Category: General
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Buckle up! Big time catch-up post
Yeah, it’s been a few months. Lots has occurred. Some the heaviest of heavy. I don’t mean to minimize any of these things, but I do need to get up to date so this is how it’ll go. Rebecca’s Dad On March 28, Rebecca’s father passed away after a long battle with cancer. I was lucky enough to be on the east coast for…
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Today I got to do the coolest thing ever
SAVE A LIFE! And it was easy. I’m so unbelievably honored to have been given the opportunity. Where does life even go after something like this? I kid… Enough emo. Let me tell you all about it! Step 1 – The Call A few months ago I received a call that felt like a scam. First, it was from Florida. I don’t know anyone…
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Board Games, they’re what’s for lunch
The following is a post I made to our company-wide intranet, a highly trafficked space for our 12,000 global employees to share things from their lives, work, research, etc. “Adult” board gaming is a subject a lot of folks don’t know about, but are intrigued and hooked by when introduced so here’s me trying to intrigue and hook you. Our daily Slack interest gauging…
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The chances of seeing Rebecca’s purple yoga pants on TV
Days I watch the morning news… 1 in 30 Days my TV is accidentally still tuned to Fox (days after football games I cared to watch)… 1 in 182.5 How often a plane is hit by the deicing truck… I’d like to think this doesn’t happen often How often someone makes the news without knowing it… Rare How often someone makes the local news…
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2017 Year in Review
Life – Sold my first house, bought another, went for a hike with a girl in May and still go on them regularly with her (we even do sleepovers sometimes!), lost a job after ten years, got a new job, happily bid farewell to my last client, became comfortable on a snowboard, exercised every day of the year, and did a bunch of bicycles. Travel –…
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The summer that can’t stop, won’t stop
Another two weeks down and another few things worth noting. High Desert Omnium I did this event a few years back and had a chance to get back down to Bend for it again this year. I almost didn’t after being hit by a car two nights before it, but that turned out to be a non-issue. Ugh. Left home early Saturday morning to arrive…