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Fun day at the hospital

Most people my age have not yet experienced the joys of having a colonoscopy. A few of us are lucky enough to not only have had 1, but 2 colonoscopies. My 2nd was yesterday and boy was it fun. The procedure itself isn’t too bad; it’s pretty quick and I was sedated during it (I [...]

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Running again

I’ve been running on and off for more than a decade. I’ve used it as a way to relieve stress and by running 2 marathons, proved to myself that I can accomplish physical goals that we’re unimaginable to me years ago. After my last marathon, almost 2 years ago, I haven’t run very consistently. My [...]

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Working smarter, not harder

Work has been the focus of my life for a long time, especially the 5.5 years prior to my new job. Being a self-employed contractor meant that every hour I worked, I got paid. Then when I started ReceiptWallet, I had to not only do my contract work, I had to handle support and development [...]

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Well, then, there

Well, then, there
My wife said this today as a retort to something I said. I’m still scratching my head figuring out what she meant. I’m not sure she knows, either.

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Hurting the environment by conversing

Prior to our son being born almost 2 years ago, my wife and I decided that we’d use cloth diapers with him (she did the research and I just nodded my head). They are a bit of work to clean and wash (my wife does most of it), but we figure in the long run, [...]

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Picking the right shoes

When I was young, the only shoes that would fit were the blue ones! That was then, now things are a bit more complicated. Up until I started running, I just got some cheap shoes and didn’t really care. Road Runner Sports has a free service called Shoe Dog that helps you pick the right [...]

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Tough decisions

About 4 years ago, I became a trained member of my local CERT, Community Emergency Response Team. I attended meetings did training, and even helped out during the 2007 wildfires here in San Diego. As my Disaster Service Worker card expires in June, I started looking at what it took to renew it. There was [...]

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Winter in San Diego

It’s almost winter in San Diego; how can I tell? Well, I had to wear long pants a few times this week and it was too cold to wear my Tevas. Next week will have a few warm days (80-90 degrees), but it’s just the weather trying to trick us. While the winter isn’t bad [...]

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Longer commute

This summer was one of the slowest times I’ve had in the 5.5 years that I’ve been self employed. While there have been ups and downs, I actually considered taking a job in an office. I went through the whole interview process and was offered a position, but ultimately realized that I couldn’t give up [...]

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Jack of all trades, master of …

In my line of work of being a contracting software engineer, I have to take on many different types of projects, some in fields that are foreign to me or touching parts of the operating system that I have never used before. I’ve had to learn a lot to get things going. For example, I [...]

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