• Is February 15th Cursed?

    Yesterday was my birthday. I received 105 (update… 106) birthday wishes not including ones in person, but that’s not what this is about. Yes, I counted. It was a fun game. My good friend Molly wanted to take me out to lunch. I accepted. It was going to only be the two of us until

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  • One Day Can Change Everything

    For me, that day is January 30, 2011. Around noon, I receive a call from my sister saying her and my father are taking my mom to the local hospital. At breakfast, she began to not make any sense with her words and had thrown up. Upon arrival at the hospital, a CT scan is

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  • About San Antonio

    I just spent Sunday through Wednesday in the Lone Star State for the 2011 Chronotrack User’s Conference… San Antonio to be specific. This was the first time I’d ever spent any time in Texas aside from layovers in Dallas. My hopes weren’t too high as I have heard for years that Austin is really the

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  • Getting More Serious At the Gym

    I’ve now been visiting the gym casually for about a year now. I feel I’ve seen some differences in the way my body looks, but haven’t really noted anything in terms of actual gains in specific exercises. Two reasons (that I can think of) for this: I am a numbers person. A good part of

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  • Two Movies You Need to Watch: Oldboy and This is England

    Both are available via Netflix streaming. Oldboy is what I like to call a “mind-f*” film. My favorite type. Fight Club, Memento, and others of that type fall into this category. It’ll leave you wowed. It’s a Korean film so you’ll be reading subtitles, but Heather and I agreed it was very nearly a 5-star.

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  • 2011 Goals

    Last year I set a ton of goals… too many, in fact. I also didn’t follow The Golden Rules of Setting Goals (primarily #2). This year, I will do better. Without further ado, I present you my goals for 2011: Run 1000 miles. I’m back to a point where I think I can run 20

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