Category: Ruminations
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Why I hate my feet.
I’ve never been a big fan of feet. Not sure why, but I just don’t really like them. Feet sweat, feet smell…you get the idea. I have an extra reason to hate my feet, though: an irritating predisposition to ingrown toenails (this might get a little gross, guys. Maybe skip on to the next post).…
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Time for a changeup
March is nearly over, and spring is (theoretically) here. Oberon Day has come and gone, and there’s still a few inches of snow on the ground in a few places, but, were it not for the days where we struggle to hit 40 degrees, one would almost think that winter is finally on its way…
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Flirting with Spring
This has been a rough winter. Snow banks piled up 4 feet or higher along the roads (makes turning anywhere a lot of fun), ice hanging 6 feet off my roof, and somewhere between 3 and 4 feet of snow in the backyard. I’ve worked from home 4 times since January 1, which is 3…
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Victory tastes like steak
Filet mignon, as it turns out: Back in October, I made a bet with my friend that I could go the entire month as a vegetarian. No beef, no chicken, no seafood. At steak (get it?) was a steak dinner on my friend when he was back in town next. Despite breaking my leg and…
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Looking back, and looking ahead
2013 is over, and for the most part, I’m glad for it. There’s a snow storm raging outside this weekend, so to distract myself from the reality of yet another winter weather advisory and the thought of single-digit temperatures tomorrow, I thought I’d look back on the last year, and maybe think of a few…
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Welcome to November
I’m so glad to have October behind me. So glad, in fact, that I just had to celebrate last night: I won the bet with my friend and completed the October vegetarian challenge. It wasn’t quite as easy as I had expected, but it also wasn’t a huge hardship (although not being able to do…
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The October Vegetarian Challenge
This is a post I had been meaning to make back at the beginning of the month, or even earlier, but a variety of factors (laziness, procrastination, a sudden glut of time on my hands due to being immobilized) has delayed things until this point. One weekend in mid September, I was prepping a birthday…
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Once more, with style
A lot has happened since July. I’ll get to that later. So, about this time last year, I blew out my knee. Four weeks off, some mild limping, and by December I was back in action on the field…not scoring goals. I did actually eventually score, a few weeks ago, in a game against the…
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REO Speedwagon in Concert
First, I have a confession to make: until last night, I had never seen a band live in concert. I did see Blast! once or twice, but that wasn’t an arena concert. And so, at the tender age of 25, I went to see REO Speedwagon and Styx in concert in GR. REO Speedwagon was…
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Spanked.
Tonight was supposed to be the first game of our outdoor season, but because we apparently got our allotted 2 days of sunshine between periods of heavy rain, the game was moved indoors to save us from tearing up the grass and turning things into a rugby-esque mess. A-TEAM opened the outdoor season against the…