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Enroute: October 2011

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If life is a journey, I'm underway. The 21st century came a step closer to me this past week, when I took delivery of my first. Smartphone. It's a great device, and- even now four days later- I still have no feeling for its seemingly endless capabilities. The world really does seem to fit in my pocket now: that little phone connects to every. Social network, coordinates emails and texts, takes and sends full HD video, directs me home while avoiding traffic, oh.and it makes calls too. To that end, I recen...

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Enroute: December 2010

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If life is a journey, I'm underway. Christmas in Colorado, kind of. Denver is hot this year- it has snowed barely two inches since the start of the winter season, and highs have been in the 60s.a perpetual Indian Summer! The story couldn't be more different in the mountains just 20 miles to the west, where the Colorado high country has received more snow for this time of year than in any season during the past two decades. For duty, but it's really now that the action starts. After all the hours of t...

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Enroute: February 2011

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If life is a journey, I'm underway. Good luck and bad luck. Today I bought a pair of Vibram FiveFingers. That's because our bodies were designed (through iterative refinement ;-) to run barefoot. Our feet are built for spring: that's what the arch and strong calf muscles do best. The advent of "running shoes" with heel cushioning led to a bad stride, which- while "easier"- is less natural, and gives rise to a whole host of joint and tendon issues which were not problems for barefoot runners. This week it...

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Enroute: becoming a Numerican

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If life is a journey, I'm underway. For the first time, out of Rice and permanently so. After more than ten years in south east Texas, I have accepted an offer for a position at the Numerica Corporation ( www.numerica.us. This is the first job of my career! Was an expert in the area, collaborating to get results on problems other companies don't want to touch. It was indescribably invigorating. All in all it's a tremendously exciting feeling. Ten years of effort here, equipping myself to go and make a di...

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Enroute: August 2011

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If life is a journey, I'm underway. On 19-Aug-2001, I drove onto the Rice Campus for the very first time.never in my wildest dreams imagining I'd still be calling it home on 19-Aug-2011. Such a decade-anniversary requires a serious celebration. And so- on Friday night- I threw a party. I never. Throw parties, but with the help of my party-planner-extraordinaire co-hostess, this one came together perfectly. My place is small. I have been informed that you are seeing the Epic 4 Person High Five. Thx DR!

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Enroute: November 2011

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If life is a journey, I'm underway. Now that it's late November, all the usual "Best of the Year" lists are starting to be generated- best movies, best music, best celebrity divorces, etc, etc. So it's only fitting that in this age of near endlessly scrolling personal status posts, there should be a "Best of Your Life" also. The website yearinstatus.com. It's a neat idea and works well (kind of). Here's mine from Facebook:. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Houston, TX, United States. View my complete profile.

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Enroute: July 2011

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If life is a journey, I'm underway. I like international music, especially trying to understand the lyrics (which are the source for almost all of my chat statuses! Usually that means using Google, which often gets the job done- but for a language like Finnish, machine translation fails horribly. Last.fm played this. For me earlier today; you have to be patient but the melody's good (especially the build to the hit at 3:20).so I wondered what the words mean. The translation. Specifically, the metaphor is...

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Enroute: 28, in style

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If life is a journey, I'm underway. 28, in style. In the vein of 10-year anniversaries, this Thursday saw my tenth birthday on the Rice campus (well, not quite- I celebrated 21 in Sydney, Australia and 27 in Denver CO). And without doubt, this one was off the charts:. AND JUST AS WELL. I walked out to VH to find my Perch decorated with balloons, and about 20 people waiting to wish me happy birthday. Adriana had rushed out of tryouts, run home to pick up the (German chocolate! Cake she'd baked, come back ...

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Enroute: January 2011

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If life is a journey, I'm underway. Marathon Mark IV, cont. Yesterday stretched and pulled the runners in all directions, challenging us not only with long distances but also adverse conditions. Fortunately the hail, torrential rain and "damaging straight-line winds" never materialized, but instead there was light-to-moderate rain and moderate wind throughout the event, with temperatures in the mid 60s and near 100% humidity. But as they pointed out, I was anything. Well you do love it 14:51. The 26....