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Another goodbye
My brother Tom passed away on January 22 after a two-year battle against a really nasty adversary: Multiple Myeloma. He was 66 when he was diagnosed and still full of beans, a healthy, active guy who ran and was excited about starting to train for a Half Ironman. Cancer was so far off his radar,…
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Finding the next thing
I’ve been spending some time lately on a few self-improvement-ish websites (Live Your Legend, Life Reimagined), reading and contemplating. I guess it’s all part of my not-midlife-crisis where I am trying to figure out what the next chapter/act of my life is going to look like. Full disclosure: I had a recent birthday and, well, I’m not…
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Change of scenery
After a few months of nose-to-the-grindstone working, we went to Austin, on points (thanks, Chase Sapphire!) for my post-birthday in mid-October. Neither of us had ever been to Austin, so it seemed like a good destination for a short vacation. We were there for three days, so it was a bit of whirlwind trying to cram…
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How to Fail at Customer Service
As we go through life, we encounter all sorts of customer service experiences. There’s the incomprehensible person taking orders at McDonald’s drive-thru window (bad), there’s the awesome barista at Starbucks who patiently corrects a problem with a drink order (good), there’s the helpful person at the drugstore who walks you over to the aisle where the…
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Thinking about life, the universe and everything
I haven’t been posting much to this blog lately (read: for the last year or so) because, well, I kind of ran out of gas – and life sometimes has a way of, well, being life, and you find yourself (at least I find myself) needing to hunker down a bit and regroup. That’s where…
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A last hurrah, then home again
We spent one last day in London after our return from Inverness. It was really nice to have a break between all day travel, plus we got some bonus touring in. We went to the Tower of London first, to see the crown jewels and as an added treat, were able to see the amazing art…
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