Category: gonzo
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I’ve Stubbed My Damned Toe Yet Again
Besides work, homework, eating, sleeping and the occasional shower, all I do is yoga, run, dance and play basketball. Nearly everything I do requires the use of my feet, and toes, one of which I have injured and reinjured several times in the past two years. Last night, mere days after reaching a long awaited…
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Squids – Squats and Dips
Before my friend and I dive any deeper down this twisted rabbit hole of self-inflicted torture, I’d like to introduce you to the set that got us started. We arrived at 24 Hour Fitness on a day like any other, except that on this day we were together. Two monsters of eccentric movement and screaming…
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An Old Man Finds Gratitude on a Thursday Morning
I’ve woken to reflect on 1,000 wakeful worries that pulled me fully once from bed to write and share my struggles. This morning, I’m unable to conjure a single one. It’s 5am and all is well in the world and I have only feelings of gratitude. I’ve said dozens of times over the last few…
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Top 5 Reasons Why You Love The Job You Hate
It’s Monday Morning, 5am in Dallas, and nothing is the same, except for everything at my job, where nothing has changed. The weekend before last, I spent two short sleepless days buried in Hale College. This past weekend, I took four days and emerged from my cave to spend time with a friend. Familiar job-griping…
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Richard Halley From My Heart On Admiration
My experience playing piano for the last 20 years has been colored by a remarkable contrast between inward fulfillment and outward struggle ranging from sentiments of over-praise and under-praise, appreciation and misunderstanding, love and repulsion. I first started banging away at my mother’s Schafer and Sons upright piano when I was about 5. My parents…