A Study in White Privilege

Lord please grant me the confidence of a white dude who's about to become the head of a federal agency he doesn't understand

— Lauren Kelley (@lauren_kelley) January 19, 2017

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Hot Chocolate Run 2017

One of my goals for this year was to finish in the top three for my age group in a 5K. Happy to report I managed it in my first race of the year (second ever) over the weekend.

Finished 48th out of 250 overall with a time of 28:25. That was well short of my goal of getting under 27:00 but I don't feel too bad as it was my first time on that particular course, which featured a pretty daunting hill that we had to run up twice. Despite the hill, my biggest race day source of irritation was that Pokemon Go crashed less than a minute into the race, so I didn't get to hatch an egg at the end. Grrrr.

I've signed up for races in February and March with the hope bettering my time with each race and finally cracking 27 minutes.

Race 1 - "Decem-burrrrr Dash" - 12/3/16 - 29:10
Race 2 - "SPCA Hot Chocolate Run" - 1/15/17 - 28:25
 

When You Put It That Way ...

Dr. King and the organizers he led fought against a thriving state-sponsored campaign of terror that reache(d) from top to bottom of America

— Vann R. Newkirk II (@fivefifths) January 16, 2017

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Emboldened Hypocrites to Enjoy 4 Years of Bold Hypocrisy

114th Congress: We will fight this imperial presidency by any and all means

115th Congress: Technically, laws do not apply to the president

— Tom Scocca (@tomscocca) January 13, 2017

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So That's What a Literal Death Panel Looks Like

I hope to someday be as happy about something as these terrorists are about murdering poor people http://pic.twitter.com/jsxcqFrlrZ

— Butt Praxis (@mllehrer) January 12, 2017

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