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Shortest day
Today marks the shortest day in the northern hemisphere also known as the Winter Solstice. The earth has tilted on its poles with the northern pole as far away as it can get. From this day forward the days get longer until the summer solstice on June 21st. My life is completely removed from the…
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The power of returns
A little over a week ago I bought a new bike. It was the first new bike I had bought in over 15 years and I was very excited. As I rode it to test its size I realized it was too small. For the price I paid I need to have a bike that…
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Lazy Sunday
Last night was a friends birthday so we stayed up pretty late. This lead to us sleeping in this morning and deciding to have a lazy Sunday. Besides walking the dogs we accomplished only eating and watching various movies all day. We started the day off with Get him to the Greek. This is one…
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1 year review – Apple Fitness+
A year ago Apple came out with its streaming workout video program known as Apple Fitness+. I have been using it off an on the the last 12 months and have found a lot of value from using it. You have to have an iOS device, an Apple Watch, and a subscription to Fitness+ to…
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Get up!
Until a few years ago I was not a morning person. I am still not a morning person but I get up before the sunrise pretty much everyday now. I have an alarm set but I generally wake up before it goes off. Once I am awake I have a decision to make: get up…
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Focus
One thing I have always had a fun time with is focusing and completing a project. There are so many things to do in a day, and I am fascinated by so much, that it can be difficult to stay focused on the task at hand. There are also distractions of things that I need…
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Breakfast Smoothie
I used to hate eating breakfast. This was mainly due to the fact that I used to sleep in until the last minute before I had to goto work. Over the last few years I have been waking up at 6am in the winter and earlier in the summer. Since I usually get up and…
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45 trips around the sun
394200 hours of, mostly, non-stop breathing. ~130086 hours sleeping. ~52000 hours at some type of job. 113869 hours since I fell head over heals in love. It’s been a rollercoaster of a good time. Ups and downs and ups, ad infinitum. Optimist, pessimist, cynic, pessimist, optimist, … There is a cycle to most of it…
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Good Customer Service
Good customer service is not about doing whatever it takes to make the customer happy. That is something that marketers use to share unrealistic stories about how a company helped one customer in an extraordinary circumstance. It is not realistic to expect your company or employees to do whatever it takes to make the customer…
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Surprise party!
On Saturday my plan was to work on the garage a bit, and then Kate and I were gonna watch a movie at 7pm. Kate was busy with various chores, and was going to hang out with some friends in the afternoon. It was going to be a pretty perfect day, as far as I…