The cyber universe is a scary place; theft of personal information, political opinions running unbridled, pornography, what we now call news, and even cyber-bullying in the modern era. All disturbing. I find the internet just as disturbing though, as it relates to fitness and exercise. So many out there know so much it seems. I… [Read more…]
June 23, 2009
(originally written, November, 2008) My girlfriend, Patti, and I just completed the Long Beach half-marathon – in preparation for a full marathon we will complete in December. This process, the preparation for, and including a full marathon, is to be the Mt. Everest of my adult life. The half-marathon Patti and I completed this weekend… [Read more…]
June 15, 2009
I have never thought of myself as someone who is likeable. From my earliest memories, kids and contemporaries teased me, challenged me, fought with me, criticized me, and when all that wasn’t going on they just ignored me. As a child, I couldn’t buy a friend, and my fondest memories of growing up were held… [Read more…]
June 11, 2009
Like other parents, I have actively sold my daughter’s birth as the happiest moment of my life; a graduation, lottery win, and Olympic gold medal rolled into one. To suggest anything else would be to isolate me from my social peers. Though this action may be unpopular, I now choose to confess an emotional perjury… [Read more…]
June 7, 2009
An incurable romantic I am. Every so often I find myself falling in love though I do try to avoid it – for rarely is the romance worth the ensuing torment and pain. However, the lure, the intoxication, and the gravity of love anew is persuasive and it gets the better of me every… [Read more…]
June 2, 2009
My brother, Mark, is now a black belt in Karate. More on that later. I met my brother when I was just a few days old; he is four years my senior. Our first dialogue took place the day I came home from the hospital. It was a one way conversation, he calling me a… [Read more…]
June 29, 2009
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