1. Still loving that strava can do this nonsense but not ask me, “hey, are you on a bus right now!? this was supposed to be a walk.”

  2. Morning Walk

    Figure 1. A map of San Francisco, California. The path of a three and three quarters mile (six kilometer) walk is indicated. About 7500 steps and 463 feet (141 meters) elevation over one hour.
  3. Exit Zero

    Marie-Helene Bertino

    Cover of Exit Zero by Marie-Helene Bertino, published 2025 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 208 pages
    Figure 1. Cover of Exit Zero by Marie-Helene Bertino, published 2025 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 208 pages.

    “there’s a Cheers story in it” set me up to expect lighter stuff but these are pretty damned serious stories. I particularly liked “Exit Zero”, “Can Only Houses Be Haunted”, “The Ecstasy of Sam Malone”, “Flowers and Their Meanings”, and “Viola in Midwinter”, which is nearly half the stuff here.

  4. Morning Walk

    Figure 1. A map of San Francisco, California. The path of a one and a quarter mile (two kilometer) walk is indicated. About 2400 steps and 46 feet (14 meters) elevation over one and a quarter hours, (half an hour moving).
  5. Pointed at “smoker (current or ex)" (it’s true!) on the excuses list to get a covid booster today at Walgreens after getting a flu shot this morning at my local.

    they did not make me prove it by demonstrating that I can roll my own, light one with a single match in heavy wind, blow rings, or french inhale but I would have been willing and able if required.

  6. annual physical, flu shot, and pfizer covid booster ✅

    Figure 1. A map of San Francisco, California. The path of a one and a quarter mile (two kilometer) walk is indicated. About 2400 steps and 39 feet (12 meters) elevation over three quarters of an hour, (a quarter hour moving).
  7. Strange Monsters of the Recent Past

    Howard Waldrop

    Cover of Strange Monsters of the Recent Past by Howard Waldrop
    Figure 1. Cover of Strange Monsters of the Recent Past by Howard Waldrop.

    Gravely finished reading Strange Monsters of the Recent Past

  8. wu-tang is forever

    Figure 1. A map of San Francisco, California. The path of a zero and three quarters mile (one kilometer) walk is indicated. About 1300 steps and 26 feet (eight meters) elevation over one hour, (a quarter hour moving).
  9. 🌫️

    Figure 1. A map of San Francisco, California. The path of a two and three quarters mile (four and a quarter kilometer) walk is indicated. About 5400 steps and 469 feet (143 meters) elevation over three quarters of an hour.
  10. Morning Walk

    Figure 1. A map of San Francisco, California. The path of a one and a quarter mile (two kilometer) walk is indicated. About 2600 steps and 56 feet (17 meters) elevation over half an hour.

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