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Don’t Look Away: Thoughts on an Imbalanced World

7 Comments 07 June 2010

Six years old. A commercial interrupts my television program. Bloated babies with flies in their eyes. A Christian man with a white beard. I get up from where I am sitting, cross-legged, on the living room carpet and move toward the television to push one of the other little rectangular buttons. I am going to push the [...]

Travel

Dear Diary: Great Aunt Mary and The Big Apple

9 Comments 02 June 2010

I’m antsy. It’s true. As last year kicked my ass like you wouldn’t believe, it also gave me a crazy case of cabin fever. Pow! Biff! Bang! Crazymaking. I stormed into 2010 with one mission: get the hell out of Portland as often as humanly possible. It’s not that I don’t love it here, it’s just that sometimes my gypsy [...]

Cycling

E-Bikes: Awesome or Awful?

24 Comments 25 May 2010

Joseph Rose over at the Oregonian just published a blog post called, “Pedaling Purity: PDXebiker’s e-boost makes him an outcast” and I’m so very glad he did. Though the comments section has degenerated into the usual spit and vitriol, I think this is a fascinating conversation (and I trust readership here to maintain a slightly [...]

Fitness, Life

Everyday Elation: Turn Hope into Cash with Plus 3 Network

4 Comments 22 May 2010

Here’s what happens when I run. One foot in front of the other. Heartrate rising. Rampant release of Capital G Goodness into the bloodstream. Floodgates open. Muted elation. Everyday elation. Can we have that? Everyday elation? Do we deserve that? I think we do. But it doesn’t just stop at elation. It doesn’t just stop with me. It’s not just an emotion, [...]

Life

Photos: Mary Smith Campground

5 Comments 21 May 2010

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Gym Rat

The Most Unpopular Way to Get Fit

12 Comments 20 May 2010

I went to a group class at 24 Hour Fitness yesterday which is not my usual gig. Chalk it up to trying to shake things up a bit – I just needed a change of scenery and I prefer the variety that comes with an early wake-up call. The class was a 5:30am Boot Camp and [...]

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A Video Answer to the “How is Tucson?” Question

Added on 05 January 2010

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The house is quiet. Two owls live in the tree outside. A gang of coyotes are throwing a wild party somewhere out in that blackness. The roads are long and sunny and swooping and fast. Today during a 2.5 hour ride I hit two National Parks. My buddy Michael Longmire is here and his wheel is [...]