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Wednesday, April 22, 2015

39 Is the New 26.2

With the average male life expectancy being 78.7 years, I've decided that my inevitable midlife crisis will be met head-on this November at the starting line of The New York City Marathon. For reasons below, I thought it would be a good idea to write about it here even though I don't think anyone really needs regular check-ins on my "journey" or any other self-indulgent touchy-feely crap. That said, stepping outside the Facebook confines to communicate with my no-longer-nearest but occasionally still dearest1 felt refreshing enough that I went ahead and remodeled the space to try to make it my own.

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