my work in progress...

[saturn]

Does anyone else get the Very Short List? Or the VSL: Science? They're random little surprises in my inbox every day. *loves*

I forwarded my mom the crack_van link to "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." tags. She loved "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." back in the day and she loves to read so I figured I'd give it a shot. Most of the fic is gen or PG and it may actually be fun for her to revisit the show.

Everyone is talking about running today! I'm running 5.5k consistently in 9.5 to 10.5 minute miles. I'd like to get that time to a consistent 9.5 minute mile and, maybe, work my way up to 5 miles.

A colleague is pressuring me into training for a half marathon and, honestly, I think I could train for it but I just plain don't want to. First of all, my current run takes 30- 35 minutes which is a digestible chunk of time to schedule. 13 miles? Not so much. I also worry that training for 13 miles will condition my body to expect that level of exercise and, when I pull back, will have a corresponding slow down in my metabolism. Besides all of that, if I do anything else fitness related, I really need to get weight training back into my routine. I've lost muscle mass over the past five months which translates into tricep arm waddle.

I started A Lion Among Men by Gregory McGuire on the flight back from England and finished the book last night. I'm participating in a book club with McGuire on Friday and I'm SO EXCITED. I have a ton of questions to ask him about transformative fiction and his motivation to dive into the world of Oz. The book itself was a quick, layered read. I'm impressed with McGuire's ability to bring such depth and ambiguity to his characters. It is the Cowardly Lion, after all.

I took that political barometer quiz. Apparently I'm a socialist. No real surprise there.

You are a Social Liberal (78% permissive) and an... Economic Liberal (21% permissive) You are best described as a: Socialist Link: The Politics Test on Ok Cupid Also : The OkCupid Dating Persona Test