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The Butter Dish: Taking Time for Smoother Results
I’m going to admit it: I like to eat toast for breakfast. I know I’m suppose to be anti-carbs and super clean with my eating, but if I happen to be home, my favorite breakfast to make is two eggs, toast, bacon, and a mocha. I love it–simple to make and super tasty to eat. […]
The Boot: A Lesson in Limitations and Love
About three weeks ago, I was in the last few moments of a freshmen orientation when I took a step backwards. “POP!” I honestly thought that one of the senior leaders I had just excused from the bleachers to help distribute class schedules had thrown a baseball at my calf or swung a bat at […]
Life Lessons from Spain (1 of 5): The Siesta
This summer my wife and I spent just over two glorious weeks in Spain. In addition to experiencing the rich Spanish culture and history, as well as dedicated time with my wife, I found myself reminded at times of important life lessons. This short blog series will focus on the five lessons that jumped out […]
Can’t We Be Better Than the Cable Company?
My cable company sent me yet another piece of mail. About once a week I get an email or a piece of mail from them encouraging me to use the phone service. Yes, the cost is minimal, but I don’t need it, nor do I want it. To be perfectly honest, I’d almost rather not […]
162 or 173 games?
Today is Opening Day for baseball. A new season begins and the slate of last season is wiped clean–truly–both teams in last year’s World Series don’t appear on predictions for the 2015 series. So the real question each team should be asking is… “How many games are we going to play? 162 or 173+?” 162 […]
I Skipped Yoga Today
I wish there was some great elaborate reason or a twist on this blog to make skipping yoga some deeper approach to living. But it isn’t. I could do the laundry list of standard excuses: I had an early morning Kiwanis Board Meeting I didn’t sleep well the night before I had another project to […]
3 Lessons from the Advent Calendar
If you’ve ever heard me close an event with my “Bubbles” story, you know that Christmas is my favorite holiday in the entire world and that the Christmas season is my favorite time of year. I love almost everything about this season (I can’t stand mall parking lots of the crazy crowds). I turn on […]
Still Stepping Up to the Plate
So baseball season is back and now in full effect. This makes me happy. I’ll admit that I’ve become a bit of a baseball addict since moving to downtown San Diego. I live blocks away from Petco Park and dove in headfirst to being a Padres fan (even if we tend to be at the […]
Walking on Ice
So about two months ago, I was busy working the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Unlike most of the country at that time, the festival had surprisingly warm weather with no snowfall during the actual festival. However, I arrived over a week before the festival kicked off and one last winter storm hit […]