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rocketaround.bsky.social @rocketaround.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I don’t want to brag, but we saw John Green at Unity Temple on the Plaza on Tuesday (Banned Books Week, no less!), and it basically made my entire year.

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rocketaround.bsky.social @rocketaround.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Happy New Running Shoes in the Mail Day to anyone who celebrates! I love when my interests intersect. #runner #runsky #seattlekraken #seakraken

New Brooks Kraken x Ghost Max running shoes.

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rocketaround.bsky.social @rocketaround.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Rolled up to the park just after 5am, just in time for the violent lightning to start. The thought of grinding out 20 miles on a treadmill almost makes me want to take my chances with the lightning. #run #runsky

Lightning lighting up what would have been a pitch black scene of a park.

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rocketaround.bsky.social @rocketaround.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

This is what I get for casually mentioning to Mrs. Rocket that I’ve only seen baby recluses around the house this season and no large adults.

A very not baby-sized brown recluse spider.

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rocketaround.bsky.social @rocketaround.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

81 degrees with 92% humidity at 5:30 this morning. It’s a visually gorgeous morning, too bad I’m sautéing for another 11 miles. #25K #run #runner #runsly

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rocketaround.bsky.social @rocketaround.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Pre-dawn runs are great for discipline, cooler temps, and getting it out of the way early… but there’s just something magical for me about the sun setting on a #run on a hot day. #runsky

Photo of the sun disappearing behind the trees on the opposite side of a lake, taken from a park trail.

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rocketaround.bsky.social @rocketaround.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Soooo she hated it, but I had an absolute blast. #AmonAmarth and #Dethklok at the Midland on the #AmonklokConquest tour.

A huge sea monster from the Amon Amarth stage set.

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rocketaround.bsky.social @rocketaround.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

This will always be the first thing I think of every time Markwayne puffs out his chest.

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rocketaround.bsky.social @rocketaround.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Final long run before this Saturday’s marathon. It’s been a long season, and my legs are tired. #run #runner #runsky

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rocketaround.bsky.social @rocketaround.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Indicators that it’s hockey season: 1. I yell at the television. 2. Mrs. Rocket sends me a text from elsewhere in the house.

“I’m banishing you to the basement to watch games.”

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rocketaround.bsky.social @rocketaround.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Arrived just in time! Would have been cool if the shirt glowed like the new Kraken jersey, but ah well. PSA: Gru is my ride or die. Never any hate here. #Seattle #Kraken #SeattleKraken

The back of a black tee shirt. Grubauer 31

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rocketaround.bsky.social @rocketaround.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

I’ve been enjoying the Strava sub preview, if only because it’s a break from the usual Garmin trash-talking. It wasn’t the rain that slowed me down… it was picking my way through the piles of toads and rat snakes on the waterlogged trail at 5:30am with only a headlamp. #runner #runsky #run

“Rainy morning long run pushed beyond typical distance, with a slightly slower pace reflecting the challenging wet conditions.
Your 10.4-mile morning run was a bit of a challenge, with rain and higher elevation compared to recent runs. You logged your longest run time this week at just over 2 hours, moving a bit slower than your 30-day average pace.
The wet conditions and hillier terrain likely contributed to the slightly reduced speed, but you still got out and put in the miles.”

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rocketaround.bsky.social @rocketaround.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

We saw the @dropkickmurphys.com at Grinders #KC this evening, and I dare say Mrs. Rocket got the photo of the night in the sea of middle fingers directed at the Trump+admin video montage during Bury the Bones. #KansasCity

A photo taken of the stage during a Dropkick Murphys show. The backdrop video shows members of the KKK marching, and the crowd’s arms are raised at the screen, middle fingers high.

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rocketaround.bsky.social @rocketaround.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Mrs. Rocket says that I look like someone’s exotic bird escaped. #runsky #runner #run

A torso and legs photo of a rangy runner in bright blue shorts, and a shirt composed of yellow, red, white, and a couple shades of green.

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rocketaround.bsky.social @rocketaround.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Finally won at Final Girl - Reiko vs Hans the Butcher. There’s a lot you can do to a bad guy when you bring an axe and a bear trap. He revived with a single heart on his token, and I was fortunate to still have a weak attack card to give him a tiny poke. #FinalGirl #horror #slasher

A photo of gameplay from the game Final Girl. Two attack cards are visible, Furious Strike and Weak Attack, and there’s a card for the axe weapon. The killer figure is laying flat with the final girl figure standing over him.

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rocketaround.bsky.social @rocketaround.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

I’m an Old who only likes 80s-brand horror, so after finally getting Final Girl, I was pretty stoked. Me on my first play-through: This guy doesn’t have a movement on his normal action to start. How does he even kill anyone? *flips the Terror card* Me: … Ah. Of course. All the tropes are there.

A game card titled What’s that noise? Let’s go and see!” It describes some game effects that take place, starting with All victims move 1 space toward the closest enemy.

Three victims in Final Girl are in an area adjacent to the killer, about to be moved into the area with the killer before his attack sequence begins.

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rocketaround.bsky.social @rocketaround.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Half marathon this morning, Calabrese at the Bottleneck in Lawrence, KS tonight. #horrorpunk #vampirerock

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rocketaround.bsky.social @rocketaround.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

“You know what Bluesky needs? More of THIS guy.”

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rocketaround.bsky.social @rocketaround.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

First serious long run since injury recovery after last October’s marathon. Everything felt wrong, awful, or both; but I knew it was coming. It’s not a Go Fast year, and I’m fine with it. It’s a Build Back Better From Last Year year, and I’m gonna do that instead. First race this year is in 4 weeks!

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rocketaround.bsky.social @rocketaround.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Seeing The Get Up Kids at the Truman tonight. Emo is not my jam, but Mrs. Rocket goes to the shows I went to see, so I owe her at least this much. And, for real, everyone here (including us) is so freaking old.

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rocketaround.bsky.social @rocketaround.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Losing my mind watching the slow creep of Coach Greg’s confidence toward purple. Alternate post: Coach Greg’s confidence is even slower than my runs. #run #runner #garmin

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rocketaround.bsky.social @rocketaround.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

I don’t want to yuck in the UI yum, but overlapping the comments control with that scroll-to-the-top-and-refresh control caused me to lose the post I wanted to see the engagement in.

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rocketaround.bsky.social @rocketaround.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Current Garmin plan is a tough PR for a Half in an upcoming series. I appreciate Coach Greg’s confidence, but what he doesn’t know is that I’m about to reschedule today’s 100-minute long run because there’s no way this boy is going out in a blizzard warning.

A chart representing confidence of a Garmin running plan success. The rating is Confident, closing in on Extremely Confident.

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rocketaround.bsky.social @rocketaround.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

At first I was like, “Hey, fun badge.” And then I noticed ‘Limit 250’… How many Garmin users do they anticipate living to 250+ years old?

A challenge badge from Garmin Connect for recording an activity on New Year’s Eve. The badge says it’s limited to being earned 250 times.

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rocketaround.bsky.social @rocketaround.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Adding some stability running shoes to the rotation, post-quad rehab. My only complaint about Brooks running shoes is that they don’t offer much in the way of color variety for 2E or 4E width shoes; so if I want something fun, I have to go half a size up in a regular width to give myself more room.

A garish pair of yellow, black, and orange Brooks Adrenaline GTS running shoes.

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