Monthly Archive for November, 2009

5 rules for Thanksgiving day

Thanksgiving is a personal favorite of mine. In honor of this, I wrote down a few rules to abide by on Thanksgiving day.

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1) Forget your diet. You can lose weight the rest of the year, eat what you want on Thanksgiving day.

2) Don’t eat alone. Go to Denny’s and sit at…

Mt Baker

Early season 2009 at Mt. Baker Ski Area near Bellingham, Washington.

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Only November and already 80+ inches…

I’m an addict…of coffee

I believe in starting my day out by taking the time to brew fresh coffee. It is the pause before the storm. I love the sound my coffee machine makes as it brews. It reminds me of the way my grandparents coffee percolator used to sound every morning when I would visit them growing up. (Percolators make terrible coffee by the way, they just

My best ideas are born while sweating

Strange title you say? Let me explain. Most of the great ideas I have had during the last half decade have been born while I was exercising. In my opinion, there is no greater incubator for ideas than getting outside and running/walking/riding your bike. This gets me away from all distractions in my environment and allows my mind to focus completely on the issue at hand. I find that it…

You can’t do everything

I am slowly learning that in life you can’t do everything. You can’t be a firefighter, a cop, and an FBI agent in one lifetime. You can’t simultaneously be an avid kite boarder, mountain climber, fly fisherman, triathlete, and artist. You can’t be an expert on ancient Chinese culture, space exploration, gourmet food, and diesel engines. There is not enough time in life to go to medical school, change your…