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Save the Pain for Tomorrow (aka Hood to Coast 2010)
For the longest time I've wanted to run in the Hood to Coast relay. At 197-ish miles, it's the longest relay race in the world and is known as "the mother of all relays". The…...
August 29 2010, 12:46pm | Comments
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I waxed poetic at walkingsaint.com
I managed to somehow see the new movie The Expendables on opening day here in St. Johns. The movie was solid 100% fun; I enjoyed it thoroughly.This movie enjoyed quite a bit of hype as…...
August 14 2010, 7:46am | Comments
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I waxed poetic at walkingsaint.com
It's that time of the year again: time for the annual Triumph demo day, when Triumph (the motorcycle manufacturer) brings their bikes around at the behest of Cascade Moto, our friendly neighborhood dealer. As with…...
August 8 2010, 10:36pm | Comments
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I waxed poetic at walkingsaint.com
I'm going to sound supremely insensitive for saying this, but, last night, I found it cool that, when the Shamrock Market - just a few blocks from my house - went up in flames and…...
August 7 2010, 5:09pm | Comments
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I waxed poetic at walkingsaint.com
Today I had the privilege of seeing "Trek in the Park", a wonderful live-action re-enactment of the Star Trek Original Series episode Space Seed - the episode off which Star Trek II: The Wrath of…...
July 25 2010, 6:58pm | Comments
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I waxed poetic at walkingsaint.com
Usually I see a movie and I like to write a few brief paragraphs about it. In this case, however, I saw the movie "Predators" and my review wouldn't say much more than "skip it,…...
July 17 2010, 7:22pm | Comments
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I waxed poetic at walkingsaint.com
Astute readers will recall that I was summoned to serve jury duty a little while ago. Well, this past Monday, I made my way to the Multnomah County Courthouse, leaving home at the ungodly hour…...
July 14 2010, 9:05pm | Comments
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I waxed poetic at walkingsaint.com
I was listening to NPR in the car this morning and I heard a story come on about how many Gulf-area fisherman, impacted by BP's oil spill in the gulf, were going to have difficulty…...
June 29 2010, 12:43pm | Comments
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I waxed poetic at walkingsaint.com
Well, it's happened again. For the third time in the last 8 years or so, I've been summoned for jury duty, this time by Multnomah County. The second time, my avid readers will remember, was…...
June 22 2010, 10:55am | Comments
