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I skinned my right arm over the weekend, right below the elbow. I was rollerblading through a parking lot along the beach here in Newport, and a big truck decided to pull into a parking space I was passing. Diving for the asphalt was the fastest way to avoid getting hit by a very large [...]
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Ten years ago today, my life changed forever. I became a father. A decade has passed, and it seems like yesterday and forever, simultaneously. I’d thought about being a father before I became one, but I didn’t fully comprehend how much it changes you once it happens. For one, you’re ready to die for [...]
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Almost every night, I rollerblade along the beach. The predominant wind is at my back as I head out down the boardwalk, pushing me along. It’s like flying, no effort. But then the sidewalk ends, and it’s time to skate into the wind. The flying is done. Now it’s all work, all [...]
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It took me some time when I was younger, back in my college days, to realize that being friends with someone didn’t necessarily mean for life. Some friends were like chapters in a book; read and part of the whole book but not part of the following chapters in the book. Some friends were part [...]
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I’m not a big New Year’s Resolutions maker, but I thought I’d do a few for 2009. Stop Chewing My Cheek
What the hell am I doing in that photo? Andy Beal shot it, thought it would make a funny caption contest but kindly decided to check with me first. I told him what I was doing, how I’m embarrassed [...]
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Oh, Ivar. I welcome you back into my life. It’s been too long, my old friend. The smell of your freshly cut pine (are you pine?) once again fills my office nook. Your presence brings me nearly full circle through my life of home furnishing. I thought you were gone, but you return once again, [...]
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Another Christmas, and another one where I won’t be phoning my father. I used to for his birthday, Thanksgiving and Christmas — just to try and keep the whole family thing going to some degree. But I gave that up about 10 years ago. My father wasn’t a very nice man. Well, he was nice to [...]
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I’ve bungee jumped twice in my life. The first time, I got pushed off. The second, I jumped on my own. Sort of like life, I was thinking recently. My first jump was when I turned 30. There was a tower back then at the Queen Mary. A bungee jump sounded like a cool way to [...]
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I started smoking regularly this year. Never thought I would. Smoking was always that dirty, filthy, unhealthy habit that I looked down upon with others. I’ve kind of joked that this year I wanted to become fully proficient at it. I once saw a guy playing ping-pong while smoking. Smack the ball, the cigarette perched on [...]
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My oldest son came home the other day, asking to shave his head. Shave his head? Turns out, a friend of his in school had a relapse after a first bout with leukemia. He has to do another round of chemotherapy with the resulting hair loss. So, some of the kids in the school decided [...]
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