Stomp on the street when I hear a funky beat.

Every other day, for an entire month. That's something to be happy about. I have mapped out my runs for the next two weeks, I will miss some days but that is entirely acceptable, considering what we have planned.

Distance: 3 miles

Duration: 25:29
Route: rec center
Mood: anxiety
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Weight: 160 lbs.

Going to take all my "Treat Days" all at once ... for two weeks. How will I fare? We'll find out.

1990 Playlist

This Love - Daniel Ash

Soul Free - George Michael

I Left My Wallet in El Segundo - Tribe Called Quest

Groove Is in the Heart - Deee-Lite

Justify My Love - Madonna

Hippychick - SoHo

Sinister Minister - Bela Fleck & the Flecktones 

Woof. Too cold outside, but too warm in the rec center.

I am worried about the health risks.

POV: It’s 4:30 am and your cat
has decided it’s time for breakfast
(Henry Fuseli –‘The Nightmare’)
British Museum

Another night on the couch. I wonder how long she's going to keep this up.

I should explain: the kitten wants to play with things in our room at 3:00 AM. Like, every single night. So, eventually, one of us goes downstairs to sleep on the couch with the fire going which draws the cat away from the bedroom to lie in front of the fire. Then we can all sleep.

Distance: 4 miles

Duration: 35:30
Pace: 8:52

Reading our elder child's undergrad thesis. How did we create such intelligent and talented young artists? Did we do something right?  

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 71°
Climate: absolutely perfect
Mood: angsty
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Weight: 160 lbs.

We persist. We maintain.

2000 Playlist

Theme from Gutbuster - Bentley Rhythm Ace

The Staunton Lick - Lemon Jelly

Household Names - Stereolab

Hard to Explain - The Strokes

Alguem - Bebel Gilberto

The Tower That Ate People - Peter Gabriel

Bohemian Like You - Dandy Warhols

Sad Sweetheart of the Rodeo - Harvey Danger

It's Gonna Be Me - *NSYNC

Keep in pace with the p*dophiles.

My ankle has been a bit wonky this week. Not when running, just the rest of the day. Though, I gotta say, running every other day? Works for me.

Distance: 3 miles

Duration: 25:25

Every day I prepare the same breakfast, a bowl of fresh fruit (mostly berries) with granola and (plain, nonfat) yogurt. This fruit place opened a year or two ago in my office and every time I go there I can hear my mother's voice saying, "You know, you could just get fruit from the grocery store."

I used to think, what's the point, it's (the fruit) just going to go bad in the fridge before I eat all of it. But not if you have it every day. 

And also, it's like Seth Brundle, doing the Einstein thing, where he's got, like seven of the exact same outfit so he doesn't waste any time thinking about what to wear. Morning time I am not in the headspace to decide what to eat. And it's fresh and tasty and never disappoints.

Yesterday, I mixed in a tablespoon of sunbutter. Can you imagine?

Route: rec center
Mood: all right
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Weight: 160 lbs.

2010 Playlist

Black Sheep (Brie Larson Vocal) - Metric

Burn It Down - Sims

Mr. Saxobeat - Alexandra Stan

Too Dramatic - Ra Ra Riot

Drunk Girls - LCD Soundsystem

Psychic City (Classixx Remix) - Yacht

Run - Vampire Weekend

Like a G6 - Far East Movement

I feel anxious when I'm high.

Temperatures rise. Good news yesterday, very good news. It's about the summer. Can't share, not yet. But soon.

It's happening, Reg! Something's actually happening, Reg!

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 27:32
Pace: 8:53

Yesterday was Shakespeare's birthday (by tradition) and I was surprised to learn that I have only performed in eight full productions of his works, which is not too bad. But you'd think it were more.

Actually, that seems like a lot. I don't know. I've also directed seven. Two overlap.  

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 58°
Climate: sunny & gorgeous
Mood: okay
Stretches: yes
Water: not really

Weight: 160 lbs.

So, we've been watching sport. The Cavs are in the playoffs, and we are watching. Then there's all the baseball. It was the best of times, it was the blurst of time.

2020 Playlist

Jerk - Olive Tree

Pink Pony Club - Chappell Roan

Compression - Monica LaPlante

Yucky Blucky Fruitcake - Doechii

Caution - The Killers

Dynamite - BTS

Intrasport - King Gizzard & Th Lizard Wizard

Your Love (Déjà Vu) - Glass Animals

Just sick and tired of running.

Lock the doors, lower the blinds ...

Sixteen sequential, every-other-day runs. At this rate, I will be completing the annual playlists somewhere other than here. Not in Forest Hills, not at the rec center.

Just you wait.

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 28:41
Pace: 9:14

I am starting to lose it. Doritos with lunch yesterday, like a whole snack bag. That's a bad old habit.

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 52°
Climate: sunny & cool
Mood: okay!
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Weight: 160 lbs.

2016 Playlist

The Night Is Killing You - Kiss the Tiger

Um Chagga Lagga - Pixies

Can't Get Enough of Myself - Santigold ft. BC Unidos

Worship - Lizzo

Wedding - Poliça

Runnin' - Pharrell Williams

Soundcheck - Catfish & the Bottlemen

Suddenly - Drugdealer ft. Weyes Blood

Human - Rag'n'Bone Man

My mind begins to spread its wings.

Have a good 4/20, to all who celebrate.

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 28:25
Pace: 9:10

Slight back pain, did a lot of house work yesterday. The weather warms, we must prepare to be outside.  

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 56°
Climate: sunny & cool
Mood: bit angsty
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Weight: 160 lbs.

2006 Playlist

Mr. Tough - Yo La Tengo

Maneater - Nelly Furtado

Stupid Girls - Pink

Sorry (Man with Guitar Edit) - Madonna

Incinerate - Sonic Youth

Double Pump - Girl Talk

Upside Down - Jack Johnson

It's a Set-Up - Plasticman

Everyone’s a little queer.

State Sen. Jerry Cirino defends bullshit
higher education bill in Cleveland talk
Ideastream Public Media, 4/17/2025
(Can you spot my spouse?)

The year playlists will be through before I know it. I don't even know what 2025 is yet, apart from national chaos and much more personal creative hibernation.

At least, thanks to my constant but not overwhelming running schedule, a third of the year will have passed before playing the 2025 Playlist, so there will be (there already is) over thirty minutes of music there, so I can get at least a 5K in.

However, as is usually the case, it's not necessary a great list, but just the most recent releases from artists I am familiar with, which generally catch my ear first, before other tracks that have already been (or will eventually be) released have gotten my attention, from artists with whom I am not yet familiar.

Is this interesting? I do not know. 

Distance: 4 miles

Duration: 37:40
Pace: 9:24

When one is stuck in an existential malaise, a three-day weekend isn't actually something to look forward to. "Oh, look. Another day searching for meaning and now I don't even have work to shirk from."

Warrants a longer run, I suspect. Especially on a lovely day such as this.  

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 60°
Climate: overcast & breezy
Mood: good?
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Weight:160 lbs.

1996 Playlist

Sea of Heartbreak - Johnny Cash

Tombstone - Suzanne Vega

Spinning the Wheel - George Michael

Macarena - Los Del Rio

Broken English - Queue Up

Super Bon Bon - Soul Coughing

Season of the Witch - Luna

Pink Triangle - Weezer

Walking Wounded (Dave Wallace Remix) (158 BPM) - EBTG

Yes, sir. That's exactly what we were listening to in 1996.

… and running much too fast.

Sarah Sherman punches down.

Back pain today. Driving halfway to Cincy, and all the way back, was stressful. We keep going.

Distance: 3 miles

Duration: 25:56
Route: rec center
Mood: all right
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Weight: 160 lbs.

Flashing light in my eye. It’s small but distracting, right in the center of my vision.

1986 Playlist

September Gurls - The Bangles

Pillbox Tales - The Cure

Rumors - Timex Social Club 

I Can’t Wait - Nu Shooz

Bizarre Love Triangle (Stephen Hague 12” Remix) - New Order

Girls & Boys - Prince & the Revolution 

The Lady In Red - Chris de Burgh

They come a running just to get a look.

Our house smells like cat. The whole house, stinky cat. This is a shame, as Tiger is actually so much healthier than he was two months ago.

Distance: 2.1 miles

Duration: 19:21
Pace: 9:12

We're in Cincinnati for the night, to see the boy perform at Caffè Vivace. Brought my kit to do the block, like I did last fall.

Beautiful day. Walk in the park. Leisurely lunch. Mini-vacation (except for all the driving).

Route: Gaslight Loop
Temperature: 68°
Climate: between downpours
Mood: all right
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Weight: 160 lbs.

1976 Playlist

Moonlight Feels Right - Starbuck

I'd Really Love to See You Tonight - England Dan & John Ford Coley

Money, Money, Money - ABBA

Crazy On You - Heart

Somebody To Love - Queen

Do Ya - Electric Light Orchestra

"I'm not talkin' 'bout m'lady."

Going round and round.

New-to-me shirt.
(Non-compression.)

Weight maintained. Getting there is the really hard part. Maintaining it does not mean starving, or even feeling hungry. When I am hungry between meals, I have become very thoughtful about what and how much I eat.

And it’s not all vegetables or nuts or fruit. I eat chips. I just don’t eat out of a bag, I put them in a bowl, I count them. I had fish fry yesterday, just not the whole plate.

And I drove to Canton and back without stopping at Swenson's, even though, believe me, I thought about it.

Distance: 3 miles

Duration: 24:15

Route: rec center
Mood: good
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Weight: 160 lbs.

1971 Playlist

Bitterblue - Yusuf (Cat Stevens)

It’s Too Late - Carole King

Jump In the Fire - Harry Nilsson

Strawberry Letter 23 (171 BPM) - Shuggie Otis

Oh! You Pretty Things - David Bowie 

What’s Going On - Marvin Gaye

Won’t Get Fooled Again - The Who

Man. 1971. Lot of shit going on. Speaking of which, when does the trade war become a real war?

Just watching all their feet.

Saw our first Guardians game for the season last night. Forty degrees. We had fun, won the game (almost fucked it, though) but, man. I feel still and tired this morning. If I hadn't gotten a call from a sick actor I wouldn't have gotten up as early as I did.

So, we run!

Distance: 3 miles

Duration: 24:55
Route: rec center
Mood: good
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Weight: 160 lbs.

Some compulsive chewing at the game last night, provided the illusion of heat. Anyway, the occasional indulgence is fine. It's the constant indulgence that will get you.

1981 Playlist

Someday, Someway - Robert Gordon

Love Is Alright Tonite - Rick Springfield

Splintered In Her Head - The Cure

We Got the Beat - The Go-Go’s

I’m Your Money - Heaven 17

Penthouse & Pavement - Heaven 17

Our Lips Are Sealed - The Go-Go’s

I want to run.

You know, there's that time in the spring when you just really, really want decent weather for running. Sometimes -- get this -- sometimes it snows in APRIL.

Sometimes I feel so bad.

Anyway, things progress. Art happens. The stock market is down, but it goes back up again, you know? Like, the magnolia blossoms in my back yard that just started blossoming and then were caught in a frost and now they're brown and not as pretty.

What was I Talking about? Oh, yeah. Spring. Might be nice. Glad I can still run indoors. Fuck.

Distance: 3 miles

Duration: 25:22

And now, the fun bunch. An early morning quartet of walkers who take all four lanes.

Route: rec center
Mood: good
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Weight: 160 lbs.

1991 Playlist

Who? Where? Why? (Crisis 12" Mix) - Jesus Jones

Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can’t Take My Eyes Off You) - Pet Shop Boys

Rush - Big Audio Dynamite II 

Losing My Religion - R.E.M.

Good Vibrations - Marky Mark & the Fun Bunch

Pain Lies On the Riverside - Live

You make my feet move.

#HandsOff, motherfucker.

Still using the Noom, which is, and has been, primarily a repository for my daily intake. The difference between that and this blog, where I would occasionally keep track of what I was eating, the app tallies the calories.

But it's not like I am "calorie counting" as they used to say. I just know what I've eaten, so far, what I intend to eat, and I stay honest. The other day I had a big meal from a fast food place, that didn't prevent me from having popcorn after dinner while I watched TV. I was just aware.

And I have been consistently 160 pounds for over two months. I wonder if I could just stay here.

Distance: 3 miles

Duration: 25:40
Route: rec center
Mood: angsty
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Weight: 160 lbs.

2011 Playlist

Bonkers - Dizzee Rascal ft. Armand van Helden

Romance - Wild Flag

Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO

Girl Panic ! - Duran Duran

Ritual Union - Little Dragon 

Lotus Flower - Radiohead

Doncamatic - Gorillaz ft. Daley

I can go all night.

We reach the end of another week. All of us, together. I will be on my own this weekend, what to do? Think I may attend the Hands Off protest at Market Square tomorrow.

There are also household projects to be done, in preparation for the summer. Sanding, scrubbing and staining at the fore. Yes, I have plenty to do and all weekend to do it.

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 27:58
Pace: 9:01

Dinner at Arthur Treacher's, baby. Five stars. No notes. And, like, a thousand calories, but that's okay. I can manage that once in a while.

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 54°
Climate: overcast & cool
Mood: all right, full of fish
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Weight: 160 lbs.

2021 Playlist

Witchoo - Durand Jones & the Indications ft. Aaron Frazer

Sexy Villain - Remi Wolf

Special Thing - Gilligan Moss

Big Energy - Latto

Chaise Longue - Wet Leg

Security - Amyl & the Sniffers

transparentsoul  - Willow ft. Travis Barker

Once Twice Melody (168 BPM)  - Beach House

Wake Me Up - Foals

Damn. Four years ago, already? Damn.

Run while you can, baby.

We have hit a roadblock, or at least it feels like one. The exercise, the commitment continues, but it doesn't feel like it did before. I think that is because I am longing for the temperatures that will take me outside. But at least I have a subscription to the inside, to keep me going.

And I maintain. The wife gets pizza, I have one slice, and a healthy dose of salad. Snacking is minimal, and measured -- and enjoyed.

An Arthur Treacher's opened in town yesterday -- not an April Fool's joke, and honest-to-god Arthur Treacher's opened across from the high school. I hope to visit that soon. 

Distance: 3 miles

Duration: 27:37

Relaxed run. Did it, right?

Route: rec center
Mood: sleepy
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Weight: 160 lbs.

2017 Playlist

Show You the Way - Thundercat ft. Kenny Loggins & Michael MacDonald

Dreams (Colors Mix) - Beck

Perfect Sunday Sun - Nick Heyward

Cold - Maroon 5 ft. Future

Drew Barrymore - SZA

Hard Times - Paramore

Shine On Me - Dan Auerbach

May I Have This Dance (remix) - Francis & the Lights ft. Chance the Rapper

Run for Cover (165 BPM) - The Killers

Onto the ones.