Back in the gym today.

As a person with an emerging hearing impairment, I have learned that silence isn’t a lack of sound. It’s just my inability to hear the noises being made.

In other news, there are 2 plumbers and a plaster repair guy here today working on two different problems. Hooray for old houses!

I’ve always been a big fan of taking slow measured approaches to decisions and actions. I think a lot of this stems from being raised on X-Men comics.

I remember distinctly, as a middle-schooler that the plot of many of my favorite issues revolved around dilemmas Wolverine or Rogue or Cyclops would experience when they made the “obvious” right choice, only to find out there were terrible side effects to that choice. It really instilled in me a desire to be cautious when acting, not out of fear, but to really truly consider as many aspects of the problem as possible. Sometimes we can’t see all the angles of the thing we’re looking at.

Some of us feel we can act quickly and know what the best choice/action is. But some of us feel a need to go more slowly; to be more intentional. We are all people. Most of us are out here trying our hardest to be the best versions of ourselves, and to do the right thing.

Whether you act quickly or whether you act more intentionally, it is my sincerest hope that we can offer the grace to each other to do both.

All of the fighting on the platform the past couple days is very unfortunate. My friend is probably the kindest person I’ve ever met, and it is that kindness itself that is being misunderstood and attacked. It’s always a tragedy when people use beautiful tools to cause harm. We need more grace.

Got a good 10k in today. Weather was fantastic for it!

When I was young, we loaded computer games onto our Vic-20 by from cassette tapes. It took so long that we tried to queue them up right before lunchtime so they would be ready as soon as we finished eating. This reminds me of that…

Who else on Micro.blog is an NBA/basketball junkie? My currently (very short) list is: @combatdavey @skoobz and @manton

I know there have to be more.

A beautiful day for a run today! I miscalculated my route slightly and came up short on the 10k. 🤷‍♂️

As an oat milk drinker, I had high hopes for dairy free Jet Black Coffee. Unfortunately, it was one of the worse lattes that I’ve had on this 30 shop quest. The interior is fairly nice and spacious, but it was pretty hard to get over the taste of my drink. I was definitely disappointed.