Where your intrepid, irregularly posting blogger writes of his ouchie

Last month, I had a vasectomy – and while I read TONS of “what to expect” posts online, they were all written by urologists. It’s all great to get a doctor’s explanation of “what to expect”, but I found very few “this is what it was like” from a “normal guy1” postings. Birth control is… Continue reading Where your intrepid, irregularly posting blogger writes of his ouchie

Where I Present the Continuing Adventures of the Bad Dog

I’m still working my way through Pretty Girls, so there won’t be a Friday Reads post — the book has me hooked . . . the story seems to be getting away with itself, with each plot twist being a bit more unbelievable than the last, but I’m loving the ride on which the story… Continue reading Where I Present the Continuing Adventures of the Bad Dog

Where I ponder why I’m pondering what I’m pondering

“Dad, what’s the hottest pepper?” That came from my son, the other day. I mentioned that I thought it was the ghost pepper, but that I was hardly an authoritative source. Apparently, it’s a new “Pepper X”. My kids claim pepperoni is way too spicy. Why do they care about hot peppers? I know late-night… Continue reading Where I ponder why I’m pondering what I’m pondering

Where I wonder where the time goes as I break out of a rut

The plan was straight-forward: I’d ensure that I have enough time, on the weekday mornings mornings, to do all of the things I need to do1 and get a bare-bones work out2 in. Even if workout plans for the whole day fall apart, the theory was, I, at least, started the day with more pull-ups… Continue reading Where I wonder where the time goes as I break out of a rut

Where I step back & realize I’ve disappeared

So, wow. Um, hi! I guess it’s been a little while. The absence? Well, it wasn’t entirely a conscious one. You see, every day, there’s a little thought in the back of my head where I’m hoping to write a blog post — but, in the past year, I guess, that little thought has never… Continue reading Where I step back & realize I’ve disappeared

Where sanity and vanity conflict

I’m having a phenomenally bad day at work today — I had to make a call to kill a project which not only means work made toward the project may have all been wasted, but it also means that, moving forward, I likely have a *lot* more work. It’s a bad enough day that I’m… Continue reading Where sanity and vanity conflict

Where I return with stories of changes, running, and of course, random

It hasn’t been my choice to disappear . . . I’ve written before, about “not making a priority” for key things in my life. And, as loathe as I am to say it, blogging has not been a priority as of late. Part of the story of why I haven’t been around here is quite… Continue reading Where I return with stories of changes, running, and of course, random

Where I check in with some random

I ran the Harrisburg Marathon I fared a good bit better than I did during my last marathon. I came in nowhere close to the 4 hours in which I was hoping to finish, but I felt good about my effort. Basically, I started out really strong, and was feeling great. I don’t know if… Continue reading Where I check in with some random