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A little downtime this weekend will start with some touch rugby at Reed college here in Portland, OR. I have been attending their Sunday touch matches for a while now. Playing with a nice mixed group of

Tonight we drop the last of the kidlets off, take the dog to grandparents house and away we go. Time to burn away my troubles and reignite my soul. Hair is done thanks to my lovely wife, she got her beutiful

Last year as we left for burning man my whole life seemed golden. My wife and I had just finished rebuilding a beautiful vintage trailer, we had money in the bank, our kids were in a great place; seriously

Lately, things have been pretty dark in the house, Jules had a scan rescheduled because of an incompetent human resources contact with her company. Long and the short of it; we did not budget for the $1800

If you wondered why my posts went from image heavy to text heavy, my phone is well on its way to dead. Unfortunately, with two busy teenagers who needed phones replaced this spring, my wife's phone outright

I was in a conversation last night with a dear friend whom I respect greatly in her craft and as a person. She was telling me a story about a master maker who had some hot shot kid tell him he could do

so this weekend my Wife went to visit our mutual friend in LA and help her work on her mom's wedding. This trip was a last minute plan started last week when our friend asked for help because she was

This weekend I got the chance to test out the DS and FX all electric motorcycles by Zero. I have been following the company for about 4 years now, watching and listening to both negative and positive feedback.

I am a maker, my wife is a maker, we met making a magnificent pirate ship with a mutual friend. together we have built many things, including a 2-year customization/restoration of a 1969 kit companion

I go on the 4th to a very remote part of Nevada and hang out in the flattest large expanse of land in the US. It is here under the stars of the milkyway that I can really hear myself think. It was beautiful

we spent the last week in Anaheim doing the Disney thing. I did not realize how frustrated and upset I was with life until I spent 4 days not having to think about life. It was amazing to take that time

After yesterday's little bitch session I am feeling a little bit better. I went home and made things with the wife for our upcoming trip to Disney with our daughter's dance team. At first, I was not excited

Often the focus of cancer is on the patient, and it should be! However, in the background is a group of people who are now in supporting roles to the patient. Everything in your life gets turned upside

I have not run since the Denver tournament. I tried one night to go on a run with my boy child and my knee was not ready so I walked 2 miles. I am frustrated, overwhelmed, and in general feeling like I

OUCH! so it seems my knee is not quite recovered from the rugby tournament. I went to do wind sprints with the boy child last night and I was slow as hell. We only got 9 sprints in before my knee started

As I slowly have processed everything that has happened this last weekend I am solidly feeling like we as a culture have lost the meaning and purpose of sport. Maybe I am a nut job, or maybe I got kicked

I wanted to say sorry that I did not blog more while I was away at the Rocky Mountain Ruckus. The internet connection in Denver on my phone was shit, and for some reason, I get no spell check on an already

This was a wild ride. Last aug. When i showed up for my first practice i had no idea what i was getting into. I had never played a contact sport, and i had not played on an orginized sports team since

So we played 2 games today, we lost both, the first was a good close game. We lost just because we made some mistakes at just the wrong times. The second game was a blowout but not because of how we played.

The air is thin, the weather perfect, and the boys... These are the best guys i know. We sweat, bleed, and fight together. My wife and i found out yesterday morning that her cancer came back a little bit...