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Napoleonic Complex Club

October 26, 2010

I’m forming a new group! I really see a need for this in a place like Phoenix, so all of you have beta invites waiting as soon as you think about becoming a member. The Napoleonic Complex Club is the first of its kind (unless it’s not, but it’s better than anything before it because [...]

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Six things for the six days before the LA 13.1

October 18, 2010

I have never run a half marathon in less than two hours and ten minutes, which means I’ve never run a half marathon in less than ten minutes per mile. My first half marathon was run in two hours eleven minutes, and my last two in two hours, sixteen minutes. I have nowhere to go [...]

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Okay, Phoenix – F* you, f* you, f* you, you’re cool, f* you…I’m out!

October 15, 2010

I know what it is you all think I’m going to do, which is flip out and burn every bridge, rip every person that’s crossed me and dig up every sad story that I’ve been involved in. In a culture that seems to thrive on watching people argue, demean themselves or fight, I bet most [...]

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The Inigo Montoya guide to poorly used Phoenix terms

October 1, 2010

As downtown Phoenix slowly grows into a real urban core, I’ve heard many terms, phrases and promises regarding what we’d be able to do. From CityScape to the Jackson Street Project and Civic Space to a new skate facility at Deck Park, activists and urban planners have had a helluva time making claims about what [...]

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Barefoot running breakdown in downtown Phoenix

September 1, 2010

(Yes, I know running in Vibrams isn’t really barefoot running, but minimalist running just sounds weird. I’ll work on it, I promise.) Today sucked. Still glowing after my sub-nine-minute per mile, seven-mile run on Sunday night, I was pumped to run a mere four miles today. Because I’m either a sadist, stupid or such a [...]

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Everything feels like it belongs there

August 23, 2010

Every time I come home I feel a twinge of nostalgia. From my parents’ house to my grade school and my first job to my first girlfriend, every significant moment in the first 24 years of my life happened in or near Kent, WA. For many of the people I grew up with, this familiarity [...]

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All Out Live Stream

June 18, 2010

We’ll be live tonight from Gangplank at 7:45pm for All Out. Video chat rooms at Ustream

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Marches Don’t Matter (on their own)

June 9, 2010

(Written for ABC15) The point of any good protest, march, demonstration or insertcausehere parade is to raise sympathy for your cause. Whether youâ€™re protesting wage cuts in the auto industry, equal rights for homosexuals or an increased chance of a certain ethnic group to be racially profiled, marches matter, but on their own, donâ€™t mean [...]

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Honesty, like good shoes, will get you far

April 27, 2010

As a proud Vibram shoes owner, I’m constantly asked about my shoes. Questions like: Are they comfy – yes, but you have to break in your feet Do you actually run in them – yes, ran four miles today and a half-marathon in June Where can I get them – three shops in the Phoenix [...]

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Scottsdale Camp, SkySong, April 24

April 11, 2010

Yes, it’s another ‘camp. Yes, it’s being run by me and D. Patrick Lewis. Yes, it’s at Sky Song. And it needs to happen. Residents of Phoenix, Glendale, Tempe, Gilbert and Chandler get it, the businesses they frequent mostly get it and their employers are starting to turn on to it. But Scottsdale seems to [...]

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