300

July 6, 2010
I love the Great Allegheny Passage

So you were born about 2000+ years too late to have been one of the 300 heroic Spartan warriors that fought at Thermopylae? Not to worry because here’s your chance to be one of 300 modest heroes that helps to support a great cause, that being the Great Allegheny Passage. On July 17-18, 2010 Venture [...]

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Suck It Up Cupcake

December 19, 2009
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That is one pissed off kitty. Guess he got tossed in the drink and isn’t real happy with that fact. But then no matter how ticked he is irrelevant. He’s still wet; in the water and needs to swim out of the situation to survive. In other words, suck it up and get the job [...]

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Opportunity Knocks

December 17, 2009
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And you did what? Cartoonist Randy Glasbergen nails it dead on with this one. Opportunity is everywhere. It just might be speeding towards you in a form different from what you envisioned. Hmmmm… There’s a little story about a man of faith who was caught in a terrible flood and was literally sitting on his [...]

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Verizon Sucks – Support Net Neutrality

December 14, 2009
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Preface: This little rant is somewhat for fun but contains a serious message. The large corporations like Comcast and Verizon who are now major players in providing Internet access would like to have a high level of control over the Internet. It was the openness and unfettered freedom of the Internet that has given birth [...]

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Attitude Is Everything – Everest at 80

December 13, 2009
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If you don’t think age is largely a state of mind and attitude is everything than you probably haven’t met the likes of Yuichiro Miura. He’s the Japanese alpinist who set the record in 2003 for being the oldest climber to summit Mount Everest when he was then aged 70. He’s now preparing for another [...]

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The Essence

December 8, 2009
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In 1939 a 14 year old German boy and his family fled to New York City to escape the growing repression of Nazi Germany. Some of his family weren’t so fortunate. My friend Fritz Ottenheimer, now 84, had this on his office wall and I thought it a worthy thought to share with all. Fritz [...]

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GSD – Getting Stuff Done

December 7, 2009
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I just finished reading Christine Comaford-Lynch’s book “Rules for Renegades” and have to give it the thumbs-up for being the “real-deal.” That is, it’s real knowledge that can be put to use directly as opposed to the endless supply of business school theories that might in some way correlate with the real world of business. [...]

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One Hundred Push Up Challenge

December 5, 2009
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In 2005 I managed via a mountain bike accident to completely do in my right ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament). Not having medical insurance I had to grin and bear it and let it heal as best it would untreated which took about two years. After spending almost three years progressively getting more out of shape [...]

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Colorado River Trip

December 4, 2009
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While on the topic of cool adventures here’s one for all you adrenalin junkies that like to white water. I was an active kayaker from 1975-1980 (Class IV+ Int.) and am looking to get back to it in summer 2010. I had the opportunity to go on a Colorado River trip in March 2008 but [...]

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Greatest Driving Road in the World

December 3, 2009
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The boys from the British TV show “Top Gear” set out to find “the greatest driving road in the world” and while it’s pointless to argue the superlative it’s hard to argue that the Davos to Stelvio run isn’t some darn fine asphalt, not to mention the gorgeous landscape. Having become rather enthralled with the [...]

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