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our family vacation in park city, utah was wonderful. relaxing and lo-program, baby. lots of sleeping in, playing games, watching movies, hiking in the mountains, wandering the fun downtown area, and a bit of sightseeing. for me, the most fun day was the day we spent at the olympic center, were we rode crazy ziplines [...]
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i’m so glad we stopped at bryce canyon (in utah) for a couple days on our way to park city. just amazing. one of the most unique landscapes i’ve ever seen. we drove around a bit and took short hikes to various view points. we had a nice picnic lunch. then we took a brutal [...]
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this morning, my family heads off on a 10-day vacation. we’ll spend the first couple nights at a cheap hotel outside of bryce canyon national park, and a full day in that park. i’ve never been to bryce, and am really looking forward to it. a good day of hiking will do this currently-fat body [...]
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1 – afternoon and evening well spent with my son at the san diego county fair 2 – rides we went on together -a lame ‘funhouse’ -a pretty fun little rollercoaster 2 – rides max went on by himself -a pretty good ‘funhouse’ -a swing ride on a tower, where he ‘had’ to share a [...]
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yesterday, two of my cousins set a new world record. for reals. as a kid, i went through a phase where i really wanted to set a world record. i poured through the guiness book, studying the various categories i might attempt. i even tried (and quickly failed) twice. first, i took at a shot [...]
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i’ve been a lame blogger lately. i have many thoughts i’d like to blog about, but haven’t found the time. hopefully, i’ll get back on in the saddle in the days and weeks to come. in the mean time, here’s a little photo survey of our camping trip to yosemite this past week: the first [...]
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- flying to detroit today, for our annual christmas trek. my family and jeannie’s are all in detroit. in my 46 years of life, i’ve never spent a christmas day anywhere but detroit. we mostly split our time between jeannie’s family and mine. but this year jeannie and i are getting away to a little [...]
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a few weeks ago, i made a little pie-chart of my emotions at that moment (should update that, as they’ve changed!). i showed it to max, my days-shy-of-12 son. he thought it was so cool, which cracked me up. he said, “i just think it’s awesome that you have an emotional pie!” i showed him [...]
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today, i am thankful that i was laid off. it’s a choice, more than a feeling. i cannot, no matter how much effort i apply to the task, think of a single challenging, painful, or hurtful experience in my life, whether by my own doing or done to me, that i would now wish away. [...]
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this is a hard post to write, but an important one for me. i’ve experienced some pretty significant a-ha’s in the past week or two, all around the sustainability of my lifestyle, my identity, and my most important relationships. a month and a half ago, i started a leadership coaching process with john townsend. and [...]
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