Outside the Rat Race

I love a good story. Who doesn't? If anything, the success of the entertainment world, and even news, shows that everyone loves a good s...

Jessi and I participated in the inaugural Corvallis half-marathon this month. I saw the published results and thought something cool could b...

I'm currently sitting in India while I write this - it's pretty exciting and I have many stories to share. At the very least, I wo...

Last weekend Jessi and I visited a friend to look at some bikes he was trying to get rid of. While there we saw his dog door, which he said ...

This last week I got to go the Bay Area for work. As such, I got to hang out with my family for a bit. It was great seeing all of them in p...

Mustache March came and went without a hitch. I managed to grow a pretty amazing stache, if I do say so myself. I actually know of at le...

Jessi and I are in the final stages of preparing for our Mexico Mission Trip. We'll be heading down in a big yellow school bus with our...

I read this passage and thought I'd share it. It's Genesis 29:16-30 (NIV): "Now Laban had two daughters; the name of the olde...

When Jessi and I first hooked up our dryer vents we went the cheap route: duct tape. We already had some and it saved us a trip to Home Depo...

Jessi's moving so fast it can't be captured on film! Last weekend Jessi and I purchased a treadmill. I had been haunting Craig...

Furry February has come to a close and now it's time for the main event: Mustache March. This year I'm going straight to the Fu Ma...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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