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On a mountain in the #ShenandoahValley, foothills of #Alleghenies, edge of #Appalachia with my spouse, goats, chickens, and #dogs. Dedicated #trailRunner […]

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With ChatGPT 5 failing to count the number of b’s in “blueberry,”here’s my favorite AI prompt to ask. The information is very easy to find. Requires cross-referencing two small datasets then looking up stats from a well-known source. Plus, it’s a real […]

[Original post on mountains.social]
August 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
[Literal 💩 & TFG]

This news from the NYT made wife and I cackle this morning. Yes, yes, we’re still in dire straits, but this shows the Guard doesn’t want to be there. Hard to do autocracy if the troops are with the people.

#resist #nokings […]

[Original post on mountains.social]
July 17, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Very slow and long 10.8’sh miles in very humid conditions. But! I might’ve found my new favorite road—winding, some fun hills, 1 1/2 lanes wide but paved. And of panoramic hilltop views before dipping down into shaded hollows.

#running #runnersofmastodon #shenandoah
July 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
July 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Same long run as last week, slightly harder effort by HR though RPE was about the same. Shaved 7+ minutes off the loop, legs felt stronger overall, few more light jogs up slight inclines.

Actually saw a snake and a real live person! And stopped to snap a […]

[Original post on mountains.social]
July 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Picked up yesterday in town, in the heart of ruby red VA-06.

Let them think about it when a guy who looks and talks like them steps out of this vehicle.
July 5, 2025 at 12:35 PM
July 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Wife tries an Arnold Palmer for the first time:
July 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Long and slow to round out a 30 mile week. Largest volume in six months, but, *fingers crossed*, soon to be the normal volume again.

9.4 miles in 2:54 with about 2500’ gain. Lost 5-10 minutes trying to find the trail in a few spots. The GWNF doesn’t see the […]

[Original post on mountains.social]
June 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
A very hard 5.2 miles in 1:04. 40 minutes in Zone 4, which was the goal. They had to be broken up into a few intervals because of the weather.

- Saw an owl. A friend says it’s a bad omen. I see a few every year, so I must be doomed.

- Few deer

- Cold shower afterwards

#running #runnersofmastodon
June 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Slow and easy 4.1 miles this morning in the #shenandoahvalley. Been watching this field mature. Think it might be wheat or rye.

Today’s the first day of the heat dome. Highs in the shade will be mid to upper-90s. Time to retreat into a cave

#running #runnersofmastodon #heatwave
June 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Woke up to a washed out road. Debris had blocked a culvert, water topped the road, and eroded it. Wife says it’s the universe telling us it’s time to get out.

#flooding #washedout #torrentialdownpour
May 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Two different apps. Same typo.

Something has gone very wrong when iOS suggests everything but the obvious fix.

#aisucks #computersareuseless #appleintelligence #ios
May 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Staunton, Virginia asking the hard questions…

#stauntonva #publicart
May 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Black tee. Black shorts. Black shoes. Grabbed a little color from the sock drawer.

1/4 finished with the 12-week program. Haven’t had any serious soreness, weights have increased, RPE has decreased. But, man am I looking forward to the upcoming drop week!

#fitness #lifting #tacticalbarbell
April 28, 2025 at 2:26 PM
120 minutes, super slow long #run. Started damp and humid from last night’s rain, ended warm and dry. Pace about the same as last week, not bad since lifting bumped up to 90% 1RM.

#running #runnersofmastodon #shenandoahvalley #shenandoah #westernvirginia
April 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Going through this old project, I’m surprised how quickly the photography improved. This was just a few months after having started.

#photography #foodphotography #pie
April 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM
[NAZI collabs, Anti-Semitism, Dispictable Old White Men]

Fact checking some items today, came across the Wikipedia entry for Helena Rubinstein, a Polish Jew, cosmetic entrepreneur, and in her lie, one of the richest women in the world.

Come to find out […]

[Original post on mountains.social]
April 22, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Found in Bluesky comments. So true.
April 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
April 18, 2025 at 10:56 AM
90 slow and easy minutes of #running . Humidity dropped over the time. Seen this view most of my life, and it still isn’t old.

#alleghenies #shenandoahvalley
April 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Morning listen, coffee, gearing up for first long run on country roads.

#morningtunes #music #orvillepeck #countrymusic
April 12, 2025 at 11:31 AM
When @lifeofcw’s away with her pack, my girls get run of the house!

#dogsofmastodon #amstaff #borderterrier #spoilyourdogs
April 8, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Spied after grabbing a beer.

#stauntonva #staunton #sticker #takecare
April 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Feeling nostalgic for a previous life. My boss had a friend stencil the words on our oven. We baked that bread in it—4lb miche sourdough made with Carolina Ground’s high extract flour. Heather Heyer lost her life just a few blocks away the week before.

#sourdough #decorativebread
April 2, 2025 at 10:37 PM