Outside the Rat Race

Monday, February 28, 2011

Charlie's Victory [Book Review]

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Over the Christmas holiday my mom let me borrow Charlie's Victory to read. I explained to her that I rarely read actual paper books (pr...
Thursday, February 24, 2011

Harley Davidson Puzzle Completed!

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Last weekend we spent a night on the coast . It was extremely relaxing. One of the activities we (well, Jessi) did was puzzle. Jessi had pr...
Monday, February 21, 2011

Resting On The Rock Weekend Stay

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At Christmas Jessi gave me a present of a one night stay at a bed and breakfast and we decided to "spend" it this weekend at the ...
Thursday, February 17, 2011

Jiu Jitsu Blue Belt Test Videos!

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Earlier I shared about earning my blue belt in jiu jitsu . You can read about it here . Now I have video to go along with it. I put togeth...
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Monday, February 14, 2011

Switching Banks: Good-Bye Chase, Hello Wells Fargo

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This last month I officially migrated over to Wells Fargo for most of my banking needs with Jessi. You see, back in December I got a nice le...
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Friday, February 11, 2011

Furry February Kick-Off

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I know, I know, I'm a little late to the party, but I'm finally here. I'm officially starting to grow out my beard for the mon...
Tuesday, February 08, 2011

Jiu Jitsu Blue Belt!

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James, Rylan (Black Belt), David, Amber (Instructor), Mike (Instructor) One of my 2011 goals was to earn my blue belt in jiu jitsu . I...
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Thursday, February 03, 2011

Jiu Jitsu Rolling

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I was unable to participate in jiu jitsu yesterday and so took the opportunity to capture some video of David rolling. I know lots of you a...
Tuesday, February 01, 2011

January Update - Get Prepared

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January had one theme with three activities for me: Jiu Jitsu training, working for HP, and studying for my property management license all ...
Thursday, January 27, 2011

LinkedIn InMaps Visual Of Network

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LinkedIn launched and pretty cool experimental feature showing the power of the data they collect called InMaps . The above picture is what...
Monday, January 24, 2011

Jiu Jitsu Tournament

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This weekend Jessi and I watched a jiu jitsu tournament with some friends ( David & his kids, and Pat ) at the Oregon State Fairground...
Monday, January 17, 2011

RunKeeper Pro [iPhone App Review]

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As I've talked about, Jessi and I have a g oal of running a half-marathon this year . It'll be a lot of fun, but also a lot of work....
Thursday, January 13, 2011

2011 Goals

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Here we are in 2011. For us, 2010 was very busy and full of a lot of excitement. Just purchasing a property probably contributed to that fe...
Monday, January 10, 2011

2010 Goal Review

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2010 was a busy year for us. We had just purchased our duplex , fixed up one side and rented it out. I managed to listen to a ton of books...
Monday, January 03, 2011

Outliers: The Story Of Success [Book Review]

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I am a huge fan of Malcolm Gladwell. The first book of his I read was The Tipping Point and it was fantastic. I really like the way he tells...
Friday, December 24, 2010

Merry Christmas!

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Merry Christmas! I hope tomorrow is a day filled with joy and peace. My mom and brother are in Oregon visiting us this year. I can already t...
Monday, December 20, 2010

Man, Play and Games [Book Review]

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I came across this book while listening to a podcast called TWiT (This Week in Tech), which was talking about an article on Farmville, whic...
Monday, December 13, 2010

Visiting Singapore

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Last week I got to visit Singapore for work. This was my first time in Asia. As is usually the case, this was planned only a few weeks befo...
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Thursday, December 09, 2010

The Elite. Best of the Best

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My brother recently installed Microsoft Access on his computer and was asking me what my skill level was at using it (presumably so he could...
Saturday, December 04, 2010

Thanksgiving 2010: Tree Hunting and Jessi's Birthday

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This Thanksgiving Jessi and I decided not to travel anywhere. Come to think of it... I don't think we travelled last year either... int...
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