martinimade

Over at Another Mother Runner, I talk about the strangest thing I've seen on a run lately. 

• Rickniks.
• Missing the point.
• The Communist Antipasto.
• The photos, you guys!
• We forget how far we've come. 
• Relevant to the above.
• One free trick. Mine is a facility with language. If I could partner up with a Plot Genius, we would be unstoppable.
• Our culture really doesn't like new mothers.
• This is an amazing piece of writing. 

"It is a self-contained city (subsidized by my taxes) for recent transplants to New York who make a billion dollars and do not ever think about money. Working up the energy to be upset about its inception is low on my list; I would much rather enjoy the utter weirdness of a real estate developer’s vision of grandeur. Every city in the world will eventually look the same and this is an inevitability I have chosen to accept. Ideally, I will be dead by then, and then, of course, I will no longer care."

-- From Megan Reynolds' piece on Hudson Yards. Stay for the last paragraph.

• This is infuriating. The first time I was prescribed an antidepressant, I was told to just quit taking it if it wasn't working out. Which was awful in all of the ways described in this story -- and I was told it couldn't be happening. In-fur-i-a-ting.
• If only I had the metabolism of a husky.
• In keeping with my Iditarod obsession. (I'm rooting for Aily Zirkle, btw. If you haven't seen her episode of Losers on Netflix, you should.)
• Fascinating.
• It's the most wonderful time of the year (a little late).
• A senstive-but-honest take on a question running is wrestling with.
• Speaking of track and field.

Over at Another Mother runner, I give winter the finger and explain what my secret project is ....

• My favorite last line didn't make the list but these are still some pretty good ones.
• Why has it taken us so long to study this? (I know the answer but still)
• In case you need it.
• I'm sure this is fine.
• We are living in the future.
• As one who works on a college campus, I am unsurprised by this. 
• More on that Esquire story about Bryan Singer.
• This is the future, people. And the past.
• My new favorite artist.

Let the bon temps roulez... or something, over at Another Mother Runner.

• I'm convinced that our rescue Lobo would make a great sled dog.
• How the magic happens.
• Chuck E Cheese is lit.
• When you have to wear a cone of shame, bedazzle it.
• Let she who would not do the exact same thing cast the first stone.
• I will watch the heck out of this.
• How to give a gift.

“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.” 

— Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

The latest Dry Martini column is live over at Another Mother Runner. This time, I talk about fear and indoor tracks.