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February 8, 2010

Live Life, Don’t Exercise

Since I’ve had this opportunity to race, I’ve been experimenting.  I believe that your body does not become better physically with exercise.  When you exercise consistently, you’re training your body to need it.  Once you stop, get ready to explode. …

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February 7, 2010

Valentine Setups

Dear Clients, starting today through Valentines Day, Perfect Search is offering a special price of $500 to contact all the women in our database who fit your criteria and send you the contact information for those who want to meet…

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February 6, 2010

In Pursuit of Healthiness

I ran the Kaiser half marathon this morning.  The tagline for one of the sponsors is “In Pursuit of Healthiness.”  I like that. Fear coursed through my body last night since I’d done little training.  My training consisted of a…

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February 5, 2010

Doppelganger

I think the doppelganger game that’s being played on Facebook is so disconcerting. It’s really shocking to look at my wall and see pictures of Tiger Woods, Clark Kent, and Kobe Bryant.  Most of the celebrity doppelgangers look nothing liked my…

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February 4, 2010

We are all artists, yes?

Next up in the wedding planning process are invitations.  Now I thought our Save the Dates turned out perfectly decent and I did them myself using Postcards.com.  I told Dean that I could probably do our invitations, too, and he…

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February 3, 2010

Clueless in SF

Last night, I got into a cab and told the driver to take me to 1325 Columbus in North Beach. Cabbie: “Are you sure you want to go there?” Me: “Uhhh, yeah, why?” Cabbie: “I don’t know.  Maybe you’d want…

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February 2, 2010

Job Loss Update

Dean has been interviewing non-stop for the past couple weeks: phone interviews, in-person interviews, recruiting calls.  I interned at Cisco so I’m always pressuring him, “Have you looked at the Cisco site?  Let me know if there’s anything interesting.  I…

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February 1, 2010

How to Train for a Race if You’re Me

This has been my training for the Kaiser half marathon on Superbowl Sunday: a 5-mile run for 45 minutes and a 7-mile run for 63 minutes.  That’s it, folks.  I’m hanging up my running shoes and relaxing until showtime.  I…

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January 31, 2010

Here Come the Wedding Blues

One of my friends chided me a while back, “Make your blog private again.  You’re not as honest as you used to be.”  That really stuck with me.  So I try to dismiss those second thoughts about whether or not…

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January 30, 2010

Skeletons in the Closet

I’m reading Kathy Griffin’s autobiography.  That woman has crossed paths, worked with, or dated every single person you know in comedy.  But besides all the celebrities, she talks very openly about her personal and family life.  It’s raw and refreshing….

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