Category: General

  • Plywood monitor stand

    I’ve long been fascinated with woodworking. This past weekend I tackled an incredibly simple project with some scrap plywood from some shelving I put into one of our closets (I don’t consider that a woodworking project since there was zero polish involved). This was a great first project because my tools are limited and it’s

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  • 2019 Year in Review

    An excellent year. Life Became President of my bike team. Sold her house. Started a great new gig. Bought a house. Got married. Got a 2nd cat. Losses My recipient passed away in September. This was kind of hard on me. Travel The Dalles/Maupin for New Years and a race (January) Mt. Hood/Parkdale for a

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  • And then we got a kitten

    Growing that family… Meet Kitt (formerly known as Andrew). This post continues the “and then” theme from the We bought a house and We Got Married posts. All of these things happened in a matter of weeks. It was crazy. A week after the wedding (two months ago), I surprised Rebecca with a visit to the

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  • And then we got married

    October 17, 2019 was the date. We, along with around a dozen family members descended upon Tumalo Lake Lodge (amazing – do stay there) for a three day celebration that couldn’t have gone much better. On Thursday, we married just before 4pm on a dock by the lake. It was a very informal ceremony that we

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  • My recipient has passed

    Today I received the first update from my bone marrow recipient. Unfortunately, it was sad news as her transplant center had informed Gift of Life that she has passed away. I don’t know any further details and would assume this to be the end of the line so I won’t find out any more. Since

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  • Summertime Recap

    It’s been another packed one to be capped with another run at Leadville in just over a week. New Job In the middle of May I began a new role at a local company working to usher in the future of mass transit and urban mobility. I was brought on as a kind of jack

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