I’m having an existential crisis lately where I’m asking myself what do I want to do with my life.  And then discovering last week that I’m developing a deeply etched wrinkle on the right side of my face is making it all so much worse.  I swear, I’m not vain.  The wrinkle has probably been [...]

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Kids in Salt Lake City really like making graffiti.  Last week I noticed during my morning run that someone tagged the sidewalk on my run and left a message that is divided over 0.5 miles.  I finally read the whole message today: “What? do you Want?” And I think, “Okay, I want to run faster! [...]

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Do you have music that you’re passionate about?  I know everyone probably feels this way about music that was made when they were a teenager, but some of the best music ever made was in the 90′s. It’s hard to compete, but there’s a lot of fantastic music that has been made in the last [...]

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Do you have any New Year’s resolutions?  I have three resolutions: 1) Lose ten pounds.  I’d like to lose more than that, but ten pounds is very realistic.  A sub-heading for this resolution is to work harder at toning my arms.     2) Bike 800 miles and run over 200 miles.  Last year I [...]

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I thought it would be fun to do one of  those roundups of 2012.  This is a bit early, but there isn’t much planned for December so my answers won’t change.  Feel free to leave a link for similar content from your blog in the comments.   1. What did you do in 2012 that [...]

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The Baha’i Faith focuses on unity.  I don’t want to misinterpret the central tenets of the religion, so this is direct from their website: The central theme of Bahá’u’lláh’s message is that humanity is one single race and that the day has come for its unification in one global society.   They believe in the [...]

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When I first started running I would get this strange feeling like my heart was skipping some beats.  Google searches revealed other adjectives like fluttery and irregular.  It turns out I needed more electrolytes and as soon as I drank water with electrolytes the problem went away.   Well, lately I’ve had the fluttery feeling [...]

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To reach Antelope Island, you have to drive down a causeway that is seven miles long.  You can get the most beautiful views from there.  We don’t usually get these puffy clouds so I took too many pictures.     Another gorgeous thing you can see on the island is a coyote.  He stopped in [...]

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The best thing about the Bed & Breakfast in Pescadero is that it had banana slugs!     We all know I’m pretty obsessed with banana slugs.  So I had to post a picture of the slug on Facebook.  Not everyone likes slugs as much as me.  What is that about?     In researching [...]

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A few weeks ago Jon and I went to Jackson Hole, WY for a work event.  We arrived in Jackson Hole after five hours of driving and people were relaxing before dinner.  I decided to walk outside the hotel with my camera.  I’m glad I did because all traffic stopped to accommodate two moose that [...]

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