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Make it Snap-E!
The camaraderie with friends this past weekend was nice. We caught an amazing sunset Friday night. Enjoyed some great food and tasty beverages. Soaked our cares away in a hot tub. But the best part about our weekend getaway to Ocean Park, Washington? I found Snap-E-Tom in a local grocery store and picked up a few…
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Grape Juice With a Kick
Originally posted on October 21, 2014 – exactly 1.5 years ago. RIP, Prince Rogers Nelson. Tara and I met up with a friend to go wine tasting over the weekend. This was a new experience for us, and I gotta say, it made me feel like… I like wine, but I’m hardly a connoisseur. Hell, it…
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Rediscovering London
I developed a love of reading at a pretty young age. Some of my childhood favorites included Encyclopedia Brown, The Hardy Boys, Scott Corbett’s The Lemonade Trick, Sterling North’s Rascal, Henry Higgins, and How to Eat Fried Worms. I’ve always thought reading was cool, and I credit it with fostering my love for writing, as…
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I’m Just Here for the Coffee
I had a dream last night that a coworker died. It’s weird enough dreaming about people you work with, even when they’re alive and well. I see these folks 8 hours a day. As much as I enjoy their company, I don’t necessarily want them to follow me home and crawl into bed with me. Err…so to…
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Obsessing Over 250
I’m the most obsessive person I know. This is good when it comes to health and fitness. Need to lose weight, get into shape, beat diabetes? Piece of cake. (Or no cake, more to the point.) But this obsessiveness is less endearing when it comes to my Fitbit. Tara got me one last September on our…
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It’s Miller Time
Friday at the office, I was midway through a scintillating article on endoscopic sinus surgery when one of my content writers said, “We have to start working Saturdays now?!”I had no idea what she was talking about until I opened my email and saw the following gem from upper management. With the start of the 2nd…
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