InnerTeub

So, I’m in the process of booking a last minute flight home to Minnesota for the weekend — quick trip, 36 hours at best — and was looking for cheap flights. Ever since Sun Country stopped flying direct from Dulles to MSP, it’s been hard to find a good low cost air carrier to hook [...]

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So, I mentioned in my previous post that “I miss training”. Allow me to elaborate: my post IM “Hey man I’ll get up and work out when I feel like it” is shockingly failing on me. I mean, really, let’s all take a collective gasp of surprise that, after 9 months of two hour workouts [...]

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Not much to see here (my dog is cute, the weather is cold, and I miss training), so I give you this quote: I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult. – EB White

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Conversation from today: Me: “I’m getting a little annoyed that people keep referring to our dog as our ‘Baby Substitute’” Lucy: “Oh, no, I would much sooner assume that if you got pregnant it would be a puppy substitute.” HA! My friends and family have long teased me about my slightly distrubing love of dogs, [...]

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If it’s going to be this cold, I’d just as soon have some snow around so I can go skiing. (photo credit: Kim J & Stanely)

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Get up Whine Go back to bed Get back up. Shiver. Whine Brush teeth. Look for running clothes Locate shirt in dryer Remember that i need pants Locate pants Stub toe. Curse. Look for socks. Find one. Victory! Remember that I need two socks. Damnit! Find second sock. Sock #2 is different thickness than sock [...]

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Horrifying fact I learned today: Only a single dissenting vote prevented the death penalty in Texas from being carried out by immersing the convicted person in a nest of fire ants. I have very real fear of ants, a fear I think is completely logical given that I was swarmed by fire ants at the [...]

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Checking in quickly to chat about the latest book I’m reading, Barack Obama’s “Dreams From My Father”. My book club chose “Dreams From My Father” over “The Audacity of Hope,” and I’m glad we did, as it’s more interesting to me to read a story that was written before Barack Obama knew he would be [...]

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