This morning I went down by the border to hike Otay Mountain (West Approach). This is hike M-10 Trip 1 in Afoot & Afield in San Diego. When this book finally comes out with an updated edition (April 2007), I don’t think this will be listed anymore.
Otay Mountain just happens to be near [...]
Last May I bragged about how unemployment was leaning me out. Throughout the summer I got more and more fit. By December I was closing in on a single-digit body-fat percentage. Should have taken my glamor photos at that time.
Then I did something stupid.
I got a job and my activity level dropped. The job was [...]
On a whim I decided to get my haircut exactly like the guy beside me at the barbershop. He was a Marine officer and had a high and tight. My hair hasn’t been that short since Army basic training 1987.
Then I noticed something interesting. People started acting more polite to me. Everyone started [...]
I didn’t sit around on my first day after quitting my job. After seeing the less fortunate on TV buried in blizzard conditions, I thought it would be a good idea to head east to the desert part of San Diego County for a hike. My pick for a hike was the 3 hour [...]
Here are my thoughts on the ingredients for a good job.
Professional Growth - Building a TRANSFERABLE skill set is the most important thing a job can offer. If you aren’t growing, someone in another company somewhere is and they’ll beat you out of some future job offer. Transferable means that you aren’t growing into their [...]
My Summer of George may be over (stay tuned), but Lura has just started her travel adventures. She is currently spending a few weeks traveling the east coast of Australia. You can read about her adventures daily on Lura.net.
Photo Sydney by Flickr user daviden.
This week I was introduced to the Vivace Dolce espresso blend and was amazed. This is the new champ in Italian style espresso. Today I bought 20 pounds of this blend in green (unroasted) coffee.
From their web site:
Espresso Dolce features a heavy red-gold crema with a sweet floral presence, balanced with a rich note of [...]
