Try your Damnedest
No one really “wins” the game of life. We all start out with grand notions. A few of us realize these notions; Most of us don’t. (Reality has a habit of seeing to that.) Then, eventually, we all cross the finish line and, no
Continue Reading | Add CommentUp is Mandatory! A Father/Daughter Hike in the Grand Canyon
Five or six million years ago, the Colorado River started digging a gorge in a 270-mile stretch of what would eventually be known as northern Arizona. As the gorge grew, it carved through 1.7 billion years of rock. Countless trib
Continue Reading | Add CommentThe French Tractor Story
Despite Marilyne’s instigation, the idea to buy a French farmhouse in the middle of a pandemic was mutual. While backpacking around Europe 21 years and a lifetime ago, I came across a French real estate gazette featuring
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It took fifty-one years, but I finally got a tattoo. My inner left bicep now reads, “Sed omnia praeclara tam difficilia, quam rara sunt.” It’s the last line of the book Ethica by a 17th century philosopher named Baruch Spino
Continue Reading | Add CommentJust Shut Up and Camp: Our Hike up Mount Wilson
Marilyne and I have been hiking our way through the Pandemic with a small group of friends. Every other Sunday, we pick a new destination, and show up in separate cars, and keep our distance during the hike—although we do all mo
Continue Reading | Add CommentThe Mouth Behind the Mask
Last month I ran my second fake COVID-19 marathon, a self-flagellation ritual meant to keep me semi-sane as I wait out the pandemic. My first fake marathon happened last October. I ran along the beach from Torrance to Marina Del R
Continue Reading | Add CommentTrue North: Running Route Planning for Neurotics
My German friend Patrick wants to do the Los Angeles Marathon this year on the 21st of March. Unfortunately, the race has been rescheduled to a more vaccine-optimistic TBD date in the fall. They also changed the route, removing t
Continue Reading | Add CommentThe Fine Art of Getting Whacked in the Nuts
It’s safe to say that 2020 has been a collective kick to the gonads for the majority of the human race. But if you’re reading this, here’s a crappy little silver lining for you: You’re not dead. Don’t get me wrong; I’m
Continue Reading | Add CommentLife is like a bag of dicks
I’m a partial jerk. Not a complete jerk, since complete jerks tend to be too narcissistic to know they’re jerks, but definitely part of one—perhaps about 57% jerk. To the few readers who don’t already know this, I present
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Much like relationships and COVID-19, cleaning a fancy road bike is complicated. Sure, your childhood BMX probably just needed the occasional hosing (although leaving it out in the rain proved equally effective), but the modern ra
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