With very few exceptions, everything in the world is simple to fix. The key, I’ve found, is to not be scared, and just get your hands dirty. Over the years I’ve learned how to replace transmissions, swap a suspension in minutes, fix bicycles, fix computers, fix arcade machines and at this point, I’m quite certain I could fix just about anything I’m faced with.…
This morning at the gym, I was in the middle of a set of shoulder presses when something in my back went funny. It was almost the feeling of losing my breath. I finished my set, but found myself unable to do any other upper body. Frustrated, but not ruined; I got my first lower body workout in quite a while done. Got home,…
Just saw someone post this to Facebook. It’s from Grey’s Anatomy, which is hilarious because for years I had to put up with Caitlin watching it (it’s not a bad show, but it’s definitely not a guy show), but damn, good quote: “At some point, you have to make a decision. Boundaries don’t keep other people out. They fence you in. Life is messy.…
Nearly three years ago to the day, I resigned from my fairly comfortable position at Anystream. I loved the people, I loved the work, but the company was being steered into a direction I didn’t particularly care for, they were top-heavy, and management was pretty poor. It was a VC-funded business with a few too many egos, and I couldn’t be around that; I’m…
Today marks the official one year anniversary of me halting all running. To say I’ve started running again is kind of a joke; I’ve been doing about 25 miles per month for the past three. I feel I could probably pick that up a bit, but biking seems to be doing me pretty well for now. Two months ago, I ran my first 5k…
I came into the month with a goal of 50 miles run, 200 biked, and 5 swam. Looking back, it was a bit lofty; I kept busy pretty much the entire month and still couldn’t do it. I ended the month with 28.5 run (a post-injury record), 233 biked (most ever by 92), and 4.44 swam (most ever by double AND I missed an…