Monthly Archives: October 2010

Use your head

My youth football career came about only grudgingly, didn’t last too long, ended with a bone-snapping injury, but was largely positive. Even as a 13-year-old I learned a lot about myself and the physical limits I was willing to push … Continue reading

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The Workout

I am fighting an ongoing battle with myself. And this battle occurs at my local gym. Or, rather, it hasn’t occurred at my local gym of late because I haven’t been there in four months. Or two months. Or five. … Continue reading

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TV’s Warm, Glowing, Warming Glow

With two young daughters around the house, a dad hunts for his TV time. Continue reading

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Kickin’ it old school

We have survived the first month or so of middle school. My daughter has found some activities she likes and enjoys her classes. The school has also done a pretty good job of communicating things to us. For instance, we … Continue reading

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Taking them out to the ballgame

I caught “Baseball: The Tenth Inning” this week, the new addition to the Ken Burns PBS documentary about our National Pastime. Burns revisited the 18-hour doc because it left off in the 1980s, and anyone who’s even a casual fan … Continue reading

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Music to My Ears

I haven’t been here for a while. No real reason other than laziness. I could blame football season – which is time consuming and awesome – or work or any other number of things, but I have also been slacking … Continue reading

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