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Body Building

Mar
23
Body Building, part eight: Los Angeles is burning

Body Building, part eight: Los Angeles is burning

9 min read
Mar
20
Body Building, part seven: Teotihuacan vs. the little achievement tyrants

Body Building, part seven: Teotihuacan vs. the little achievement tyrants

The third trimester.
9 min read
Feb
23
Body Building, part six: Regret, love, and Space Mountain

Body Building, part six: Regret, love, and Space Mountain

6 min read
Feb
20
Body Building, part five: Interiority

Body Building, part five: Interiority

Breaking the phone habit and having my own experience.
12 min read
Jan
26
Body Building, part four: deconstructing/reconstructing body/mind

Body Building, part four: deconstructing/reconstructing body/mind

8 min read
Jan
23
Body Building, part three: A second adolescence

Body Building, part three: A second adolescence

The first trimester.
8 min read
Dec
22
Body Building, part two: 'Boldness by definition flouts the math that precedes it'

Body Building, part two: 'Boldness by definition flouts the math that precedes it'

Thanks to the last few years of absolutely harrowing parenting coverage, I had nothing to fear in terms of being unpleasantly surprised.
5 min read
Dec
20

Body Building, part one: Basic fitness

The "can" versus the "want to" versus the "should" of having kids.
8 min read