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I ran a 5K today and did a workout that consisted of cleans and ring dips. I am cooked and shaking and can't feel anything below my belly button. Should I be concerned? The upshot is that I took 4 minutes off my 5K time and I took three minutes off my time for the cleans and dips workouts. I am gassed. Absolutely nothing left...
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I leave for NY on Friday after work and then I am going to a Crossfit certification. It is really strange to think about how much a gym has changed my life; but over the last couple of months I have become really aware of it and I just can't believe it hasn't been part of my life longer.

Since I started going to this...
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This has not been a good week. I don't have anything to say that sounds positive or upbeat. I finished reading a book called The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullmnan. It is part of the His Dark Materials trilogy which also includes The Golden Compass (aka Northern Lights in the UK). The book started off really slow, and it took me a good long...
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So here's the deal. As I sit and watch the news, and stew about the economy and the way things are going and how much I detest the way people treat other people, I have been chewing, figuratively speaking, on a giant essay that I will post here when I am done with it. But in the meantime this is what you get:

I have...
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I spent the weekend taking care of me. I went to see my grandfather in CT and then I picked up a truck that I am going to need when I go to school this fall.

I have been listening to a lot of the new Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs' album. Which is pretty durn amazing. I am a big fan of Karen O and I...
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One of my jobs has a new customer service initiative that tracks customer satisfaction in three categories. Those that are "pained", those that are "merely satisfied", and those that are "delighted".

Customers are said to be "in pain" if things like answering the phone on the first ring, and not receiving a unique personal greeting, don't happen.

Seriously, I wonder what this means on a...
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Two more days, I need to remember to get insurance for the car I am picking up, and I need to remember to get my bus ticket for Friday.

I don't know why but I have been thinking about Disney cartoons a lot lately: Pinocchio and The Little Mermaid in particular.

Oh and I bought a book yesterday purely because the girl behind the counter...
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Some of the pressure is off now, the play that had been going on at the theater that was keeping me up until midnight is over. I can start returning to sleep at a reasonable hour.

This weekend I get to go skiing with my mom, hiking with my step-dad and I get to spend two quality days with my grandfather. That all starts on...
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Walking home from work today I had one of the regular guys I see around the downtown area give me a "knuckles" opportunity. He put his fist out and said something like hey what's going on. So I punched it in. He looked shocked.

Then he said thank you.

I walked away thinking about the miniscule acts of kindness that we can generate for people,...
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this is one of those broken record, or needle skipping the groove the posts:

I am so unbelievably tired. I almost can't take it anymore and the sad thing is that I am honestly thinking of quitting my higher paying job so that I can sleep more and go to the gym more.

I am enjoying the new activity levels and they are more important...
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