Well it all started on September 8th on what is remembered (at least by me) in the valley as the great Phoenix flood. My car happened to be stationed in a hapless parking lot that did not have any type of drainage. This wasn't major issue until we got over 6 inches of rain this particular late night...
Continue reading ...Notions of a Beer Diet So after meeting my friend Evo Terra told me all about how he loses 20 pounds every October consuming nothing but beer and sausage, I knew I had to try it for myself. Evo, the inventor of the beer diet, even has written a book about the diet, called The Beer Diet A Brew S...
Continue reading ...It was hot, we were stuck in traffic and I was frustrated. I muttered to my friend, “Who died?,” disappointed at the police cars and yellow tape that were causing the delay. I never imagined I knew the men who had just been murdered. I got out to see what was going on, and the man in the whe...
Continue reading ...The Problem: Business Card Etiquette I handed the poorly dressed banker my card, and within a split second it was engulfed in an over-sized plaid pocket, destined to be crumpled and forgotten in an old shoe box, its only hope to be resurrected one day as a desperate entrepreneur puts together a h...
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This may sound like a satire but I truly want to voice my thanks over two semi-amazing events that occurred in the Garden State yesterday. For me it is just another reminder of why you cant judge a book by its cover, or someone from New Jersey by their gruff reputation. Event 1 - Can I pay Ha...
Continue reading ...Sometimes David beats Goliath, sometimes the Florida Marlins win, and occasionally one is able to fight the man and win. Priceline, for all their advertising showing themselves as a hip, friendly company is anything but that if you ever have to deal with their customer service. For brevity's sak...
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This past March, fresh from reading the book 127 hours about how the guy cuts his arm off in order to escape entrapment while backpacking, I decided to give the sport a whirl for myself. I didn't lose a limb, but there were a few moments of delirium for sure... The Location I decided to tackle t...
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What a trip. Finally made it to Iceland to visit my good grad school buddy, Magnus. Actually, almost all my grad school buddies made the trip to Iceland, including John, Rich and his wife Elizabeth, Pat and his wife Sarah, and Christina Tiani and Eliz. Below I share a few of the most memorable m...
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Mixed Feelings Ill admit that most of my reasoning for liking or disliking a city tends to be directly correlated to how I feel about their basketball team. I love new York because I love the Knicks. I hate Miami because I hate the Heat. And LA, well don't get me started on that bandwagon team. ...
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High Expectations? I honestly didn't expect much from a Toledo casino. Having been to a range of well known US casinos from Las Vegas to Foxwoods, I wasn't assuming much as my friend and I descended on the elevator into the Hollywood Casino adjacent to the Maumee River on Toledo's south side. ...
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