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An Ominous Anniversary
A shocking start to a day, leads to some life changes, and a reflection on mortality, and how to best live life.
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Whatta Week…
Health issues dominate a week. Worries that it was Covid-19 were overblown, but shingles is no joke either
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The Decade Challenge
There’s been a lot of side by side comparison of people from the beginning of the 2010’s, and the now start of the 2020’s. I don’t have pictures, but, I do have a story. The story begins the week before. I was getting started on a diet and a renewed vigor. Daily exercise, caloric intake…
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Hand Dryers – The Dyson Airblade
An embarrassingly long time ago, I had my first encounter with a Dyson Airblade hand dryer. I don’t remember when, or where, but I do recall it being the only touchless, air dryer that actually friggin’ worked to get my hands dry. Insert your hands past your wrists, and slowly withdraw, and BAM, your hands…
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Recipes and Inaccuracies
I enjoy cooking. Always have, heck, I worked my way through college in a commercial kitchen as a chef. So, when I get a hankering for something, I just cook it. Either learn to cook it, or just dive in. A few weeks ago, my sister was visiting, and I decided to make a Dutch…
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Reflections of 2017, and looking to 2018
Ah, December 31, the year is about done, and there are some thoughts clanking around my head. Time to extract them before the temptation to eat myself into a coma wins the battle. Number 1 – Work It has been a good and busy year at work. I am currently in the certifications group at…
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Bicycle Dreams
Lately, I have been back in the saddle again. Riding, at least on weekends, it gets my heart rate up, and I enjoy putting the miles on. But, I begin to get ideas. Could I ride to work? What would make that more pleasant? This bike is old, I need something new. Yeah, that is…
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The downside of Public Transportation
I am lucky. I get to ride public transport to the office. Heck, there is a tax break, so my employer even gives me a pass to ride for free. About a mile from my house to the train station, so I even get a little exercise. What’s not to love about it? Well, I…
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Diet Update
Update – 1/15 Continuing on the thread of finally losing some of this weight I gained that I wrote about first on 1/8, today is the weekly update. On 1/2, I kicked the effort off. That day, I stepped on the scale, and it was an eye-boggling 263.2 pounds. I will be honest, I had…
