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Year of concerts 2023, continued
Better late than never… The entire Year of Concerts did not pan out as originally planned, specifically one one of the concerts being canceled. I was really looking forward to that. More information below under Canceled: Lankum. That being said, I had some amazing experiences seeing bands I have loved for a long time but…
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My birthstone is a coffee bean
I have really enoyed my coffee journey. I remember walking down the coffee aisle at the grocery store as a young lad and taking deep inhales to savor the moment. Admittedly, I hated the taste at first unless there was a shit ton of sugar/creamer. I have put away the sugar and the creamer and…
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23 years ago; I’m still alive.
I was leaving class when Daniel appeared in the doorway. He had a joyful, anticipatory look on his face that immediately piqued my curiosity. “Some friends have two extra tickets to see Pearl Jam tonight. Do you want to go?” he asked, his eyes shining with excitement. I don’t remember if I immediately said yes,…
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“Choose less and feel better.”
From Barry Schwartz in The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less. I have a turntable in my office. I recently acquired the Kallax shelf from IKEA to house my records. I even put up a tiny shelf to display the album currently spinning. The one thing that I struggled with was “what do I…
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2023. The year of concerts, part 1
I thought about the content for this post earlier today. I first thought of doing an end-of-year recap of all the concerts I will have attended by the end of 2023. However, I’m impatient sometimes and wanted to get started sooner. Therefore, I’m going to break it up into a few parts and talk about…
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To sleep — perchance to dream
TL;DR: I have sleep apnea but with a recently acquired CPAP machine, I’ve had some of the best vacation sleep I’ve ever had. I was diagnosed with sleep apnea in January 2023 after I did a home sleep study. I had a documented AHI of 33.4. That is clinically severe. I attached a bunch of…
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Everything is awesome!
We went to Legoland for the first time in 2019. The kids were 11 and 4. It seemed like the perfect age for E (11). J (4) was a little too young to do all the things. Jaynann and I talked about taking the kids one more time when J was a little older. I…
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I love live music
Last night I attended my first live concert since the before times. 😉 My spouse and I also brought along our oldest child to experience her first concert. This particular show was for my favorite band of all-time, Jimmy Eat World. I have been going to Jimmy shows since 2001. The first time was at…
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A visit to Torrey, Utah and Captiol Reef National Park
We had an opportunity to get away for the weekend to help out a friend (which in turn provided us a place to stay). We have been able to stay here earlier this year and it is just a great place to be. I’ve also been excited to play around with the iPhone 13 Pro’s…
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Finally made it to Portland
My family originally planned this trip for Spring Break 2020. We had flights booked, Airbnb reserved, car rental request placed and were ready to go. But COVID-19 didn’t care. We canceled most things and got credit for the flights and postponed the trip indefinitely. As vaccination access began to increase and cases were getting lower,…