How FedEx Couldn’t Find One Person Who Has Seen Star Wars Is Beyond Me, But Here We Are

August 24, 2010

When you go to something called Star Wars Celebration V, you expect a high level of nerdiosity, geekitude, and dorkdom. In an environment like that the Comic Book Guy part of our psyche takes over a little more than it normally could. And that’s exactly what happened to me about 10 seconds after they started [...]

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Follow Your Bliss Friday: ONCE MORE, WITH GUSTO

August 20, 2010

I don’t care what it is you want to be, or do, or have, but whatever it is, do something toward achieving it before the day is over. Don’t talk yourself out of it. Don’t overthink it. It doesn’t have to be anything big. It just has to be something. ### ONCE MORE, WITH GUSTO [...]

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On the First Day of the Newbie Running Program, I Showed Up and Did Something Resembling Running

August 18, 2010

Yesterday was the first day of the my 10-week Newbie Program for people new to this whole running thing. It’s a modified version of the 8-week Couch to 5K program and led by the locally-owned Red Coyote Running and Fitness. It was not my typical idea of fun, but I’m glad I signed up for [...]

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Star Wars Celebration V

August 18, 2010

First, I need to tell you that Todd and I didn’t see any of the main events at Star Wars Celebration V: we didn’t see Mark Hamill speak (but it’s on YouTube…for now); we didn’t see Jon Stewart interview George Lucas because those people started lining up at 5PM the day before (but you can [...]

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Follow Your Bliss Friday: START A LIFE LIST

August 13, 2010

I don’t care what it is you want to be, or do, or have, but whatever it is, do something toward achieving it before the day is over. Don’t talk yourself out of it. Don’t overthink it. It doesn’t have to be anything big. It just has to be something. ### START A LIFE LIST [...]

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Follow Your Bliss Friday: VISIT THAILAND

August 6, 2010

I don’t care what it is you want to be, or do, or have, but whatever it is, do something toward achieving it before the day is over. Don’t talk yourself out of it. Don’t overthink it. It doesn’t have to be anything big. It just has to be something. ### VISIT THAILAND – Cindy [...]

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Well, I’ve Put Off This Exercising Thing Long Enough, So Instead of Just Running Off at the Mouth, I’ll Actually Be Running…Eventually…Kinda

August 5, 2010

Time to get back at it. I haven’t done anything since I wrecked my scooter and broke 2 ribs three months ago. I’m mostly healed now, but occasionally my right side hurts when I move just right. I imagine this is what Jackie Chan’s stunt coordinators must feel like on a good day. Anyway, I [...]

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Possible Scooter Ideas for When the Day Comes to Get Another One

August 2, 2010

I’ve been missing the scooter something fierce. It’s still odd not seeing it parked next to Cindy’s in the garage. I’ve been thinking about how and when I can replace it, and what kind and color I would get when I do. The Vespa was awesome, but pricey…and pricey to fix, too, apparently (or obviously). [...]

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Fortune Cookie Story Project: 1 – Just Another 135 Years at the Office

June 22, 2010

My first short story based on a fortune cookie fortune is ready, if you’d like to read it. DOWNLOAD – Just Another 135 Years at the Office – PDF Or you can read it here (and after the break) The Fortune Cookie Story Project – I write a 2- or 3-page short story based on [...]

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The Fortune Cookie Story Project Begins

June 9, 2010

One of the first ideas I put in the daybook was that I would spend a month or two writing 2- or 3-page stories based on…wait for it…fortune cookies. For some reason, I thought doing this would be good writing practice. So, last weekend, when Cindy said she needed rice wraps from the Asian food [...]

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