Category: General
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Giving Twitter another go
This will be the third time I give it a shot. I usually last a few days, cannot grasp the point, and go away for a few years. I’m making a conscious attempt to grow myself professionally this year, and it seems it is one of the best tools for seeing what folks in my
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Taking the glove off
“Carpal fracture, closed.” Sorry for the lack of writing lately. I have been writing stuff, but doing so with a single hand is laborious and generally not too fun (owed before they’re stale: Portland trip recap, NYC trip recap). I’ve got a few drafts in the works, but I couldn’t not tell the world that
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The prognosis is as good as my choice of color
I had a lucky “rare” break of the distal side (outer third) of the scaphoid. Much better blood flow (for healing) and it is very nicely aligned. No screw, six weeks in the cast (I paid the extra $36 for waterproof because duh), and no limits on my activities. That said, I attempted to pull
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What I [Really] Want
Well, I want a lot of things, but if we’re talking immaterial? The list is fairly short: I want cheaper ammo. Gun regulation has my visits to the range costing me double what they used to. And the wait at the range is about double what it used to be. Get off my guns. I
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Goal Achieved: Do Less
One of my goals for the year was to be involved in less. As of last night, having stepped down from my four-year post as the VA Director at the DC Road Runners annual banquet, I think I can safely say I have achieved it. While I’m still busy as hell between two jobs and
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One Seven Four
First goal of the year: Accomplished. At the start of the year, I set a bunch of goals that weren’t SMART. Knowing myself and how self-motivated I am, I knew I’d still push myself to reach them. As of this morning, I’ve accomplished the first. On January 1st, I weighed 184lbs after having taken a