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About 14 months ago after seeing an optimist for the first time in 7 years, I learned my prescription had changed so I ordered two pairs of new glasses from Zenni. Even though Zenni has fantastic prices compare to local places, my glasses still aren’t cheap because I get high-end progressive lenses that lighten and darken automatically…

I bought a new computer recently and have been quite pleased with it. In addition to the benefits mentioned in my prior post, it is lightning fast and having a large desktop screen makes it infinitely better to use. The only thing I didn’t love about about is that my formerly pristine desktop now had the…

When I switched my workouts to functional training, several of the coaches I follow recommended using foam rolling to help with recovery. I was familiar with foam rolling because I did this when I was doing functional training before. Since I’m older now and made this switch because of an injury, I jumped right back…

I had a health concern pop-up unexpectedly in the midst of our snowpacalypse this weekend. I won’t get into the specific details. I refuse to become another old person who talks about their health problems all the time. Let’s just say that I never had this issue before and wasn’t sure how to handle it….

I am a grinder. All my life I’ve pushed hard and persistently against obstacles, discomfort and challenges. I don’t give up easily. I keep grinding. It’s my nature. The older I get, the more I recognize that this is not always appropriate. I can be obsessive, obstinate and plain foolhardy. I am trying to change….

Note: This post is more for me to sort out what I’m thinking than for my readers. If you’re not interested in fitness and dealing with getting older, you might want to skip it. I’ve been reading and listening to Mike Boyle as I re-immerse myself into functional training. On a podcast, Mike was a…

After having a few weeks of making steady progress with my injures I had a setback today. I’m so sick of talking about this that I’m not getting into the details. It’s annoying, painful and will likely stall my progress for a while. And that’s in the best case scenario. After it happened, I worked…

Yesterday much of the city was closed for the 3rd day in a row because of this past weekend’s ice storm. Schools were cancelled or doing remote education. The main roads are clear of ice but the side roads were hit and miss. Because the temps started in the low teens, many remained schools closed…

I had my drop off the cliff moment with my injured shoulder earlier this week. It had been gradually getting better, with a few hiccups, over the past couple of weeks. Then, all of a sudden, I woke up a few days ago and didn’t need to take anything to reduce the pain. As I…

We’re about to get slammed by a huge winter storm that is impacting people across the country. Our forecast calls for extremely frigid temperatures dropping into the single digits accompanied by 36 hours of sleet and frozen rain. It is going to a f***ing disaster in Raleigh. The local and national forecasts, including ones from…