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I suffered just enough. A while back, as I prepared for our every-other-year bike trip, I wrote that I had [...] View Post →
Yogi Berra Would Not Have Liked Malibu Summers
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No one goes to Malibu, my home since 1993, in the summer. It’s way too crowded. OK – that’s a [...] View Post →
Leaving the Cave
July 15, 2022
I find myself relating to the dad in The Croods movie, a cave man named Grug. Like me, he loves [...] View Post →
Why Isn’t Independence Day Always on a Monday?
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I hope you all had a nice Independence Day weekend. If I were making the rules, Independence Day would always [...] View Post →
Failing at Retirement – Parts One and Two
June 30, 2022
I have loved not working. Transitioning from a 60 to 80-hour work week to a 0-hour work week was easier [...] View Post →
Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before
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Why do I write these blog posts? There are many reasons. I do love telling stories. One of my beliefs [...] View Post →
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