practice run to date.

Now I've got a 5K lull until the Fuquay race this summer and need to keep biking for the longer term goal of completing a Sprint Triathlon in the Fall. So not knowing where I'll be with the training regimen changing, and how the coming warm weather will effect me, won't set a goal for the Run the Quay race yet, but I'd really like to keep getting faster these next few months and show marked improvement. 22:00 feels out of reach -- a time would've been competitive for my age group in this race  -- but maybe a time under 24 minutes isn't out of the question?

Race 1 - "Decem-burrrrr Dash" - 12/3/16 - 29:10
Race 2 - "SPCA Hot Chocolate Run" - 1/15/17 - 28:25
Race 3 - "I Heart 5K" - 2/11/17 - 26:58
Race 4 - "Running Over Cancer 5K" [official results] - 3/12/2017 - 25:32

We Need to Own Our Government

This Noam Chomsky quote- about why, as an American, he focuses on the bad acts of US Govt- can't be posted too much https://t.co/cbpEJHVHND http://pic.twitter.com/FhSHoDbs8y

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) March 10, 2017

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As We Await New York 2140, Worth Remembering How Great "The Gold Coast" Is

Of course the great modern SF novel of the suburbs' failed promise is Kim Stanley Robinson's THE GOLD COAST. http://pic.twitter.com/PAlBMeiifF

— P Nielsen Hayden (@pnh) March 5, 2017

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Sunday Morning Noir Conversation Fragment

@cdogzilla And Effie's gentle but heartbreaking condemnation of Spade. A real gut-punch to end on.

— The Nitrate Diva (@NitrateDiva) March 5, 2017

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