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I've been very fortunate, or smart, or just genetically robust enough that I have not been injured very many times in my life. I have only ever broken bones twice and this is my f…

This book is the 2nd out of 4 in the "Uglies Trilogy" and yes I know I wrote "4" and then "trilogy" and this is because the original setup was a trilogy and then the author decide…

I preface this the same way I do all of them in saying that about 5 years ago I decided to stop being involved with the time-wasting that is social media. I got tired of the poli…

I was kind of on the fence about whether or not it would be a good idea for me to do any physical activity given my current situation with the shoulder and ribs injury and I waited…

This isn't as great of an accomplishment as it might sound like it is. I can see the beach from my balcony of my apartment after all. We've lived in this close-to-the-beach apar…

I've started getting out of the house for a few reasons. The main one is that I have started getting rather intense cabin fever and if you don't know what that means it means that…

As a non-Vietnamese speaker living in Vietnam, there are a lot of activities that I cannot participate in but there are also plenty that I can. You do kind of have to go out of yo…

In most weeks the day of the week that I look forward to the most are Thursdays because that is the day that the bowling league that I founded, named DUMBO here in Da Nang, Vietnam…

What better way to spend your day than by taking pictures of your favorite photogenic doggo, Nadi. I can't do a great many activities at the moment due to injury so I have been …

I've actually read 4 books since the last time I wrote one of these but since I only had them in Kindle form, for one reason or another I didn't feel much like talking about them. …

After what is the 2nd worst injury I have ever had in my life I had to really sit down and think about how I am living. It isn't easy ya know, being told that you can't go and do …

I'm sure all of you are well aware of the fact that I am badly injured at the moment but as they say in the big leagues, "the show must go on" and by "the show" I am referring to o…

I'm gonna need some recommendations because I will just end up getting these things by the singles since I cannot stand subscription streaming services where people just end up cli…

If you read my work here you already know that I was involved in a bad bicycle accident that ended up taking out of action and forcing me to miss a trail endurance run that I had b…

You know how I have been talking about how I have been training for months for an "upcoming" trail race with my friends and how I have lost 15kg in the process of doing this traini…

I have a very versatile schedule as far as my work is concerned. I do not have a traditional 9-5 monday through friday sort of thing going on and I am very happy that this is the …

Earlier this year I was visiting my friend in Phuket and it occurred to me that I am significantly larger than he is. I have known this guy for more than 20 years so this kind of …

Nadi has been the only stable part of my life for the past 11 years and I am very happy that she is part of it. She is old now and will be turning 12 soon and that is pretty old …

Now this is something that I never thought I would do here and I was surprised and a bit delighted to find out that a place like this even exists. Before we get too excited you…

While the focus lately has been on bowling I am still getting out there on my bicycle every couple of days in my continued search for the perfect quiet place. I haven't exactly f…