I headed down to Titusville, Florida this weekend for the inaugural Rocketman Half-Ironman Triathlon, which boasts one of the most unique race courses in the triathlon calendar. The week leading up to the race had been constant rain storms and wind across most of Florida, so I had been watching the weather reports fairly actively…
It’s not uncommon for the U.S. Supreme Court to hear monumental court cases… it is the Supreme Court, of course. This week stands to be a extraordinarily divisive week for one of two groups in the country as it hears both the Proposition 8 and DOMA cases. I’ve been surprised, and for the most part…
Sometimes I get so caught up working on web sites for other folks that I forget to show attention to my own. I spent some time last month working through my personal goals for the new year. In the grand scheme of things, New Years Resolutions tend to fall by the wayside for most people…
Several months ago, we decided to cancel our home telephone. There were a number of factors that went into this decision. For example, we were paying more than $50/month for a phone number that was really only used for my wife to talk with her month each weekend and the occasional work-related conference call. Perhaps…
With only three months until Disney Marathon Weekend, I’ve run myself right down to the wire. If I start training tonight, which I did, I would have time to ramp up to 20 miles, then taper for two weeks before the marathon. It’s unfortunate I didn’t start training a few weeks earlier like I had…
The second half of our 2012 vacation was to San Francisco; we drove directly there from Yosemite National Park where we had spent the previous three days. I had visited San Francisco a few years ago and while I was only there for a couple of days (I was coaching a marathon group running the…
Since we were traveling to California for a wedding (Jen’s cousin got married in Lancaster, in the Antelope Valley of the Mojave high desert) we decided to merge our annual vacation with this trip. We new we wanted to visit Yosemite National Park. I had been to San Francisco a few years ago while coaching…
So, Jen and I went to see The Dark Knight Rises, Part 1 today at the movie theater. I have to say that was a really good movie. It didn’t hurt that scenes Anne Hathaway in tight leather pants were scattered throughout the film. Overall, it was as good as the two previous ones that…
I’ve been working as a contract Product Manager for a small start-up here in Jacksonville for about a year now. A couple of weeks ago they offered me a permanent position here and I decided last week to accept the position. My new title is Sr. Solution Engineer, and I’m responsible for providing the technical…
For our fourth wedding anniversary, Jen and I headed off to Savannah, Georgia to revisit the location of our honeymoon. I’m still angry that I’ve lived the last 40 years of my life only about two and a half hours from this amazing location and never went until only a few years ago. We stayed…