random musings

5th Annual Body Composition Challenge At Pro Fitness AZ

January 24, 2012

(Until 8pm tonight, ANYONE that signs up for the 5th Annual Body Composition Challenge at either Pro Fitness AZ location will get a FREE workout, courtesy of yours truly.) Lay down $99, win $3000. Pay less than one hundred bucks and you’ll be in the running to win 30 times that. Bet your bookie would [...]

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Chris Dodd and the MPAA

January 21, 2012

“Those who count on quote ‘Hollywood’ for support need to understand that this industry is watching very carefully who’s going to stand up for them when their job is at stake. Don’t ask me to write a check for you when you think your job is at risk and then don’t pay any attention to [...]

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Tweet 100,000

January 20, 2012

I grew up wanting to be a writer, but it seems I’m more suited to be a tweeter. Never did I think I’d care much about past tweets, but now I’m very curious to read what is my online diary for the past four-ish years. Bet you’ll see a lot of funny, a lot of [...]

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Thoughts on 100k Tweets

January 18, 2012

Need an excuse to meet friends for a rocking Happy Hour? No? Good. Wait, someone does? Okay, this Thursday from 4:30pm until whenever Nick Bastian and I will be celebrating #TD100k at Monti’s in Tempe. Let’s talk SOPA/PIPA, what a loudmouth you think I am or even about Monti’s owner Michael’s run for Tempe mayor. [...]

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Thoughts on SOPA & PIPA from a Napster kid

January 17, 2012

I was a Napster kid. Me and the rest of my frat brothers lived in the house that Paul Allen built in Greek Row on the Washington State University campus, which gave us access to the only T-1 line not controlled by the school. And because the server running the entire Greek system was in [...]

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The Art Of Self Improvement

January 9, 2012

Fitness books are for suckers. As are short-term diets, anything labeled self-help and drastic lifestyle changes without a clear goal in mind. I am a sucker. I’ve toyed with multiple diets, including no-fat diets, Paleo diets, vegetarian diets and the one with cayenne pepper and lemon juice. None of them were prohibitively expensive, nor did [...]

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Had I Died Today

January 2, 2012

The neighborhood I usually run through is rumored to have one of the highest non-violent crime rates in the city. It’s filled with mostly poor, Hispanic families whose kids spend many nights running and playing in the streets. I often see stray dogs and very young children, unsupervised, whenever I plod through at the end [...]

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Year In Review – I Think I Grew Up

December 29, 2011

(As opposed to most of the content on this site, today’s post is going to be completely about me. No refunds after this point. If you’d prefer, here’s a random post.) Got engaged this year. You’d think that would be life changing. Not life changing in that my actual life would be different, but life [...]

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Thanks To Be Given

November 24, 2011

There are few things more important to healthy relationships than the ability to encourage others to feel how much they are appreciated. Fresh off running my first and last PodcampAZ, getting engaged for the first and last time and being a part of a group of storytellers that has made both my struggles and successes [...]

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Momentumer Than Elizabeth Newlin

November 17, 2011

Loved Elizabeth Newlin’s breakdown of her run so much I wrote my own. As part of my training for Tough Mudder, I run four miles 2-3 times a week (increase .5 to 1 mile each week) and run 1.3 miles barefoot and do the Tough Mudder workout twice a week. I’ve gained a bit of [...]

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