Last night I couldn’t fall asleep because I had failed to eat enough following my run. Shepherds pie is tasty and all, but I’ve logged 10 miles over the last two days and frankly, I needed something more along the lines of a fat, juicy steak to satiate my appetite. One negative thing about being [...]

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My wife kindly told me that I was being neglectful of this here blog. She was right, of course, but that didn’t stop me from being defensive about it. The truth is, I’m a little tapped out right now. I’m going through a very busy time at work, trying to fit in all of my [...]

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This morning, upon opening the office refrigerator to fetch my soy milk – I add a dollop to each of my 4 cups of coffee – I was greeted by the sight of a half-eaten avocado.
Blackened from air exposure, unwrapped and rotting, it stood in the center of the top shelf like a statue [...]

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Jennifer Lopez has assaulted my ears with crappy, self-indulgent music for years on end and on countless occasions has left me questioning the relevance/legality of the romantic comedy following a string of unforgivable films. I’m still struggling to reanimate the piece of me that died after seeing “The Wedding Planner.”
And now she’s turning her blood-thirst [...]

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After 9 months of attempted conception sans pregnancy Constance and I knew something about our reproductive organs were slightly left of center. Because I assumed it was my fault – a natural progression of events due to my prior obesity – I wanted to be the first one tested. It wasn’t the only reason, mind [...]

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