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Apr192017
Life
Apr182017
Ugh! Just Admit and Accept That You’re Human
Josie (my girlfriend) want to complete the San Diego half marathon Triple Crown. The races are the Carlsbad Half Marathon, the La Jolla Half Marathon and the America’s Finest City Half Marathon. After that, she wants to run the full Carlsbad Marathon. So training is tough. We were running...
Apr142017
Playoff Time: Woot WOOT!
In 1980, I heard those words that will live in infamy: “Do you believe in miracles? Yes!” It was an amazing moment. Because of the disaster of Vietnam, the corruption of Watergate, the Iranian hostage crisis, the gas shortage and the brutality of disco; the United States needed something to...
Apr122017
Unsung Brilliance
So it has been nine days since I quit chewing tobacco and I still have minor cravings. Not even a tenth as bad as they were but I am feeling that the best thing I can do is use some sort of substitute to satisfy the oral fixation (folks,...
Apr062017
Time to Say Goodbye to an Old Friend
This has probably been the longest 72 hours of my life. At least it is the longest I have had since the last time I tried this. I quit chewing tobacco. This time, I am pretty sure it is going to be permanent. I have needed to do it...
Mar302017
Is There Such Thing As Unconditional?
My girlfriend, Josie, came back to her office after work. Her co-workers were discussing a rather interesting topic. They asked Josie that if I had gained a lot of weight for no real reason except I was eating too much and I had no desire to work it off...
Mar292017
Politics and Sports: Drawing A Line
I was on Twitter when I found this article on BleacherReport.com. And it spurred my interest. Before reading my opinions, here is the article: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2700218-nfl1000-is-colin-kaepernick-still-starting-quarterback-material-in-the-nfl?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial If you are not interested in reading this rather long article, I will give you a quick synopsis. Doug Farrar, the author of the...
Mar282017
Weekend Update: A Trip through Downtown Los Angeles
Being in Los Angeles to visit my grandson gave me the opportunity to show Josie parts that she had never seen before. I had the whole thing planned out. We would go to Palisades Park for a short run. The views are really nice and the running paths are...
Mar272017
Weekend Update: Visiting Logan
I have not seen my new grandchild in a month so I decided to go to Los Angeles for a visit. I was going to go alone but Josie had sad she really wanted to go. That made me happy. The only issue was that she worked on Saturday....
Mar232017
A Nice Surprise
It was my birthday on Monday. I took the day off but did not have anything specific planned. Well, I was going to hang out with Josie, but, as you know, we have had some issues, so I really was not sure if she was going to hang out...