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Today is my wife’s birthday, so happy birthday Michele! Last Sunday my wife accompanied me to the Warsaw Area Sprint Triathlon. This happened in Warsaw, Missouri. 500 meter swim, 12 mile bike, 5K run. It took me about an hour … Continue reading →

Last year at the end of July I weighed 151.5. Yesterday I weighed 158.5. I’m no Archimedes, but even I know that’s a difference of 7 pounds. So what’s that mean in practical terms. Profoundly, I’m 7 pounds heavier this … Continue reading →

The last thing my neighbors want to see is a grown man running through the ‘hood butt-naked. I don’t blame them, I don’t want to see that either because, you know, barefoot runners can be anoying. However, it’s been so … Continue reading →

The other day my headphones crapped out. This happens from time to time. Every so often I have to go out and get new headphones. The connection becomes loose down by the end that you stick into the iPod. I … Continue reading →

For some reason I think about how I may die more frequently than a licensed psychologist might consider healthy. When I’m given to such morbid daydreams, I never imagine that I’ll die in a hospital bed. No peaceful passing for … Continue reading →

On Saturday I ran a 10K in support of the soccer team here in Clinton. The poor and needy soccer players need the kind of clothes they wear playing the game of European futbol. I was happy to contribute. To most Americans, … Continue reading →

Lent always seems longer to me when I actually deny myself something I enjoy, like the various delicacies I can shovel into my lip-ringed orifice, for example. This year, however, I did not swear off the much desired carbohydrates that … Continue reading →

We’re not having much of a winter here in Southwestern Missouri. It snowed about an inch and a half earlier this week and we all went into a tizzy looking for our snow shovels, but by the time we found … Continue reading →

221223 1636 I’m posting my old drafts UNEDITED. This post was actually in the discarded file. Welp, it’s going out. I really don’t know when I wrote the below, but right now here is Southwestern MO it is 9 degrees … Continue reading →