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2008 Weight Loss Resolution Update

Monday, June 9th, 2008

I wonder how many of us still remember the resolutions we made for 2008. And I wonder how many are still sticking to them.
One of my goals was to get down to 170 lbs. I was 178 lbs at the time.
While I haven’t hit 170 yet, I’ve been hovering consistently around 172. The […]

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2007 Resolutions - Where are they now?

Monday, December 31st, 2007

The last day of 2007 is today. 2008 begins tomorrow - and that makes me think about resolutions for the new year….again..
2007 wasn’t that productive for me in terms of my resolutions.
Lose weight and drop down to 170 lbs - NEGATIVE - I’m still floating around 175/176.
Enter some sort of endurance event - SEMI-NEGATIVE […]

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Random Thoughts from Dedham, MA

Thursday, June 21st, 2007

I’m spending a few days in Dedham, Massachusetts to attend a series of training classes. It’s a small old (isn’t everything here old?) town about 25 miles outside of Boston. Here are some random thoughts I had…
I’m from Bawston
Man, everyone here has a pretty strong accent. I wonder if there is such […]

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Happy Anniversary!

Thursday, May 3rd, 2007

The wife and I celebrated our first anniversary last night. I can’t believe it’s been a whole year already.
We decided to eat in to celebrate, so we opened up an overaged bottle of wine (1999 Lancaster Estate from Alexander Valley) and I cooked dinner. On the menu was linguine with clam sauce, seared […]

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Irvine’s the BOMB

Tuesday, April 10th, 2007

Yeah - literally.  I ran into this little road block while trying to leave the house today. I wonder if they ever thought it might just be some kid’s name on a lunch bag?

Irvine police, bomb squad investigate package on Irvine bus bench
Box with ‘bomb’ written on it contained paper and clothes.
IRVINE The Sheriff’s […]

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Having the Stomach Flu Sucks

Monday, March 19th, 2007

I had some awful virus take me down last Friday, leaving me bed-ridden with nausea, headaches and a fever for practically all of the weekend. I don’t remember getting that sick for a few years now. Most of the time, my illnesses consist of a cough and some congestion, but this was just […]

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