scribbling by david, trying to be a good egg

Author: lamydavid

  • We Must not Break

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    I’ll post some links at the end of the post to get to the ‘we’ part, but first a bit of personal history, a kind of confessional so you the reader get a sense of me. I grew up basked in white privilege. I started kindergarten at my neighborhood public school and continued there until…

  • I Will not Break

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    I will not break. At least my spirit remains unbroken. I wish the same could be said for two left side ribs and my left greater tuberosity. Those broke. I was on my usual joyous mountain bike ride on my favorite non-technical trail until I was not. I recall a man standing over me and…

  • Living in a shithole country

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    Shithole country. A favorite phrase of an execrable man who happens to be the 47th President of the United States of America. Well bring it on home. Our Navy is now functionally the equivalent of the Barbary Pirates featured in any general textbook of American history. Our own government plucks citizens and lawful residents off…

  • For want of an espresso

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    I am at my favorite coffee hangout. It’s a grocery store. It has an espresso machine and high quality beans to utilize for a spendid shot. The grocer also sells high quality small batch beans from the many excellent roasters in the Hudson Valley region. So every day means a different selection of drip coffees…

  • For want of a mountain bike ride

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    Two weeks ago I took my last mountain bike ride. Since then, not enought snow to groom any cross-country ski trails, but too much to ride on. Plus no melting as the temps are staying below freezing during daytime hours. I am in a different mental space now when it comes to riding. Competing is…

  • Food for thought

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    Benjamin Mateus, MD had another excellent article concerning public health. He summarized a 3-part Lancet series about ultra-processed foods (UPF). Let me summarize a long article too succinctly. UPF is bad for you but great for the corporations that shove it down our throats due to taking over 60% of a grocery store’s shelf space.…

  • Writing about me

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    I’ve started a post about my eighth grade experience at a Collage Preporatory Academy for Young Men. It was the start of five long years. Right off the bat I was an outcast. In a swarm of tight pressed bluejeans (Levi’s), exposing dark crew socks covered in brown penny loafers with a paisley shirt above…

  • How in this world do I talk to people?

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    Calmly. Getting agitated is bad for me, and even worse for the argument I am making.

  • What Choice?

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    I have to confess to tuning out the duopoly Presidential candidates Joseph R Biden and Donald J Trump. Neither one speaks for me. Both will arm Israel to continue its wanton destruction of Gaza and its resultant genocide of Palestinians. Both deny that COVID is an ever present danger to public health. Both have an…

  • Ride

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    I’m on a roll. I took a tough interval workout yesterday indoors due to heavy rain. Amazingly I hammered out an uptempo trail ride today. I simply love to ride!